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RE: Grand River Transit - tomh009 - 02-02-2019
(02-01-2019, 09:13 PM)timio Wrote: I get the feeling the PCs don't really know what is important to "the people", so they throw out the most ridiculous suggestions and then backpedal as soon as they get any opposition.
That's pretty much what it looks like.
They haven't backed down on the OPP leadership issue yet, though.
RE: Grand River Transit - danbrotherston - 02-02-2019
(02-02-2019, 01:22 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(02-01-2019, 09:13 PM)timio Wrote: I get the feeling the PCs don't really know what is important to "the people", so they throw out the most ridiculous suggestions and then backpedal as soon as they get any opposition.
That's pretty much what it looks like.
They haven't backed down on the OPP leadership issue yet, though.
Nor climate change policy.
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 02-03-2019
(02-01-2019, 09:13 PM)timio Wrote: I get the feeling the PCs don't really know what is important to "the people", so they throw out the most ridiculous suggestions and then backpedal as soon as they get any opposition.
I think they're totally flying by the seat of their pants
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 02-07-2019
A large number of bus stop names (as used in the onboard announcements and digital signs, and in GTFS feeds) will be updated effective this coming Monday; major landmarks will be used in favour of minor side streets, specific addresses if no other landmark available, and cross streets added when the context is helpful. https://www.grt.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=dea09d7b-83f2-4585-9150-2ba7090e85e3
RE: Grand River Transit - bgb_ca - 02-11-2019
(02-07-2019, 07:23 PM)KevinL Wrote: A large number of bus stop names (as used in the onboard announcements and digital signs, and in GTFS feeds) will be updated effective this coming Monday; major landmarks will be used in favour of minor side streets, specific addresses if no other landmark available, and cross streets added when the context is helpful. https://www.grt.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=dea09d7b-83f2-4585-9150-2ba7090e85e3
Attached is the list of stop changes (Taken from https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/grand-river-transit-changing-over-300-bus-stop-names-1.4290537)
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 02-11-2019
Thanks for posting that! What a huge list
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 02-11-2019
A lot of them are small corrections, adding a street suffix or clarifying the street the bus is on. There's still a good number that are more major.
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 02-15-2019
Grand River Transit service has surged, but ridership remains a challenge
Quote:Much like a dozen years ago, public transit carries mostly students, people younger than 30, and commuters with low-paying jobs, according to fares, census findings and travel surveys.https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9175625-grand-river-transit-service-has-surged-but-ridership-remains-a-challenge/
Transit advocates hope soon-to-launch streetcars will finally put older commuters with average wages onto transit, while helping transit rebound from its recent slump.
"It was starting to happen," said Mike Boos, who helps advocate for transit with the grassroots Tri-Cities Transport Action Group. But then transit ran into troubles and "we sort of tapped the brakes a bit."
...
Passengers enjoy 37 per cent more service today. They have responded by riding transit 32 per cent more often, government figures show.
To achieve this, transit spending increased by 55 per cent, adjusted for inflation. The cost per resident hit $92 in 2017.
...
While no other big Ontario transit system surged as strongly between 2006 and 2013, no other system saw ridership plunge as hard between 2014 and 2017.
Transit ridership dropped by 15 per cent after 2013 even as service increased by eight per cent and real spending on transit increased five per cent.
"To the credit of our council, we stayed the course. We didn't react with service reductions," said John Cicuttin, manager of transit development for Waterloo regional government.
It seems the plunge has bottomed out. Transit recovered more than a million lost passengers in 2018, the bulk of them students.
RE: Grand River Transit - clasher - 02-15-2019
Jeez, Outhit can't really help himself eh... calling the LRT a streetcar.
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 02-15-2019
When I saw the title of the article, saw the author, I already knew how it'd read..
RE: Grand River Transit - trainspotter139 - 02-15-2019
News on the fare card
https://www.grt.ca/en/fares-passes/easygo-fare-card-launch.aspx
Quote:GRT’s new EasyGO fare card will be available starting March 1.
RE: Grand River Transit - chutten - 02-15-2019
(02-15-2019, 12:45 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote: News on the fare card
https://www.grt.ca/en/fares-passes/easygo-fare-card-launch.aspx
Also interesting
Quote:GRT and GRT agents will stop selling paper passes and tickets during the month of May.
Quote:Paper tickets must be used up before the start of ION light rail service.
Confirmed that ION isn't starting until after May?
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 02-15-2019
As for reload options, I got this response on Twitter:
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 02-15-2019
Will the EasyGO card be able to be used with Presto readers, or no overlap?
RE: Grand River Transit - trainspotter139 - 02-15-2019
(02-15-2019, 01:43 PM)Spokes Wrote: Will the EasyGO card be able to be used with Presto readers, or no overlap?
No overlap.