Burlington Transit introduces route changes to be effective September 3rd.

News 100 greenBy Staff

August 17, 2017

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Changes to a number of Burlington Transit routes will take place September 3rd, 2017

A brief summary of the changes:

Transit - unhappy customer

A transit rider gives the Mayor and Vito Talone. Director of Transportation a piece of his mind. Seniors seem to be allowed to do that.

Routes 2, 3
Routes 2 and 3 will stop at the Highway 407 carpool lot all day during weekdays (currently peak-time only).

Route 3 will provide direct southbound service to downtown; extra morning trips to the Burlington GO Station have been eliminated.

Increased connections with GO Transit, Oakville Transit and Burlington Transit routes for improved travel and better access to key shopping locations, Notre Dame, Corpus Christi and Dr. Frank J. Hayden secondary schools.

30 minute all day frequency until 9 p.m. (currently 20-minute frequency only during peak time) and changing to a 60-minute frequency in the evening until 10 p.m. (currently 30 minute frequency until 10:30 p.m.)

Routes 6, 11

Scheduling has been improved for better on-time performance.

No transfers will be needed between Routes 6 and 11 at the 407 carpool lot; 6 becomes 11 and 11 becomes 6

Route 6 midday, weekday frequency will change to 30 minute frequency from 60 minutes.

Route 6 Saturday frequency will change to 60-minute frequency from 30 minutes.

doug-brown-with-buses

Doug Brown, the best transit critic Burlington has ever had has never seen a bus that he didn’t like. These buses get a Doug Brown smile.

Route 12

Route 12 will be rerouted to improve scheduling and on-time performance and will be relocated to Appleby Line from Sutton Drive with service in both directions. Sutton Drive will still be serviced by Route 11.

Route 12X will be removed from Itabashi Way. Itabashi will still be serviced by Route 302.

Route 25

Scheduling adjustments will be made to improve on-time performance.

Route 80

Schedule adjustments will be made for morning and afternoon peak-time partial-trips to the Burlington and Appleby GO stations.

The Gazette will wait for responses from its readership on how effective these changes are. No mention was made of asking for more transit money in the 2018 budget

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2 comments to Burlington Transit introduces route changes to be effective September 3rd.

  • Stephen White

    I rode Burlington Transit to and from the Appleby GO Station for over 20 years. It never ceased to amaze me how incredibly poor and unreliable the service was. After a while I just gave up and started driving to the station.

    Burlington Transit seem to constantly be altering their schedule. Not matter what they do there never seem to be a lot of patrons. By contrast, if you look at Oakville’s main GO Train station and watch the buses arrive and depart they are filled with passengers all day long. I don’t know how Oakville does it but they manage to make it work. Maybe Burlington should hire their Transit Director. Ours seems fixated on putting down speed bumps every 100 feet.

  • DOUG BROWN

    These are very minor changes and do not at all address the core problem of serious under-funding of transit. At a recent transit workshop held by the City, we heard that Burlington is dead last among mid-sized cities in per capita spending on transit. We also learned that significant additional funding is required to even maintain the current low service levels as the system has been stretched far too thin.

    The basic problem is that the City does not seem to care about its most vulnerable citizens who rely on transit – regular and handivan – to have access to employment, shopping, church, medical appointments and social activities. The City also fails to see the economic and environmental benefits of transit. A national study showed that that the economic return on transit investment on municipal transit investment to be more than 12%. Environmentally, transit growth is the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles – yet the City’s Community Energy Plan virtually ignores transit.

    The 2018 budget, which is being developed right now, needs to start the process of building a first class transit system.