Grand River Transit

[MidTowner]

There's still an impact even if it's very few. But it is sort of circular logic to say we need to remove the child discount (which we now have in Waterloo) to save money, but it's okay because only a few children took advantage of the discount.

[jeffster]

Was thinking about this the other day, and maybe this is better suited to the general Kitchener thread but. How is possible that the entirety of Charlie West, a 31 storey condo, was started and in all likelihood will finish construction before they finish what seems to be slightly more than a repaving of the public square. Asinine.

I think the particular delay for this project had to do with some of the mechanical equipment.  Odds are, somewhere in that equipment is a microchip that is in short supply.

Most likely they also needed to rebuild/replace the refrigeration plant. Lots more to it than meets the eye.

[ac3r]

"There’s a new bus lane and bus priority signal at King and Victoria streets in Kitchener. Buses will start using it next Monday, Dec. 13. Here’s how it works": https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/1468947541425364998

[ijmorlan]

"There’s a new bus lane and bus priority signal at King and Victoria streets in Kitchener. Buses will start using it next Monday, Dec. 13. Here’s how it works": https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/1468947541425364998

Cool! Good to see Dan from here defending it. On reading one of the tweets my thought was “a minute here, a minute there, soon you’re saving some real time!”.

[danbrotherston]

Lol...I may have gotten carried away.

It's been a rough day...

But yeah, from someone who claims to ride the bus to oppose improvements to transit based on the fact that drivers are bad at driving was kind of bizarre.

[KevinL]

The University of Waterloo Station bus terminal will (partially) open on Jan 3; only the eastern end closest to Phillip Street will be up and running right away. Connections to Ion trains (or GO buses, which are still on Ring Road for now) will need a bit of a walk. This will also introduce the new Route 30; its only purpose is to serve the full loop of the Ring Road, which no other routes will take anymore.

https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/universi...ation.aspx

[timc]

Is Route 30 going to use full-sized buses?

[timio]

Based on the route. My guess is that the buses will come from another route, transition to 30 to go around the loop, and then change back once it's used ring road to turn around.

[KevinL]

Yes, it'll interline with the 19.

[cherrypark]

The University of Waterloo Station bus terminal will (partially) open on Jan 3; only the eastern end closest to Phillip Street will be up and running right away. Connections to Ion trains (or GO buses, which are still on Ring Road for now) will need a bit of a walk. This will also introduce the new Route 30; its only purpose is to serve the full loop of the Ring Road, which no other routes will take anymore.

https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/universi...ation.aspx

The 15-30min headways for that Route 30 services are hilariously bad, considering the range it covers and being only one way around Ring Rd. I don't think there is much on the route that it serves that isn't <15min walk from the bus terminal anyways, but I guess if you time it right you might save yourself a few minutes.

[danbrotherston]

The University of Waterloo Station bus terminal will (partially) open on Jan 3; only the eastern end closest to Phillip Street will be up and running right away. Connections to Ion trains (or GO buses, which are still on Ring Road for now) will need a bit of a walk. This will also introduce the new Route 30; its only purpose is to serve the full loop of the Ring Road, which no other routes will take anymore.

https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/universi...ation.aspx

The 15-30min headways for that Route 30 services are hilariously bad, considering the range it covers and being only one way around Ring Rd. I don't think there is much on the route that it serves that isn't <15min walk from the bus terminal anyways, but I guess if you time it right you might save yourself a few minutes.

It's a route that exists solely for political reasons. It isn't even an accessibility issue, as UW has accessibility services on the UW campus.

But that's only the tip of the bullshitberg that UW has pulled when it comes to transportation around campus.

[ac3r]

The official GRT easyGO app is being discontinued on January 1st 2022 as they no longer want to provide security updates to it. They have a list of alternatives on their website: https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/...pdate.aspx

[bgb_ca]

The official GRT easyGO app is being discontinued on January 1st 2022 as they no longer want to provide security updates to it. They have a list of alternatives on their website: https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/...pdate.aspx

I was at a focus group a couple of years ago for this app, and we gave them a ton of suggestions on how to improve it. Too bad they just decided to kill it. (I understand why, it was outdated, and I stopped using it ages ago, and there are so may good alternatives out there.

What I am disappointed though is that the Transit app, which I switched to, is moving to a subscription model, and what they are asking per year is too much for the amount I actually use it. (If it was cheaper, I would not mind). I guess I will check out some of the other ones they listed.

[plam]

What I am disappointed though is that the Transit app, which I switched to, is moving to a subscription model, and what they are asking per year is too much for the amount I actually use it. (If it was cheaper, I would not mind). I guess I will check out some of the other ones they listed.

Yeah. The Transit app also welcomes cities pitching in to pay for their business model (which I think is reasonable!)

[ac3r]

The official GRT easyGO app is being discontinued on January 1st 2022 as they no longer want to provide security updates to it. They have a list of alternatives on their website: https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/...pdate.aspx

I was at a focus group a couple of years ago for this app, and we gave them a ton of suggestions on how to improve it. Too bad they just decided to kill it. (I understand why, it was outdated, and I stopped using it ages ago, and there are so may good alternatives out there.

What I am disappointed though is that the Transit app, which I switched to, is moving to a subscription model, and what they are asking per year is too much for the amount I actually use it. (If it was cheaper, I would not mind). I guess I will check out some of the other ones they listed.

Damn, really? That's too bad. Hopefully they learn a lesson as they are driven into irrelevance. Zero chance I pay for software that just aggregates free and crowd sourced data. libre software or bust.