Mary Ann Burrows
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New 'bicycle mayor' aims to boost cycling in Guelph
GuelphToday
16Congratulations Andrea! You will be a wonderful Bicycle Mayor for Guelph! You already do so many great things for our city already!! Excited to see you thrive in this new volunteer role!!
8- Mary Ann Burrows
Guelph Transit axing payment app in favour of debit, credit
GuelphToday 19Guelph Transit Please change over to Presto and integrate payments with GO Metrolinx.
- Mary Ann Burrows
Guelph Transit buses adopting all-white look
GuelphToday 17Great idea! Transit riders often complain that they can’t see bus stops through the advertising wraps, specially at night, and that they make riders feel claustrophobic. Future advertisements could go on the sides and back and let riders see out to find their stops more easily.
- Mary Ann Burrows
OPINION: Guelph's small-town, small mindedness is stifling us
GuelphToday 9The hub and spoke transit mode has to go. Council and the Mayor should implement the Guelph Transit’s Future Ready Plan ASAP. It’s a good plan. Time to use the millions of dollars the Federal government sends to Guelph based on numbers of Transit riders and put it toward improving Transit instead of putting it in a Reserve Fund. With Conestoga College students finally getting a bus pass this September, Guelph Transit will probably have another surplus this year. More people on frequent public transit means less congestion for drivers.As for bike lanes - last a Thursday night we counted at least 30 cyclists, a few scooters and an electric wheel chair in 20 minutes on the TransCanada Trail that goes to Riverside Park and the Guelph Lake GORBA Bike Trails. Here’s the thing, bike infrastructure has to be connected ALL the way to where people want to go and Guelph is moving very slowly in that regard.
1- Mary Ann Burrows
Is Guelph budgeting enough to cover winter maintenance costs?
GuelphToday 4We can see with our eyes that the “painted line” bike lanes are not being cleared by the plows. Maybe they are some are in some places but I haven’t seen them. Gordon Street has a great deal of bike traffic in winter and it definitely isn’t cleared.
3- Mary Ann Burrows
If you care about the environment, you will get on a bus
GuelphToday 4Good article Adam! Agree with Gina and many others - have the Route 99 travel continuously up and down the central corridor on a ten minute frequency and avoid the hubs - this is a simple fix. Remember creating the frequent #99 increased ridership 45%. Now imagine if all the busses were frequent on a connected grid that goes where people want to go. Ridership will go up. No more empty busses. City coffers will increase since the province and the federal governments provide funds based on number of riders - currently that equals about $12-million per year. It is definitely time to modernize Guelph’s transit system to a GRID.
1- Mary Ann Burrows
Free bus rides for high school students, seniors proposed
GuelphTodayThis is a great first step!
- Mary Ann Burrows
YMCA announces Guelph's Women of Distinction
GuelphTodaySusan Carey deserves this Lifetime Achievement award! She is amazing! So happy to see this.
- Mary Ann Burrows
