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I thought I'd correct nms's table, since a lot of the figures come from different sources or years and there are a few villages/places that were missing. Using only 2016 data, these are the population figures for the villages and towns in the region.

VillagePopulationBus (as of 2017)
Ayr4,171No
Baden(part of New Hamburg)Yes
Bloomingdale230No
Branchton375No
Breslau3,778No
Conestogo1,270No
Doon(part of Kitchener)Yes
Elmira10,161Yes
Foxboro Green422No
Freeport(part of Kitchener)Yes
Hawkesville311No
Heidelberg387 (Wellesley)
666 (Woolwich)
1,053 (Total)
No
Linwood759No
Mannheim982No
Maryhill576No
New Dundee1,119No
New Hamburg13,595Yes
Petersburg340No
Roseville338No
St. Agatha450No
St. Clements820No
St. Jacobs1,988Yes
Wellesley3,246No
West Montrose257No
Winterbourne313No
(11-21-2017, 12:35 AM)KevinL Wrote: [ -> ]Spotted at Charles Terminal: this new service desk near the top of the escalators. Will this be where the new farecard is dispensed?
This may be temporary. When I asked them a few months ago about the card launch, they mentioned they were going to renovate the current ticket counter area.
Ahh - so this could become the temporary ticket office while the original is renovated...

I hope the renovation isn't too involved, they'll be moving to the transit hub relatively soon.
Well... it could be in 3 years, or it could be 10... nobody knows.
I thought a date like 2022 or so was set for completion of the transit components?
I've read anything from 2020 to 2030, now. I'm certainly not holding my breath!
I've always thought having the service counter tucked away up top and hidden from the public was a bit strange.

Shouldn't they be phasing it out? Based on the 2018 network map only the 34 will stop there.

Plus, they are building that $250,000 GRT customer service storefront on Frederick (reference 1, reference 2). Maybe they are transferring the Charles equipment there and leaving a bare minimum at Charles going forward?
(11-21-2017, 10:23 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: [ -> ]I've always thought having the service counter tucked away up top and hidden from the public was a bit strange.

Shouldn't they be phasing it out? Based on the 2018 network map only the 34 will stop there.

Plus, they are building that $250,000 GRT customer service storefront on Frederick (reference 1, reference 2). Maybe they are transferring the Charles equipment there and leaving a bare minimum at Charles going forward?

Where on Frederick?
No idea. I'm am going to guess one of the units in the Market Square mall that back on to Frederick. Would be nice to reanimate that stretch with some shop windows and doors.
The old post office unit has a door to the street (the mail trucks would use it)...
Quite a milestone!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just purchased (what I hope is) my last ever <a href="https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GRT_ROW</a> paper monthly pass. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EasyGO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EasyGO</a> <a href="https://t.co/uA8DkCazdY">pic.twitter.com/uA8DkCazdY</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Loughlin ? (@KevinLMaps) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinLMaps/status/933375450105118720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
Are the cards coming out next month?
January launch was the word; cards should be ready before then, I would think.
GRT rolls out buses with driver shields

Quote: Grand River Transit has just received two new buses, the first in the fleet to be outfitted with barriers to protect drivers from violence while on the job.

And in January, six more buses will be equipped with driver shields as part of a new pilot project agreed to by the transit workers' union, Unifor 4304, and Waterloo Region in the most recently ratified contract.

"The operator is on the front line, they're in a position that is vulnerable to physical assaults," said Eric Gillespie, Waterloo Region's director of transit services.

"The consequences can be significant to them, to customers on their bus, or to others in the community if the bus operator, as a result of an assault, loses control of the vehicle."
Not a bad addition.