Grand River Transit

[jeffster]

You know, sometimes we have to make hard choices, so I understand where GRT is coming from.

But it seems that certain things are insulated from hard choices...policing, roads...when was the last time we decided to remove a road because it had only a few thousand users a day...what would the community backlash against that look like?

Sometimes cuts like this are needed. But missing is context regarding Route 2.

Services were limited or non-existent in 2017 March to December, 2018 March to December, 2019 March to December, 2020 January-February and April to November, 2021 - Reduced all year and 2022 March to October.

This was, btw, because of the rebuild of Stirling that was done in sections between 2017 and 2022. Mill to Greenbrook isn't a long drive, yet this was 5 years of construction (2021 there was no work).

People serviced by this route really had no choice but to find alternative methods of transportation, whether that be by moving (some did) or purchasing cars. But you can't expect people to drop everything and start supporting a route like this immediately when it has its first full year of uninterrupted service in 7 years.