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Cornell Rate Payer’s Association (CRPA)2013 Annual General Meeting

William Choi, Program Manager Service Planning

Greg Brady, Manager Operations

January 17, 2013

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Residents Concerns

Bus idling on Church St.

Route 201 - Markham GO Shuttle

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Current situation on Church St.

13 routes service Church St. 7 routes terminate at Markham Stouffville Hospital

298 trips per day service on Church St.272 trips per day terminate at Markham Stouffville

Hospital

Current recovery time ranges from 0 to 24 minutes

Existing operation practice on Church St.

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Proposed Routing – Route 1 - Highway 7

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Targeting Implementation Date: June 30th, 2013

Walmart

Proposed Bus Stop

Legend

Markham Stouffville

HospitalH

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Proposed Routing: Route 2 – Milliken(Weekends only)

Targeting Implementation Date: June 30th, 2013

Walmart

Proposed Bus Stop

Legend

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Proposed Routing: Route 2A -14th Avenue

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Targeting Implementation Date: June 30th, 2013

Walmart

Proposed Bus Stop

Legend

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Proposed Routing: Route 9 - 9th Line

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Targeting Implementation Date: June 30th, 2013

Walmart

Proposed Bus Stop

Legend

Box Grove PlazaB

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Improvements

As of January 2013 272 trips per day terminate at Markham

Stouffville Hospital

As of June 30th 2013 153 trips per day terminate at Markham Stouffville

Hospital (reduction of 119 trips)

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Route 201 – Markham GO Shuttle

2013 Annual Service Plan recommends to discontinue the second morning, and second or third evening trips for Route 201

YRT/Viva received concerns from passengers

On-going monitoring and obtaining daily ridership

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Route 201: Average Ridership

Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Average

AM

5:47 AM 5 4 5 4 4

6:25 AM 8 10 11 10 10

6:55 AM 8 7 8 8 8

7:30 AM 7 9 10 8 8

PM

5:10 PM 12 14 13 11 12

5:40 PM 13 11 10 12 12

6:15 PM 8 9 7 9 8

6:53 PM 8 10 8 8 8

7:21 PM 4 5 7 5 5

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Route 201 – Markham GO Shuttle

Next Steps:

Continue to monitor ridership

Passenger consultation in July 2013

Communication to passengers

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