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Old Posted Aug 7, 2012, 10:57 AM
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From the HSR Transit Blog, with only minor corrections for spelling and punctuation when needed.

http://hsrtransit.blogspot.com/2012/...e-changes.html

"Planned Fall Service Changes

While the fall schedule won't be finalized and released until later in August, the Public Works department sent an information update to the mayor and members of council. This update included several enhancements of service for September 2012 which will benefit transit users in the downtown, Ancaster and Upper Stoney Creek.

There are several service enhancements planned for the fall, including:

'5C West Hamilton'
This route will be extended from West Hamilton Loop to the Ancaster Meadowlands on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Currently the route only services Meadowlands during weekdays and terminates at West Hamilton on the weekends. This change will now provide residents of lower Hamilton direct access to Ancaster seven days a week.

'43 Stone Church'
This route will now have service in the evening on Saturdays, and all day service on Sundays.

Currently, service for this route terminates at 6pm on Saturdays, and there is no service on Sundays or holidays. The only bus service for the Heritage Greene area of Upper Stoney Creek during these time periods is through '11 Parkdale', which provides service to a limited area.

'44 Rymal'
This route will have new weekday midday and early evening service added.

Since being introduced in September of 2008, this route has been expanded once already. Originally the route only ran between the Glancaster Loop (Upper Paradise) and Prichard Road during morning and afternoon peak periods. In 2009 the route was extended to service Ancaster in the west and Eastgate in the east. The route only operates from approximately 5:30am-10am and 2pm-7pm. This new service should see the route run throughout the afternoon uninterrupted. It's not yet known how late the route will run.

The HSR is also in the planning stages of restructuring '6 Aberdeen', '7 Locke' and '8 York.' Extended service for buses along Dundurn has been a long requested upgrade, so it is possible that this could be in the works, but it is too soon to tell what changes will be made to the routes.

Year to date, ridership on HSR buses is up 0.9% and represents a 2.2% increase in revenue to budget for 2012 and 3.2% increase in revenue over the same period last year.

We'll know more about timing and scheduling once the enhancements are finalized and released."

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Old Posted Aug 7, 2012, 3:21 PM
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That plus adding a bus lane along King this fall.
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Old Posted Aug 23, 2012, 10:43 PM
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Discounted HSR passes now available to Mohawk employees

http://mohawkmatters.typepad.com/my_...awk+Matters%29

The Mohawk College Sustainability Office and Smart Commute Hamilton are introducing a discounted HSR transit passes for all Mohawk College employees starting this September.

The pilot program will run from September 2012 to April 2013, and is designed to provide all Mohawk College employees with an exclusive 25% discount on monthly HSR transit passes. The Mohawk Student Association introduced significantly discounted passes for the College's Hamilton-based students in 2010.
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Halton is asking for feedback on its first active transportation plan designed to connect communities and promote walking, cycling and in-line skating around the region.

A survey is available at:

http://www.halton.ca/activetransportation
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That plus adding a bus lane along King this fall.
Any idea what the status of this is?
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Old Posted Nov 26, 2012, 5:23 PM
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Burlington Transit's Route 101, which began service Sept 2, operates along Plains Road between King & James and the Fairview GO Station, making just three stops in between, taking you from King & James to Mapleview in 23 minutes and the GO in 30.
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Curiously, GTHA eligibility stops at the Halton border. Maybe next year.

Funding available from Metrolinx for community projects (InsideToronto.com, Nov 27, 2012)

Metrolinx is offering up funding of up to $1,000 for local projects related to transit and transportation.

The Community Partnerships Program is designed to support local community-based initiatives across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in areas where transportation improvement projects funded by Metrolinx are underway.

Each year the Community Partnerships Program focuses on a different geographic area. In this round of the Community Partnerships Program, Metrolinx is inviting applications for projects located along GO Transit’s Union Station and Lakeshore West rail corridors in Toronto and south Mississauga, from Cherry Street in Toronto in the east to the Peel/Halton border in the west.

This program was run for the first time last year, and focused on the Georgetown South Corridor. In addition to supporting the Wabash Building Society’s bicycle rings at Sorauran Park, Metrolinx supported a ‘newcomers on the move’ program at CultureLink, a new sign as part of a beautification initiative at Frontlines near the Weston GO station, and an historical plaque by the Weston Historical Society marking an aboriginal trail which has been mounted in Little Park, in Weston.

For more information about what types of projects and applicants are eligible for support, visit: http://www.metrolinx.com/partnerships and choose Community Partnerships. The deadline to apply is Nov. 30, 2012.
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Not really a huge loss. Don't know what you can do with $1000. Maybe buy a bench and some grass.
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City says no more free transit for blind, disabled (CBC Hamilton, Flannery Dean, Dec 5, 2012)

A change to Hamilton's transit policy will force riders with disabilities to pay full fare starting in the new year, the city announced Tuesday.

The transit division says the Voluntary Pay Program on HSR must be eliminated starting in January because of new provincial regulations. But the city’s reasoning — that it’s simply complying with Ontario’s Transportation Standard made under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 2005 — may be flawed.

Under the current system, the blind as well as those who use canes, walkers, scooters and wheelchairs are allowed to ride HSR free of charge. They may choose to pay, but they’re not obligated to pay the standard $2.55 fare.

Come Jan. 1, 2013, however, the blind and disabled will be asked to pay the standard rate as part of HSR’s Fare Parity Policy.

