Transit You Can Still Catch
You don't fix a ridership crisis by cutting the buses people ride.
Brampton Transit ridership fell a record 20% year-over-year, cutting fare revenue by about $26M.
Source: insauga.comThe city has been running a roughly $2.8M-per-month transit deficit.
Source: insauga.com"Brampton was the transit success story of North America long before the international boom", the system's growth predates international students and can be rebuilt around commuters.
Source: globalnews.ca
Protect frequency on the routes working people depend on, rebuild commuter ridership deliberately, and plan the network around the people who live here, not around a rider base one federal policy change can erase.
Transition funding for cities absorbing federal immigration-policy impacts is Ottawa's bill. Brampton presents it publicly, with the numbers attached.
We won't promise fare fantasies the budget can't carry. We promise buses that show up, because a cheap ride that never comes isn't transit.
Table a worker-route protection plan at council within 100 days, before any further frequency cuts are considered.