This month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting wasn’t focused so much on the functioning of transit as it was focused on the function of the committee itself. The special guest this month was Dylan McMahon from the clerks’ office who led the committee through a familiar exercise to determine where they fall in the new framework for Advisory Committees of Council. So let’s dive into the recap for this one… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Takes a Look at Itself This Month”
No time for love the day after Valentine’s Day because the Transit Advisory Committee has to get down to business. The agenda is deceptively light, because one of the items will require TAC to take a good, long look at itself. The clerks’ office is coming to this meeting to look at how TAC might fit into the grand scheme of things so far as the future of advisory committees go, and there’s also matters of rider feedback and general updates to discuss. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for February 15, 2024”
It’s been a while since we last had a Transit Advisory Committee meeting so welcome back to all the transit fans and supporters out there. A lot has been happening even without a monthly meeting, so there’s a lot to discuss including the fallout of council’s budget deliberations, improvements to Guelph Central Station, ridership concerns, and a recent road trip for Guelph’s now famous electric bus! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for January 18, 2024”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Holiday Hours, Summer Jobs and Donations Doubled”
The last Transit Advisory Committee meeting of the year had a lot of ground to cover, especially with the 2024-2027 multiyear budget in progress. Speaking of 2024 there’s going to be some changes to at least one bus route in January, and we learned about all the thinking behind that decision. The meeting also discussed two items generated around rider feedback and a few other projects, but you can get all those details with the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Committee Learns About Budget Impact and 2024”
November’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting will look to the future. That means looking at the budget and some of the best laid plans in the 10-year route and schedule strategy that are now delayed, and that also means looking at potential changes to a south end bus route. That’s under new business, and aside from then there’s also the usual business like the monthly update from staff and rider feedback. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for November 16, 2023”
The agenda for this month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting was deceptively simple, just three things on the docket, but sometimes these simple meetings lead to the most interesting conversations. On Thursday evening, TAC talked about the air filtration on buses, the need for more outreach about how transit works and where things stand on a couple of different ongoing projects (wasn’t there supposed to be new shelters at Guelph Central Station this summer?). Learn more in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Talks About Messaging”
This month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting will be a brief one it seems. There’s only three topics on the agenda along with the usual general update from transit management including the status of the fleet’s four electric buses. Mostly, it seems like this meeting will be dealing with matters of feedback, so if you have a question or concern, reach out to a TAC member near you. In the meantime, here’s the agenda… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for October 19, 2023”
After taking the summer off, the Transit Advisory Committee got back to work, and got back to the basics. Literally. The committee had an overview of their roles and responsibilities and welcomed some new members, and then they got into transit business. What happened to those shelter upgrades at Guelph Central Station? You will find out here, plus you will learn about the roll out of new programs and what’s coming in the future. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Committee Hears That EV Buses Are on the Road and More Future Deets”
Another committee is getting back to business as usual after a summer break, and today we bring you the agenda for the first fall meeting of the Transit Advisory Committee. There have been a couple of different transit changes lately, new fares and schedule changes that went into effect at the beginning of the month. So there’s all that to talk about, and there’s also the matter of what comes next for transit as we approach the new year. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for September 21, 2023”
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