GO Transit reaches agreement with Union, some more facts about DRT cutting service
It seems that there is no GO bus strike after all. GO Transit and their union Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 has finally reached a tentative agreement. Therefore, GO bus and train service will continue to run, throughout the holidays. It could have been worse as I was planning alternate routes to do some Christmas day and Boxing day shopping….lol
In other transit news, there is some more fallout about Durham Region Transit cutting their routes and changing service. In addition, no service expansion is planned for 2008. Right now DRT’s deficit stands at $2.3 million CDN. The transit authority is trying to “reel” in from the transit strike of 2006. From my perspective, they are slowly but surely catching up. DRT did a survey to all riders about the future of the transit authority. I don’t know what it’s about, but as far as i know the riders want to improve the services.
If you want to read an article about the news, it can be founded here: http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/ajax/article/90396
Here’s a chart explaining the Transit service cuts and adjustments for DRT along with the statistics on the routes (source: http://featuresdurhamregion.com/special_images/BusRoutes_120507/index.html) :
| Municipality | Route | Per Hour Boardings |
Service Adjustment | Routes Affected As of January 1, 2008 |
| Pickering | M3 Amberlea | 8 | Eliminate weekday midday and Saturday |  |
| Pickering / Ajax | R10 / M10 Ajax | 27 | Eliminate | R10 Ajax  |
| Ajax | M26 Duffins | 12 | Elminate midday service on weekdays / combine with Harwood |  |
| Ajax | Flag Bus 3 | 4 | Eliminate weekday peak | |
| Pickering / Ajax Whitby / Oshawa |
915 Taunton Rd | 12 | Change Saturday headway to hourly from 30 minute, no service after 10 p.m. | |
| Oshawa | 4 College Hill 5 Central Park |
6 | Elminate midday service on weekdays | 4 College Hill 5 Central Park  |
| Oshawa | 2 King | 4 | Terminate after 8:20 p.m. |  |
| Oshawa | 14 Community | 4 | Change weekday start to 10:50 a.m. from 9:50 a.m. |  |
| Whitby | 302 Brock | 4 | Terminate Sunday after 10:20 p.m. |
And as the old saying goes, “If you build it, they will come.”
Nice blog. I am curious as to the passenger counts. What is your source?
Andy
December 18, 2007 at 5:50 am
I got all the information from a news article from Durhamregion.com (see link above). I heard that part of the R-10 bus route overlaps with the Oshawa Hwy. 2 GO Bus route. As I’m counting down the last days of the R-10 route being dissolved, I’m planning to do some alternate arrangements. It’s like trying to update a routing table when a router discovers a new route to a network.
If I want to go to the flea market in Pickering while I’m at the Pickering Town Centre on Saturdays, this is my option:
1) Board the Oshawa Hwy. 2 GO bus route to the Ajax GO Station
2) Transfer to the 915 Taunton West to the flea market on Squires Beach and Bayly.
Once again, thanks for the heads up!
simon726
December 18, 2007 at 9:52 am