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THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
University of Guelph builds GO hub
Torstar Network
Apr 21, 2007
GO Transit is starting a new express route between the University of Guelph and Mississauga.
The university will build a transit hub in front of the University Centre to accommodate the service, including passenger platforms, bus bays, sidewalks, wheelchair ramps, new lighting and new bus shelters.
The buses will leave hourly during working hours Monday to Friday, and once in the evening. They'll take riders to Square One mall in Mississauga and to the Cooksville GO station.
Whitney Knowles, 25, got off a Greyhound bus in Guelph yesterday after travelling from downtown Toronto. She was glad to hear GO Transit is offering an express route.
"I find the GO with the transfers very confusing," said the Toronto resident.
Currently GO buses head to Brampton where riders can connect with transit to Toronto.
A trip into Toronto costs about $11, including transfers.
GO is also extending its Highway 407 express route to link the University of Guelph to the Meadowvale and Bramalea GO stations and York University.
Both routes will also pick up riders from a GO park-and-ride lot to be built in Aberfoyle at Brock and McLean roads.
The express routes and the Aberfoyle lot are to be ready in September. Schedules and fares are still being ironed out.
Ian Weir, the university's parking services and transportation planning manager, said the university will redesign the loop where buses now pull up to the University Centre. In the fall, that loop will be restricted to transit buses and emergency vehicles.
Paul Langan, a spokesperson for Transport 2000, a public transportation advocacy group, said the new routes aren't ideal except for those who live near the university, but it's a move in the right direction.
"Unfortunately, they're just realizing the student potential rather than the city-wide potential," he said. The next step is to bring GO train service to Guelph, he said.
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
University of Guelph builds GO hub
Torstar Network
Apr 21, 2007
GO Transit is starting a new express route between the University of Guelph and Mississauga.
The university will build a transit hub in front of the University Centre to accommodate the service, including passenger platforms, bus bays, sidewalks, wheelchair ramps, new lighting and new bus shelters.
The buses will leave hourly during working hours Monday to Friday, and once in the evening. They'll take riders to Square One mall in Mississauga and to the Cooksville GO station.
Whitney Knowles, 25, got off a Greyhound bus in Guelph yesterday after travelling from downtown Toronto. She was glad to hear GO Transit is offering an express route.
"I find the GO with the transfers very confusing," said the Toronto resident.
Currently GO buses head to Brampton where riders can connect with transit to Toronto.
A trip into Toronto costs about $11, including transfers.
GO is also extending its Highway 407 express route to link the University of Guelph to the Meadowvale and Bramalea GO stations and York University.
Both routes will also pick up riders from a GO park-and-ride lot to be built in Aberfoyle at Brock and McLean roads.
The express routes and the Aberfoyle lot are to be ready in September. Schedules and fares are still being ironed out.
Ian Weir, the university's parking services and transportation planning manager, said the university will redesign the loop where buses now pull up to the University Centre. In the fall, that loop will be restricted to transit buses and emergency vehicles.
Paul Langan, a spokesperson for Transport 2000, a public transportation advocacy group, said the new routes aren't ideal except for those who live near the university, but it's a move in the right direction.
"Unfortunately, they're just realizing the student potential rather than the city-wide potential," he said. The next step is to bring GO train service to Guelph, he said.