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frinkprof · 11-09-2011, 09:27 PM

News and Notes

Transit Commissioner?

There was a notice of motion at council yesterday put forth by Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart to investigate best practices in other cities with regard to transit governance and the study the viability of a transit commission. Every city in Canada that is larger than Calgary and also other big cities in North America have a much a transit governance structure that resembles something like this (and is often more regional in scope - something we could also see in Calgary as a result of this process but perhaps not). Right now Calgary Transit is basically a mostly internally-overseen subset of the transportation department that lies somewhere between bicycle paths and pothole fixing.

So anyway, it's just being studied now, but we'll hear more about this in the coming months.

Here's an article in today's Calgary Sun about it: http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/11/08...mmission-study

WestLRT bus route changes open houses

There are some upcoming open houses for the latest rendition of the West LRT bus service plan.

For Beltline residents: Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 4:30-9:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church of Calgary
1311 - 4 Street SW

For Shaganappi residents: Thursday, November 24, 2011 from 4:30-9:00 p.m.
Shaganappi Community Hall
2516 - 14 Avenue SW

Here's the latest plan.

Spoiler!

And the Beltline-specific one:

http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/We...an_Oct2011.pdf

Transit Customer Advisory Group

The Transit Customer Advisory Group has been selected from among 120+ applicants. I believe there are 12 members who will meet quarterly with Calgary Transit to advise on customer-service related issues. The first meeting is December 1st.

Park and Ride Customer Survey Results and Summary of Findings

I haven't gone over these yet myself, but here they are:

http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/Pa...nal_Report.pdf

11-09-2011, 09:27 PM	#855
frinkprof First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2009 Exp:	News and Notes Transit Commissioner? There was a notice of motion at council yesterday put forth by Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart to investigate best practices in other cities with regard to transit governance and the study the viability of a transit commission. Every city in Canada that is larger than Calgary and also other big cities in North America have a much a transit governance structure that resembles something like this (and is often more regional in scope - something we could also see in Calgary as a result of this process but perhaps not). Right now Calgary Transit is basically a mostly internally-overseen subset of the transportation department that lies somewhere between bicycle paths and pothole fixing. So anyway, it's just being studied now, but we'll hear more about this in the coming months. Here's an article in today's Calgary Sun about it: http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/11/08...mmission-study WestLRT bus route changes open houses There are some upcoming open houses for the latest rendition of the West LRT bus service plan. For Beltline residents: Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 4:30-9:00 p.m. First Baptist Church of Calgary 1311 - 4 Street SW For Shaganappi residents: Thursday, November 24, 2011 from 4:30-9:00 p.m. Shaganappi Community Hall 2516 - 14 Avenue SW Here's the latest plan. Spoiler! And the Beltline-specific one: http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/We...an_Oct2011.pdf Transit Customer Advisory Group The Transit Customer Advisory Group has been selected from among 120+ applicants. I believe there are 12 members who will meet quarterly with Calgary Transit to advise on customer-service related issues. The first meeting is December 1st. Park and Ride Customer Survey Results and Summary of Findings I haven't gone over these yet myself, but here they are: http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/Pa...nal_Report.pdf Last edited by frinkprof; 11-09-2011 at 09:34 PM.