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STATEMENT

WE THE RESIDENTS OF GREATER SUDBURY...

demand that city council fund an additional 20,000 service hours for transit services to be funded in the 2026-2027 budget. Arguments in favour of transit are as follows:
 

  • Expanding transit would allow people to rely less on their vehicles, saving households up to $15,000 per year per car

  • Expanding transit would make it viable for people to use - Actually achieving transit mode share goals

  • Higher transit use reduces GHG emissions - Actually achieving CEEP goals

  • Higher transit use reduces road wear and tear - Lower road maintenance cost

  • Higher transit use reduces the amount of traffic congestion - Less idling and faster travel

  • Higher transit use increases foot traffic - More customers and community vibrancy

  • Higher transit use decrease crime and social inequalities - Safer and more prosperous community

  • Higher transit use encourages physical activity - Healthier and more vibrant community

  • Higher transit use makes people feel connected to their community - More community pride and less littering

  • Every $1 invested in transit can return as much as $8 in economic activity.

  • Higher transit access supports the creation of new housing, especially affordable housing.

 

We wish for council to increase transit funding to allow for an additional 20,000 service hours to be used to implement a form of the desired transit network residents of the public have signed in support of. The petition asks for the following changes:
 

  1. Add and modify routes in the existing transit network to allow for urban travel times not greater than 30% longer than driving between the 2 nearest “transit hubs”

  2. Introduce early morning service that would begin at 5:00am

  3. Increase frequencies in underserved areas to every 15-60 minutes between 5am and 12am

  4. Introduce a minimum frequency of 1 hour for all route types (excluding target and community connector routes)

  5. Expand service area to serve almost all urban residents within 500m of a bus stop

  6. Remove current holiday service schedule in favour of using the weekend schedule

  7. “Spread out” services leaving the Downtown terminal

  8. Improve GTFS data export to show interlining, circulator routes, shuttle buses, new years eve schedule, and updated branding.

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