In the upcoming weeks, Grand River Transit will be hosting Public Consultations for the Proposed 2013 Transit Service Improvement Plan. This includes the implementation of an express bus route running from the west end of Waterloo from the Boardwalk to the Northeast Corner of Waterloo at RIM Park via University Ave. Also being discussed will be route adjustments in Kitchener and Waterloo set to be implemented in September 2013. Maps will also be provided so you will be able to draw your preferred routes along the corridor.
Consultations will be held at the following dates and locations:
Thursday, November 15
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Kitchener Waterloo Bilingual School
Gymnasium
600 Erb St. W., Waterloo
Tuesday, November 20
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
University of Waterloo
William G. Davis Computer Research Centre
Room 1301
200 University Ave. W., Waterloo
Wednesday, November 21
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church
Chapel
245 Lexington Rd., Waterloo
Thursday, November 22
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wilfrid Laurier University
Fred Nichols Campus Centre
Concourse
75 University Ave. W., Waterloo
You may also view these events on TriTAG’s Public Events Calendar and copy them to your own calendar.
You can preview the service changes beginning on page 117 of this Planning and Works Agenda [PDF]
[UPDATE] More information about the consultations can be found here on the GRT Site
are there no service improvements planned in Cambridge or do they just not need our opinion
Iain, GRT is doing focused service improvements leading up to light rail. They are rolling out new iXpress routes every other year and doing smaller service additions in the “off” years. In 2011 GRT added the 201 iXpress and reorganized routes on the west side of K-W. This year they expanded service in Cambridge. Next year they are adding the 202 iXpress along University Avenue and reorganizing routes in Waterloo around it.
The short answer is no service improvements in Cambridge in 2013. In 2014 they will upgrade the iXpress to its aBRT form in Cambridge, and will probably do some reorganization and improvements in Cambridge as well, but I am not sure.
Can you publish a link to the iCal (.ics) feed for the TriTAG Public Events calendar?
Thanx,
–Bob.
Here’s the link to the ics http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/tritag.ca_cqpciisuut93mukuejf7vc9nfc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Thanx for the link! Added to my calendar program. Yay for open data!
–Bob.