Guelph Transit

[yige_t]

Bump!

Guelph Transit is proposing a massive service change for September 2017.

http://guelph.ca/2017/03/guelph-transit-...er-3-2017/

You can read the whole plan following the above link, but below are the highlights:

• 99 Mainline will become the spine of the network, running every 10 minutes all day weekday. It will run from Woodlawn SmartCentre to Gordon/Clair, via Woowich St, Guelph Central Station, Gordon St and University of Guelph. 
  
• Existing 2A/B and 3A/B loops will combine to become 17/18 Woodlawn Watson, running every 30 minutes all day and no longer going to Downtown. Passengers will connect with 99 at U of Guelph or SmartCentre.
  
• New Downtown Express routes: 40 Scottsdale Express will connect Guelph Central and Stone Rd Mall
  
• New 41 Downtown-University Express will connect Guelph Central and U of Guelph, running every 10 minutes peak and every 15 minutes midday, evening and weekends.
  
• Realigned service in the University area, with six University Express routes (currently four)
  
• Some routes will have weekday peak frequency reduced from every 20 to 30 minutes
  

Looks like a good step towards having a frequent central corridor and future higher order transit. 12 buses/hour between Guelph Central and U of Guelph is phenomenal, considering the existing frequency is 4 buses running back-to-back every 20 minutes (so that they can all meet at Downtown the exact same time  ). 

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