Commuter Frustrations

I haven’t posted in over a week and a half, partially because I have been busy with life, but also partially because I have been somewhat frustrated with transit lately. Let me explain.
As regular readers may know, my work commute involves taking the DRT Audley South bus to Ajax GO Station, and from there [...]

Becoming riders continued

A few weeks ago, I asked for suggestions on how to get drivers to become riders. There wasn’t a lot of feedback, although a few people posted some suggestions. Still, this kind of confirms my sense of things, which is that many if not most Durham Region car drivers are entirely happy being car [...]

A new Durham Transit Blog

Our little community of Durham Region Transit bloggers has grown by one.  I’d like to welcome Brian Adcock’s new “Durham Region Transit” blog. I’ve added a link to it on the right side of the page.

More on new routes

Just a quick note that DRT has been posting some schedule information here for the new routes mentioned earlier.

DRT route numbering

As you will have seen in my previous post on DRT’s new routes it looks like routes are gradually being renumbered to a common format, with:

100s Pickering
200s Ajax
300s Whitby
400s Oshawa
500s Clarington
900s Cross-community grid routes

Note that we have already seen 100 and 200-range numbers used for the evening and Sunday combined routes in Ajax and Pickering. [...]

More on 2007 route changes

DRT has posted more details on the 2007 route changes:

915 Taunton: Effective June 25, 2007. Monday to Friday 20 minute frequency, weeknight & weekends 30 minute frequency from Pickering GO Station via Bayly, Westney, Taunton and Simcoe to Durham College/UOIT. Integrates the former Campus 101 with increased capacity.
916 Rossland : Effective June 25, 2007. Monday [...]

Budget 2006 versus 2007

I happened to be comparing the long-term DRT budget projections in the 2006 and 2007 budgets, and I noticed something interesting.
The 2006 budget forecasts the following new equipment purchases for 2008 and beyond:
2008 – 23
2009 – 20
2010 – 25
The 2007 budget forecasts the following:
2008 – 38
2009 – 36
2010 – 36
In the more detailed breakdowns, there [...]