Grand River Transit

[Acitta]

Does GRT post route detours? King is closed downtown tomorrow, and I'm trying to sort out where I would catch the bus but can't seem to find it on the get site.

Detours - Grand River Transit

[BruceAshe]

Does GRT post route detours? King is closed downtown tomorrow, and I'm trying to sort out where I would catch the bus but can't seem to find it on the get site.

Detours - Grand River Transit

Thanks! I have no idea how I couldn't find that. You just saved me from trying to catch a bus at a closed stop.

[ac3r]

Detours - Grand River Transit

Thanks! I have no idea how I couldn't find that. You just saved me from trying to catch a bus at a closed stop.

Luckily, when a stop has a detour, they will put up a sign at each stop along the closed route which shows you where it's been rerouted to, and it's usually just down the nearest next street they can navigate a bus down. But it's more helpful to use the website and know that before hand.

[BruceAshe]

Autorenew Issue

If your card is set to autorenew monthly passes or autoload stored value you need to cancel it and do it manually.

[bgb_ca]

I just got a email saying GRT is now free till the end of May, and anyone that purchased a April pass will get a June pass for free.

I did cancel the auto renew in mine during the processing issues in Feb and did not reset it up as my office was bumped to wfh mid March.

[KevinL]

Free in June if free transit stops at the end of May - there's always a chance the isolation protocols continue for longer (though hopefully not).

[ac3r]

Grand River Transit is asking the region to limit the amount of passengers on a bus to 10. Right now, they kind of eyeball it and if a bus is - at the most - half full, they will not pick up any more passengers until the next one.

I think they really should have been doing that sooner, as some routes still do get pretty full. I'd like to see the drivers get their wish and only have 10 people per bus. It'd also make sense to block off access to every other seat or something with some yellow rope. Not everyone who gets on is distancing themselves, and the couple times I've been on the bus or ION, I've had two get up and move twice. While we do seem to have community transmission minimized in the region, that does not mean you can't have a couple positive carriers who unknowingly get on a bus and suddenly we get another spike.

[danbrotherston]

https://www.kitchenertoday.com/coronavir...rt-2275956

"Regional staff already identified some savings to be had, including about $2.6-million for the year by not proceeding with planned expansions to transit."

Looks like Regional Staff are going to take another crack at killing transit expansion.

[panamaniac]

I suspect there will be a good number of "killings" in the coming year, as municipalities shift their short/mid-term focus to paying down the debt that will be incurred this year. That's if they are allowed/obliged to go into deficit, rather than the Province bailing them out.

[danbrotherston]

I suspect there will be a good number of "killings" in the coming year, as municipalities shift their short/mid-term focus to paying down the debt that will be incurred this year.  That's if they are allowed/obliged to go into deficit, rather than the Province bailing them out.

This would be an unfortunate time for that to happen.

We all know what "cutting" means...we build more roads...that never gets cut.

[panamaniac]

I guess we'll have to wait to see how bad the economic damage is and what funding the higher levels of government are going to throw at infrastructure to try to reinvigorate the economy.

[KevinL]

Here's a wild thought, toss out the road-expansion plans for the next year but keep the transit improvements. I know, radical.

[panamaniac]

Here's a wild thought, toss out the road-expansion plans for the next year but keep the transit improvements. I know, radical.

How do they compare in terms of local employment generation?  I imagine that could be a (the?) key consideration.

[plam]

Here's a wild thought, toss out the road-expansion plans for the next year but keep the transit improvements. I know, radical.

How do they compare in terms of local employment generation?  I imagine that could be a (the?) key consideration.

Road construction itself doesn't make many jobs. As a result of road construction? Beats me.

[danbrotherston]

How do they compare in terms of local employment generation?  I imagine that could be a (the?) key consideration.

Road construction itself doesn't make many jobs. As a result of road construction? Beats me.

Road construction began by creating many many jobs, but I'm pretty sure recent studies have shown we're basically at saturation, it creates no jobs beyond the direct jobs anymore--don't ask me for a source, I only remember reading it years ago.