Despite Strike, YRT Ridership up 1.9% in 2011

[canarob]

It was up 12.2% YTD in September before the strike started in October:

http://www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/azi...irhch37d6fjjs5mht2vdiqa2h/feb+1+ridership.pdf

Don't tell me public transit doesn't matter in the 905.

I do, however, fear for the numbers in 2012 after such a long strike.

 

[Electrify]

Seeing as there will be two months of free service now, we are about to embark on an experiment of how such a price point will affect ridership in a generally car oriented environment.

Stay tuned...