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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I thought that charging $3 to park and ride would have made people take more shuttle buses. Isn't there one in every neighbourhood?
For me I just time the shuttle and it takes me to the park and ride and I save $3 a day! I find it convenient but also noticed that my shuttle bus is often quite empty.
Are shuttle buses being underused?
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All but the very newest communities in Calgary have bus service, and the City of Calgary requires all residences to be a maximum of 400 meters from a bus stop. The communities that don't have service (which are usually brand new, numbering in the low hundreds of residents) will get service when their community grows a bit.
As for use or underuse, it really depends on which route, and what time of day. There's different types of routes: mainline (examples 2, 3, 20), express (examples 133, 179, 116), feeder (examples 16, 22, 55), special shuttle (examples 502, 506), BRT (301, 302, 305), and community shuttle (examples 429, 440, 456).
I believe what you're asking about are feeder routes or community shuttles. Some are actually quite popular while others barely see any use.