Route Review brings more routes and frequency but is it enough to get people on the bus?

In this edition of "On the Move" we dive into the proposed Guelph Transit route changes, find out why some City Councillors voted against the Transportation Master Plan, and a really old map

Welcome to this edition of On the Move, a twice-a-month newsletter sharing transit news and views from Guelph and beyond presented by the Transit Action Alliance of Guelph. It arrives directly in your inbox on the 1st and 15th of each month.

The city’s transit system would look significantly different if a 10-year enhancement plan is approved. 

A staff proposal, released last week Wednesday for public comment, features transit hubs, express routes and routes that follow the city’s spine in a grid pattern as well as reaching the outer perimeter. It includes 30% more service and 45% more stops.

A user-friendly condensed version with all the proposed changes can be found here and you have until June 20th to answer a survey on the proposed changes.

You can now pay for rides on Guelph Transit using a mobile app

City Council gives green light to $228M operations campus that will include a new bus storage facility

While city staff's preferred vision for upcoming transportation master plan was approved, council not simpatico on how to get there

City, student association negotiating return of university bus passes.

Low-income advocates fear seniors may have missed the bus with new affordable transit program in Waterloo Region

Metrolinx’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicles begin testing

Pro-LRT Hamilton residents will consider paying more taxes for it.

Winnipeg Transit launches pilot project to live stream bus camera feeds for driver, passenger safety

BC Transit planning to bring digital option for fare payment through pilot project

Will Ontario’s Northlander Service Return?

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L.A. Tests the Free-Transit Waters

U.S. Commuter Rail Reform Faces High Labor, Infrastructure Costs

Futuristic Autonomous Buses Will Soon Roam the Streets of Cambridge, UK

Canada Needs to Nationalize Its Transit System

Cars are for closers (and other transportation revelations this week)

Greyhound's gone and we're way past time for a regional transit re-think

Guelph Transit has scheduled two virtual town hall sessions to gather public feedback on its proposed changes to its routes over the next decade:

Tuesday, June 8 from 7—8:30 p.m. Can be watched online by going to WebEx (password is transit), the City of Guelph's website or Guelph Transit's Facebook page or Dial in at 1-416-216-5643 (access code: 173 453 0154)

Wednesday June 16 from 7—8:30 p.m. Can be watched online by going to WebEx (password is transit), the City of Guelph's website or Guelph Transit's Facebook page or Dial in at 1-416-216-5643 (access code: 173 538 0842)

Transit Talk with TAAG is coming soon! Look for details to be posted soon on our events page.

TAAG will host a “Transit Spaces” conversation on Twitter. See Days and Times at taaguelph.com/events. Note: Twitter Spaces is only available on mobile devices (iOS and Android)

Miss our webinar on Transit Scheduling? Watch it here!

Throwback 50 years ago to March 1971 when Guelph Transit only had 10 bus routes. Photo courtesy of Guelph Museums 2012.84.9 .

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