(12-13-2016, 09:12 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Does anyone know what GRT's service standards are for clearing bus stops? I can't seem to find anything on their web site.

(12-12-2016, 02:15 PM)nms Wrote: It would be interesting to hear the Region's explanation for the decline in transit ridership use over the past five years.  If it is truly, as Regional staff have claimed recently, due to changes in the school board bus policy, then there is the potential that the ridership simply got knocked back temporarily but will grow in the future. If, on the other hand, this decline is due to something else, then that will need to be looked.  Toronto has had stagnant ridership recently with several explanations.  One that I thought most likely, is that if everything is centralized to a small, walkable/bikeable area, then there would subsequently be less demand for transit between home-work-play areas.

On the subject of boomers aging, I can foresee that self-driving or otherwise semi-autonomous cars will become more attractive.  Many seniors prefer to stay in their own homes for a variety of reasons rather than to relocate to a smaller, more centralized facility (and even then, some seniors living facilities are not very central at all). Having access to a self-driving car would mean that seniors could still maintain a certain degree of independence as well as the rest of their lifestyle without the need to relocate.

(12-15-2016, 10:20 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: Also, has ridership data ever been published for the 204?

(12-15-2016, 05:11 PM)Markster Wrote: On my bus, it was particularly jarring, as the first part "Next Stop" was in the old voice, but then the actual stop name was in a lower pitched, still female, almost.... sultry(??!) voice.

(12-07-2016, 07:33 PM)KevinL Wrote: This just went up on GRT's YouTube channel. Still a bit early given what we know of the rollout schedule, but cool to see it in action.

(12-15-2016, 11:41 PM)MacBerry Wrote: What I could not find, in a video, (so my comments could well be moot) was how these fare boxes will meet the federal or Provincial accessibility standards for use by persons with a visual disability.  I did not see any braille directions for machine or buttons.

The access issues may have already been covered but I'm not sure this video shows what has been done to make these fare boxes accessible for everyone to use on their own. Do they include tactile access/feedback by haptic interactions?? voice? It doesn't tell person how much they still owe you have to read it on the screen. I didn't see an earphone jack for feedback?

They could have used some of the previous design work in the CSA B-651.1 standard as guidelines orr even insights. 

Not sure what features Presto has for users either. The more systems there are out there, with different standards, the greater the criticism that will follow.