Grand River Transit

[the_conestoga_guy]

The Record recently published an article which compares Fall 2019 to Fall 2023.

That jump in Conestoga students is obviously huge, but the 50% increase in "Monthly pass holders" is bigger news to me. That's a huge jump in ridership for (presumably mostly) non-students for just a 4-year span.

I may be wrong, but I would assume that the drop in University student ridership can be explained by the development of the Northdale neighbourhood. Centralizing student housing within walking distance of the schools will naturally reduce the reliance on transit and driving for transportation.

On a related note, the City of London recently set a target of 32.5% for active transportation and transit usage in their city. Does anyone know if the Region of Waterloo has a metric that they're trying to hit?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/po...-1.7155957