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RE: Grand River Transit - Acitta - 02-20-2023
This is not specifically about Waterloo Region, but is surely relevant.
We must urgently reinvent public transit for the post-pandemic world
Andy Byford is the former head of Transport for London, New York City Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission.
RE: Grand River Transit - nms - 02-21-2023
(02-11-2023, 04:23 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(02-10-2023, 10:12 PM)KevinL Wrote: Their main use in Kitchener is on route 27, which now directly serves Freeport Health Centre; the driveway there can't fit a full bus, but can fit these.
Lol...the ultimate in "we didn't plan for people to be able to get here".
Reminds me of the Family Centre being in accessible (and then I get angry because the NIMBYs on Alpine opposed a pedestrian connection).
The Freeport Campus was originally the Freeport Tuberculosis Sanitorium, opened in 1915. The Grand River Railway did add a Freeport stop that was likely nearby but I haven't been able to find any reference to it. Passenger service on the line ended in 1955.
RE: Grand River Transit - clasher - 02-22-2023
(02-21-2023, 06:37 PM)nms Wrote: The Freeport Campus was originally the Freeport Tuberculosis Sanitorium, opened in 1915. The Grand River Railway did add a Freeport stop that was likely nearby but I haven't been able to find any reference to it. Passenger service on the line ended in 1955.
It's listed on the timetables as a stop. There's one in the John Mill's book "Ontario's Grand River Valley Electric Railways". I think the timetables might also be on the CP tracks site in the archives.
RE: Grand River Transit - ac3r - 02-23-2023
GRT fares will now be $3.75 and monthly passes are now $92.00: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/regional-council-approves-25-cent-grt-fare-hike-1.6285047
RE: Grand River Transit - timc - 02-23-2023
Quote:On Wednesday, Coun. Doug Craig suggested increasing the price of the monthly GRT pass to a whopping $119. After some debate, the motion failed.
What would be the justification for such an increase?
RE: Grand River Transit - neonjoe - 02-23-2023
(02-23-2023, 12:39 PM)timc Wrote:Quote:On Wednesday, Coun. Doug Craig suggested increasing the price of the monthly GRT pass to a whopping $119. After some debate, the motion failed.
What would be the justification for such an increase?
To show the rest of the Region of Waterloo that LRT was a bad idea....
RE: Grand River Transit - Bytor - 02-23-2023
(02-23-2023, 12:39 PM)timc Wrote:Quote:On Wednesday, Coun. Doug Craig suggested increasing the price of the monthly GRT pass to a whopping $119. After some debate, the motion failed.
What would be the justification for such an increase?
To show that Doug Craig hasn't given up on his lifetime of being anti-transit.
RE: Grand River Transit - bravado - 02-23-2023
Considering that the street he lives on barely has sidewalks for major portions of it, I’m not surprised.
RE: Grand River Transit - ac3r - 02-23-2023
How about we save money by not having plows go down Doug Craig's street? How come I gotta pay for some poor schmucks street to be clear? Austerity!
RE: Grand River Transit - clasher - 02-24-2023
He should just shovel the street.
RE: Grand River Transit - Acitta - 02-24-2023
https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/1629139839307370496
Tweet from GRT:
"We’re excited that 29 new hybrid buses are rolling out on the streets of Waterloo Region this spring! You’ll be able to spot them by the blue/green decal along the roof. They’re replacing 29 buses from 2007-08 that are being retired, including 6 hybrids and 23 diesel-only buses."
RE: Grand River Transit - Bob_McBob - 02-24-2023
A Redditor posted this photo of a wheelchair user forced to crawl and clear snow from the bus stop with his hands so he could board the bus at Ottawa St and River Rd.
![[Image: n3N78TK.png]](https://i.imgur.com/n3N78TK.png)
RE: Grand River Transit - Acitta - 02-24-2023
(02-24-2023, 07:08 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: A Redditor posted this photo of a wheelchair user forced to crawl and clear snow from the bus stop with his hands so he could board the bus at Ottawa St and River Rd.I posted the picture on Twitter and got this reply from @RegionWaterloo:
"Hi @acitta, it’s taken a bit longer to get all the stops cleared after the recent storm.
@GRT_ROWdispatched a contractor earlier today to clear this stop and reached out to the customer."
RE: Grand River Transit - nms - 02-27-2023
Today's storm notwithstanding, I shudder to think how snow plow contractors (public or private) would have managed if there had been any more snow this winter. Clearing has definitely been hit or miss, especially on privately owned properties. This criticism isn't just for single-family homes but also multi-unit properties.
RE: Grand River Transit - ac3r - 02-27-2023
Wow that guy having to get out and shovel. Shameful service. Though this is on the region for inadequate funding put into public transit. They give it all to the police.