Grand River Transit

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You're also talking about public transit as entitlement, and I think you've missed the point. Coverage standards like ours exist because as a society we've accepted that public transit provides a social service.

You lost me right there. First we as a society have barely accepted that public transit exists, we are far from settled about how prevalent it is.

Second you make it sound like everyone is being served and I'm breaking some ground by withdrawing service which is disingenuous. We do not provide public transit to large parts of the region, such as the townships or the new subdivision in New Dundee road or no off-peak hour service for so many of the existing routes. All we are left to argue is where we draw the line.

Third, your emotional appeal to persons without mobility is moot since we provide special door-to-door service and special stops for them. 

Fourth, in real life one must rob Peter to pay Paul, since suburban public transit is a major revenue expense (it looses much more per passenger than high volume routes) and hence those funds must come from somewhere. Those are the decisions elected representatives have to make day in and day out. It would be great to live in a world where we could have bus routes going past everyone's house, but until then we have to make do with a reality where we must choose which areas to serve and which ones we don't.