Before heading out on summer vacation, the Transit Advisory Committee got some good news and it involved expanding Sunday service to include on-demand buses in the very near future. That’s one of the nuggets from this recent meting of Guelph’s transit advisory board who met in the newly renovated meeting room at Transit’s head office on Watson Road. What other news was there from these shiny new digs? Check out the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: TAC Checks Out Renovated Digs at Transit HQ”
We get a change of venue at this month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting. Coming to you live from the newly renovating meeting room at Transit’s head office on Watson Road, the committee will get the usual updates about operations, the EV roll out, and rider feedback, plus there will be an update about that new chime that will herald special announcements on buses. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for June 20, 2024”
The Transit Advisory Committee will be meeting again to consider a new slate of policy, budget, and scheduling decisions. On the agenda this month, are the usual submissions like rider feedback and the general update, and under new items there’s an update about budget implications for transit and some in-progress changes to three bus routes in the northwest. Let’s get into the preview for May… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 16, 2024”
By the end of the summer, 11 total EV buses will be on the road in Guelph. That was one of the revelations from this month’s Transit Advisory Committee. That was good news, and it was good news to hear that mobility services will soon be given a much needed review, but where there is good news, there must also be bad news. September service expansion will be delayed because of the mayor’s request for budget cuts. Let’s get into all the news with this month’s recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Mayor’s Memo to Have Impact on Transit Plans for Fall, TAC Hears”
Time to catch the bus, or rather the committee that advises about the buses. The April agenda for the Transit Advisory Committee looks suspiciously like the March agenda, but with one additional item. Once again, TAC will look at chimes, and ridership concerns, and general updates, but they will also hear about a proverbial meeting of local transit minds. So let’s dig into the details as we look forward to next week’s meeting. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for April 18, 2024”
Do you not hear the chimes at midnight? Well, technically it’s the chimes at 5:30 pm, but really you might end up hearing them any time you’re on a Guelph Transit bus. A new chime for special alerts and announcements was the biggest order of new business on the agenda at this month’s Transit Advisory Committee, and if you scan the recap below you will learn how many more of those buses pictured above you will see on Guelph roads soon! Continue reading “RECAP: The Transit Advisory Committee Chimes in About a Chime”
This month transit is coming around again for March’s meeting of the Transit Advisory Committee. And what advice will be sought from the committee this month? There will be the usual items about electrification, general transit news, and insights from the board and other users, plus there will be an item about chimes and messages that is still mysterious, but at least it’s something different. Let’s check out the agenda… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for March 21, 2024”
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”
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