drum118
Superstar
I made a presentation before the City Council budget committee on Jan 12 requesting that MT budget be increase from 3% to 5% to cover 10 artic expansion buses for this year considering none on order until 2017 considering MT need 12 buses now; 8 expansion buses yearly until the LRT is built yearly, max 30 minutes headway 7 days a week, install route eliminated on Sunday that run 6 days a week with a few exception; 7x24 service to start in Sept, starting route 100 in the fall, not 2017, starting service city wide at 7-8 am on Sunday, not the current method; move toward a grid system; a few new routes with one replacing route 6 & 34 to Sq One; $50-$75 million transit hub to house both MT, GO, future non Hurontario LRT's & subway connection along with a GO Rex line; scrap the 2nd transit terminal plans; max 10 minutes service on all trunk lines.
We have a 10-11% model split and need to move to 35%, let alone a 50% and this means putting more service on the road if it means higher taxes and a lower cost ratio if we want to offer an option to the car as well lowering parking requirements.
MT calling for TVM to be install in all malls as well community centres and libraries. MT is call for 2017 to be paperless with Presto replacing the current fare media. 38% of riders use the Presto system today.
As for diesel fuel, MT is seeing no decrease until the summer in the way of cost.
A new bus bay is plan for both direction on Sq One Dr, west of the current crossing from the terminal. The roadway will be narrow with a shorter walking distance for the crosswalk that there today.
Staff been asked to look at having washrooms build for various terminals that don't have any today. There is only 2 terminals that have washroom as well 2 GO station now.
MT is getting $275,000 to run shuttle buses from Islington and Port Credit GO Station to the Hersey Centre for the Pan Am games with service running when events are taking place.
Staff and City working on how the new Transportation Committee will be setup, its powers and duties, and how to go about filling 10 position by residents of the city as well 2 councilors. The mayor wants this committee setup ASP.
Cost of the Transitway is $479 Million and way higher than what was call for in 2004 considering how much was removed from the original plan. Very close to what I call for in 2004 as my cost would still be higher to cover the inflation between 2004 and now.
We have a 10-11% model split and need to move to 35%, let alone a 50% and this means putting more service on the road if it means higher taxes and a lower cost ratio if we want to offer an option to the car as well lowering parking requirements.
MT calling for TVM to be install in all malls as well community centres and libraries. MT is call for 2017 to be paperless with Presto replacing the current fare media. 38% of riders use the Presto system today.
As for diesel fuel, MT is seeing no decrease until the summer in the way of cost.
A new bus bay is plan for both direction on Sq One Dr, west of the current crossing from the terminal. The roadway will be narrow with a shorter walking distance for the crosswalk that there today.
Staff been asked to look at having washrooms build for various terminals that don't have any today. There is only 2 terminals that have washroom as well 2 GO station now.
MT is getting $275,000 to run shuttle buses from Islington and Port Credit GO Station to the Hersey Centre for the Pan Am games with service running when events are taking place.
Staff and City working on how the new Transportation Committee will be setup, its powers and duties, and how to go about filling 10 position by residents of the city as well 2 councilors. The mayor wants this committee setup ASP.
Cost of the Transitway is $479 Million and way higher than what was call for in 2004 considering how much was removed from the original plan. Very close to what I call for in 2004 as my cost would still be higher to cover the inflation between 2004 and now.