The city explained its decision in a release: “The new HSR Fare Parity Policy is being implemented in conjunction with the new Eligibility Policy and in accordance with the Transportation Standards regulations made under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.”

“Staff’s argument is that [in accordance with] the AODA, we can’t have a two-tiered system,” said Ward 4 councilor, Sam Merulla.
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I think it's a good move. I know someone that found a walker near a large garbage bin and now uses the walker to get on the HSR for free. So many people abuses the system that they ruined it.
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I personally don't think that the few abusers outweigh the impact that has on the people who truly need this service. People with disability or those with severe vision problems already have enough trouble finding gainful employment. Now, since many are unable or are not permitted to drive, have to spend $800+ a year for transit to and from their limited jobs. I understand that we want a transit system that can support its operation costs and possible expansion but I am not sure if this is the way to do it.

A blanket tactic like this is another lost chance for some civic innovation or at least some compassion. There must be a system that could be put in place that could crack down on abuse but still serve those who need and use transit in order to be productive members of our community. But like so many in so many other areas there is no will. It's easier to cut than to work.
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Couldn't they be given passes or something, thus cutting out fakers?
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That's fantastic.

I'll be paying an extra $40+ per month for HSR because GO is forcing monthly pass users to move to Presto next month... and now the GO fares are increasing substantially - which will wind up costing me an extra $25 a month.

A $65+ transit increase is ridiculous.
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That's fantastic.

I'll be paying an extra $40+ per month for HSR because GO is forcing monthly pass users to move to Presto next month... and now the GO fares are increasing substantially - which will wind up costing me an extra $25 a month.

A $65+ transit increase is ridiculous.
You might want to look into this, regarding HSR:

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You can load an HSR monthly or annual pass onto your PRESTO card. When you tap, PRESTO will recognize a valid pass instead of debiting your balance.

Passes can only be purchased and loaded in person at an HSR Customer Service Outlet.
Source: https://www.prestocard.ca/en/StaticContent/FaresTravel/
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You might want to look into this, regarding HSR:

You can load an HSR monthly or annual pass onto your PRESTO card. When you tap, PRESTO will recognize a valid pass instead of debiting your balance.

Passes can only be purchased and loaded in person at an HSR Customer Service Outlet.

Source: https://www.prestocard.ca/en/StaticContent/FaresTravel/
That's actually worse.

This is the problem... currently monthly GO Train pass allows a $15 HSR sticker that gives unlimited use of HSR for the month (I only need it for M-F to/from Hunter Station).

With Presto, HSR will deduct $2 in the morning (normal Presto price) and .50 in the evening (reduced price contingent on having used Presto to/from Union Station that day).

22 work days per month on average - which would cost me $55 a month for HSR use ($2.50 per day * 22 days).

I'm paying $40 more per month with Presto than I used to with the monthly GO pass + HSR sticker.

Add the 55 cent GO Train fare hike announced today (for the longer travel routes), that'll cost me an extra $24.20 per month ($1.10 per day * 22 days).

Maybe it's just me, but paying an extra $64.20 per month is ludicrous.
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HSR fare is always only 50c with Presto if you are connecting to GO Transit. Your tap on HSR on the way to GO station will show as $2 (Presto thinks this is regular HSR trip), but when you tap at the GO station your fare will be reduced by $1.50 (because Presto now knows this is a connecting trip). If you don't have a default train route or use the buses, the 1.50 reduction displays as you tap off the train/bus. On the way home when you tap on HSR Presto already knows you were on GO so the fare shows 50c when you tap.

The HSR portion of a round-trip daily commute is $1.00 per day so based on your 22-day monthly commute, HSR will cost you $22 per month. Still $7 more than the monthly pass system but not an unreasonable increase. That HSR add-in to monthly GO passes was too sweet a deal to last.
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Another thing to consider is the $0.55 fare increase is on the cash fare, not the Presto fare. Presto fares currently have a 7.5% discount on the cash fare price for your first 36 rides in a month, 87.5% discount on cash fare for rides 37-40 in that same month, and additional rides beyond 40 in the same month are free. As of February the discount will be increasing to 8.75% on the first 36 rides, 87.75% on rides 37-40, and additional rides beyond 40 in the same month are free.

When you do the math, the Presto fare will be going from $9.16 per trip to $9.54 on the first 36 trips using Presto (an increase of $0.38 per trip). Trips 37-40 will be $1.28 (an increase of $0.04 per trip), and trips 41+ in the same month remain free.

That means the max monthly charge for daily commute on GO from Hamilton to Toronto will be $348.56, up $21.76 from the current max monthly charge of $326.80, to which of course one would add $22 for connecting HSR.
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Is it just me or have Union-Hamilton GO fares being going up way more than inflation the past several years?

Also parking at GO needs to all be paid on a cost recovery basis. Why should someone who exclusively travels on the Union Hamilton route pay for others parking if they never use it. If Burlingtonians want a sea of parking around their GO stations, let them pay for it.
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Has anyone seen Oakville's new GO parking garage / temple? It is a solar powered, Taj Mahal of parking garages! Six-levels, 1,300+ spaces, a car-counting system enabling customers to predetermine available parking spaces on each floor and a kiss and ride main floor.

http://ascribehq.com/ellisdon/portfolio/6360

In my opinion it is just scary big for the area, but the number of people depict it.
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