Grand River Transit

[MidTowner]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

[bgb_ca]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

Which sucks, as I take the 9 and now have to wait nearly 30 mins instead of 15 after work. Can't wait for the ION to start.

[MidTowner]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

Which sucks, as I take the 9 and now have to wait nearly 30 mins instead of 15 after work. Can't wait for the ION to start.

Same here, on the second part. Fifteen minutes somehow seems like a much longer headway than ten on the 200.

Every Spring, I wonder what the response would be if a lane of the expressway were closed with the justification that summer traffic was so much lighter.

[Spokes]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

What's the justification for reducing service in the spring?

[danbrotherston]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

What's the justification for reducing service in the spring?

Reduced passenger volumes.

[KevinL]

Specifically, the university term has ended; there is a consistent drop in ridership at this point every year as a result.

There's a similar effect in late June at the end of the public-school term, and another (smaller) service adjustment.

[tomh009]

Spring schedules take effect tomorrow. That means significantly reduced service levels for a number of routes.

Which sucks, as I take the 9 and now have to wait nearly 30 mins instead of 15 after work. Can't wait for the ION to start.

I presume your average wait time will actually be about 15 minutes now, instead of 7'30. Unless you manage to just miss the previous bus each time!

[bgb_ca]

Which sucks, as I take the 9 and now have to wait nearly 30 mins instead of 15 after work. Can't wait for the ION to start.

I presume your average wait time will actually be about 15 minutes now, instead of 7'30. Unless you manage to just miss the previous bus each time!

Well to be precise, about a 25 min wait. It goes past a few mins before I get off work.

[tomh009]

I presume your average wait time will actually be about 15 minutes now, instead of 7'30. Unless you manage to just miss the previous bus each time!

Well to be precise, about a 25 min wait. It goes past a few mins before I get off work.

I see … you have fixed work hours, no flexibility. In that case, then, you would be up to 25 minutes from 10 minutes. Yes, that's unfortunate.

[chutten]

Service volumes go down because passenger volumes go down because service volumes are down...

I know I stop taking the bus as frequently in Spring because they discontinue the route that goes near my house and drop the most convenient trip from another that is second-best. Also, even at full service the bus still takes twice as long as cycling, so when the weather allows I have every incentive to get active.

I'm not sure if that means I'm a cause or an effect of the service volume decrease each Spring.

[bgb_ca]

Well to be precise, about a 25 min wait. It goes past a few mins before I get off work.

I see … you have fixed work hours, no flexibility. In that case, then, you would be up to 25 minutes from 10 minutes. Yes, that's unfortunate.

It's not flex hours, but I do get some flexibility when I need it. Problem is I wrap up the end of day, so I need to make sure everyone else is able to leave on time before I can leave due to the nature of my job.

[tomh009]

Service volumes go down because passenger volumes go down because service volumes are down...

I know I stop taking the bus as frequently in Spring because they discontinue the route that goes near my house and drop the most convenient trip from another that is second-best. Also, even at full service the bus still takes twice as long as cycling, so when the weather allows I have every incentive to get active.

I'm not sure if that means I'm a cause or an effect of the service volume decrease each Spring.

Students are the primary driver of the passenger volume decrease. There may be second-order effects, as you say.

[KevinL]

Volumes that aren't reducing are the lines at the terminal. You can't buy paper passes anymore, so everyone is getting an EasyGo at the last minute...

Transit riders face long lines to add tickets to new EasyGo fare cards

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.5115774


A friend tells me the lines go all the way across both bridges to the far-side pod, AND down the stairs.

[bgb_ca]

Volumes that aren't reducing are the lines at the terminal. You can't buy paper passes anymore, so everyone is getting an EasyGo at the last minute...

Transit riders face long lines to add tickets to new EasyGo fare cards

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.5115774


A friend tells me the lines go all the way across both bridges to the far-side pod, AND down the stairs.

No sympathy from me. They had 2 months to get a card.

Sucks for those just adding a pass/balance though

[Spokes]

Students?