Posts: 4,059
Threads: 64
Joined: Jul 2015
Reputation:
236
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Copypasta joke aside, has anyone really seen an ad on a bus and used the service? It's extremely rare I see an ad and impulsively buy or use whatever the ad was for.
Posts: 832
Threads: 13
Joined: Aug 2021
Reputation:
148
(10-05-2023, 05:42 PM)ac3r Wrote: Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Copypasta joke aside, has anyone really seen an ad on a bus and used the service? It's extremely rare I see an ad and impulsively buy or use whatever the ad was for.
Personally it's a requirement for me when I need personal injury lawyers
local cambridge weirdo
Posts: 4,416
Threads: 1
Joined: May 2015
Reputation:
191
(10-05-2023, 09:33 PM)bravado Wrote: (10-05-2023, 05:42 PM)ac3r Wrote: Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Copypasta joke aside, has anyone really seen an ad on a bus and used the service? It's extremely rare I see an ad and impulsively buy or use whatever the ad was for.
Personally it's a requirement for me when I need personal injury lawyers
If someone gets hit by a bus, the bus itself tells them who to call!
Posts: 2,012
Threads: 18
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
46
(10-05-2023, 02:26 PM)Chris Wrote: Just don't. I hate this.
https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/10/05...vertising/
Regional staff recommending more advertising on GRT
We can write to our councillors...
Posts: 519
Threads: 2
Joined: Dec 2014
Reputation:
30
(10-05-2023, 11:57 PM)plam Wrote: (10-05-2023, 02:26 PM)Chris Wrote: Just don't. I hate this.
https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/10/05...vertising/
Regional staff recommending more advertising on GRT
We can write to our councillors...
My councillor is busy running for MPP so I have the impression she doesn't care about my city or neighbourhood right now. I wish they had to vacate their city seat to run in another election.
Posts: 56
Threads: 0
Joined: Apr 2016
Reputation:
11
(10-06-2023, 09:22 AM)Chris Wrote: (10-05-2023, 11:57 PM)plam Wrote: We can write to our councillors...
My councillor is busy running for MPP so I have the impression she doesn't care about my city or neighbourhood right now. I wish they had to vacate their city seat to run in another election.
Wouldn't it be regional councilors, not city councilors, that you'd write about this?
Posts: 832
Threads: 5
Joined: Nov 2015
Reputation:
68
(10-06-2023, 09:22 AM)Chris Wrote: (10-05-2023, 11:57 PM)plam Wrote: We can write to our councillors...
My councillor is busy running for MPP so I have the impression she doesn't care about my city or neighbourhood right now. I wish they had to vacate their city seat to run in another election.
Chapman and Clancy are both City councillors. This would be Regional Council that you would be writing to.
Posts: 519
Threads: 2
Joined: Dec 2014
Reputation:
30
ah ya, can I go on yelling at clouds now? LOL.
Posts: 1,196
Threads: 0
Joined: Mar 2015
Reputation:
35
We were promised that there would be no wraps on ION trains. I recommend that whoever suggested this take it back.
Posts: 4,059
Threads: 64
Joined: Jul 2015
Reputation:
236
You...believed...political promises? :'D
Posts: 7,758
Threads: 36
Joined: Jun 2016
Reputation:
211
My theory: staff are putting ION ads as an
Option so the compromise can be increased bus ads.
Posts: 687
Threads: 18
Joined: Apr 2019
Reputation:
105
GRT posted on their Instagram with news about ridership/boardings in the last month. In September there was 3.8 million boardings and 2.9 million trips both are records. These values surpass the previous records by roughly 0.8 million and 0.7 million respectively (based on the data that GRT has posted on their website).
They also state that there planning on adding 50000 new hours of service in 2024 and more information will be shared in the coming weeks.
Posts: 410
Threads: 4
Joined: Sep 2022
Reputation:
42
(10-12-2023, 02:41 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote: GRT posted on their Instagram with news about ridership/boardings in the last month. In September there was 3.8 million boardings and 2.9 million trips both are records. These values surpass the previous records by roughly 0.8 million and 0.7 million respectively (based on the data that GRT has posted on their website).
They also state that there planning on adding 50000 new hours of service in 2024 and more information will be shared in the coming weeks.
Okay, math is not my strong suit, but follow along with me and let me know if my calculations are right:
50,000 hours / 365 days = 137 additional hours per day (averaged, not accounting for differences between weekdays and weekends)
137 daily hours / 18 operational hours (ie: 6am to midnight) = 7.6 new buses on the road per day
Does that track? Obviously these hours could appear in a number of ways, like increased frequency around rush hour, more buses during the weekdays vs weekends, but I know the 2041 long-term GRT plan intends for route frequency per hour to slowly increase between 2021 and 2041, regardless of time of day. For example, a low-frequency route that currently sees 2 buses per hour (once every 30 minutes) is supposed to step up to 2.4 buses an hour (once every 25 min) by 2026, 3 buses per hour (every 20 minutes) by 2031, 4 buses per hour (every 15 min) by 2036 and then finally 5 buses per hour, once every 12 minutes, by 2041.
Posts: 617
Threads: 7
Joined: Nov 2015
Reputation:
20
I just tried to use a GRT day pass, and the system seems designed to be impossible to use. They are not sold online through the website; you need to buy them in person. A single EasyGO card can only hold a single day pass at a time, so you need to travel to a place they are sold each time you want to use one. They appear to be sold through the Ion vending machines, but the flow doesn't actually work, so you need to travel to either downtown Kitchener or Ainslie terminal. You can't have one loaded on your card and wait to use it until you actually are going to make a bunch of trips, it activates the first time you tap the card so you need to have a separate card just for the day pass.
The paper passes worked so much better.
Posts: 4,059
Threads: 64
Joined: Jul 2015
Reputation:
236
I'd bet they don't even sell 50 day passes a day in this region, so unfortunately they likely aren't set up to be used easily (or in a sensible way).
|