Tag: Guelph Transit

RECAP: TAC Hears Next Steps for Fare Review and Central Station Upgrades

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At the month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting they looked towards the future. With the business of passing the new fare strategy concluded last month at city council, staff are now implementing the plan and there was an update about that process. There was also an update about the pending upgrades to the shelters at Guelph Central Station, and did you know that Guelph now has two electric buses being shaken down? You will if you read the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: TAC Hears Next Steps for Fare Review and Central Station Upgrades” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 18, 2023

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This month’s Transit Advisory Meeting will catch up on some recent transit developments outside the committee room and then talk about what’s next. Since last month’s TAC meeting, city council formally passed the transit fare review so what happens now? In other matters, transit staff will talk about future plans, rider concerns, schedule changes, and, naturally, what’s going on with the electric bus. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 18, 2023” →

This Week at Council: Strategic Plan Updated Further, and So Was Transit!

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April ended with a very busy trifecta of meetings including a very heavy focus on transit matters. Before that though, council had another workshop to discuss the update to the Strategic Plan for the last time before a finished draft comes back in a few months. As for transit, council made some updates and heard all about those future plans, and other matters of transportation, at a separate workshop. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Strategic Plan Updated Further, and So Was Transit!” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for April 26, 2023

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Shall we learn more about transportation in Guelph? You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for April 26, 2023” →

LIVE BLOG: Regular City Council Meeting for April 25, 2023

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Right after the workshop meeting this week, another city council meeting!!! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Regular City Council Meeting for April 25, 2023” →

CITY PAGES: Circular Food Projects, New Risk Protocols, and After Dark Line-Up

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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: Circular Food Projects, New Risk Protocols, and After Dark Line-Up” →

RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Looks at Fare Strategy and New Route #19

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There’s been a lot of transit news in the last couple of weeks between the Fare Review Strategy that was presented at Committee of the Whole and a list of route and schedule changes comes May 1. So what was there left for the Transit Advisory Committee to talk about this April? Actually, there was a lot to say about those and other topics like further schedule changes coming later this year. Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Looks at Fare Strategy and New Route #19” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Regular Meeting on April 25?

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The regular council meeting for April, marks a return to regular order, at least in terms of council’s usual start time. Welcome back, night owls! In terms of content, council will revisit some of their Committee of the Whole decisions, plus they will look at making some new committee appointments and then potentially offer some local support to a province-wide call for an ally in Ontario municipal governance.  Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Regular Meeting on April 25?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 26 Meeting?

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To end this April’s worth of council meetings, there’s this new orientation session that will focus on getting around. What’s currently going on with the movement of people around the city? What are we doing to make your roads safer for everyone regardless of how they’re moving around? What’s in the works from Guelph Transit? You can’t say that all questions will be answered, but many of them will be.  Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 26 Meeting?” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for April 20, 2023

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It’s been a busy April for Transit stuff even before we get to Transit Advisory Committee meeting. Transit business has been discussed at city council, and the usual end of the school year schedule shifts are coming, but there are also some new permanent changes coming in May, and then there are some more changes being prepped for September. There’s a lot of TAC to cover, so let’s start covering it.  Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for April 20, 2023” →