Grand River Transit

[panamaniac]

I have availed myself of the free transit weekends most of the weekends this month.  I must say I have seen a far larger number of children on the train than I usually do.  However, I rarely rode it on weekends before.  Does anyone know if this is typical, or if we are seeing a really big surge.

I think this is probably a big surge, which really shows the current fare structure is a huge obstacle to families using the LRT. Cars (even when people think otherwise) are almost always more expensive than transit. But for a family of four, transit probably is going to be more expensive than almost all driving scenarios using a single car.

If the kids you’re seeing are in the under 10 age bracket, my first thought might be that parents are taking advantage to give the kids a “train ride”.