DRT West Service Adjustments

It appears that some small service adjustments have been made in Pickering and Ajax in the past week or so.  If you are the sort of person who likes to arrive at the bus stop a minute or two before the bus, you may want to check the latest schedules.
While this are small changes, to [...]

Small things, reconsidered

Regular readers will know that one of my goals is to address the small things that can make transit service more effective in Durham Region. Big things, like service increases, new buses, and new routes are obviously critical to the future growth of Durham Region Transit. Putting the focus exclusively on the [...]

Thirty foot buses

No, this post is not about those buses we saw on The Flintstones that were propelled by passengers sticking their feet through holes in the floor and running. Instead, DRT has tendered for a new thirty foot low floor bus. This is a bus that is similar to the D40LF buses recently purchased [...]

New schedule booklets

On the trip to the GO Station this morning, I picked up a new schedule booklet. It covers all routes in Pickering, Ajax, Uxbridge, Scugog, and Brock. I presume that Whitby, Oshawa, and Clarington routes are all covered in a second booklet, but I haven’t seen it yet.  I’ll look for it when [...]