30
Nov
How to do better in a tough GRT budget year
It’s municipal budget season, and transit is always a hot topic. In this post we’ll touch on the
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budget
16
Feb
Regional Budget 2019: time for some bus love
On Tuesday, councillors will be finalizing the 2019 Region of Waterloo budget. Unfortunately, proposed transit improvements, vital to Grand River
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21
Oct
Week in review: October 22, 2016
Regional Budget
It's time for the Region to start preparing next year's budget again. Assessments are
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29
Jun
GRT: A Brief History of Fares
July 1st is coming up, and with it, Grand River Transit is raising fares.
Every year, the fare increase is
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13
Jan
Regional budget 2016
The Region of Waterloo has now passed its budget for 2016. You may have seen headlines in the news about
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03
Mar
Transit and the 2015 budget: a letter to Regional Council
Dear members of Regional Council,
Over the past several years, transit has been squeezed to meet arbitrary cost-recovery targets. Now
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25
Nov
Rationalizing Route 7 - Efficiency Over Cuts
Load on a 7E bus from UW to King via Columbia
In our last post, we advocate that cost savings
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20
Nov
GRT 2014 Budget Opportunities
Last night there was a public input session for the Region of Waterloo 2014 budget, following the release of the
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23
Mar
Major Transit Increases Begin
This year will be the first year of a new program of major transit improvements in Waterloo Region.
Last night
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23
Feb
TriTAG Asks Regional Council for Overnight iXpress in 2011
(Below is the statement I made at yesterday's Regional budget input meeting. Please call and write your regional
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