[JJTheJetPln]

Jan and February ridership numbers in 2026 actually show decrease compared to 2020. So ridership is lower than pre-pandemic. Budget was based on 2 million decline in 2026, but maybe end up 7-8 million decline, back to 2018 levels.

Month 2018  2019  2020  2024  2025  2026
Jan   2394k 2429k 2823k 3516k 3237k 2420k
Feb   2284k 2106k 2544k 3435k 2788k 2293k

And it seems Brampton Transit has cancelled their APTA membership as a cost-saving measure, so we cannot do city vs. city thing with Mississauga. MiWay rejoined APTA last year after cancelling membership in 2004. Winnipeg Transit just joined too, so we could have compared Mississauga, Winnipeg, Brampton Transit, too bad.

This makes me wonder what caused the lower ridership. I don't want to look at TFW's/PGWP's/LMIA's not being granted or renewed, I'm actually curious about other indicators. Like people buying vehicles, carpooling, walking to work where possible, and so on.

Is there any data for 2021-2023?

 

[zoomzoom1010]

Also kind of interesting, Argo seems to be replacing Routes 25 (Caledon portion), 41, and 81 in for a 15 month pilot project. Makes me wonder if this is in response to low ridership, as well as if this will take off well. Routes and 30 and 18 will not be affected as these are moreso extremely limited employment-based shuttles. They are aiming for a response time of 20 minutes or less.

Which is a pretty big increase for all these service areas.

Current frequencies:
25 Edenbrook: 36 minutes, rush hour only
41 Bolton: 45 minutes, rush hour only
81 Mayfield West: 45 minutes during all time periods of operation (peak, midday, early evening, 7 days a week)