[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 sort of interesting: Argo seems to be replacing Routes 25 (Caledon portion), 41, and 81 for a 15-month pilot project beginning October 1st. Makes me wonder if this is in response to low ridership, as well as if this will take off well. Routes 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.

Minor edit to ensure clarity: The 25 Edenbrook in and of itself will not be cancelled, but it will be shortened back to what it was before April 2025 to operate solely to Mayfield Road and Queen Mary Drive (via Edenbrook Hill Dr).

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)

 

[JJTheJetPln]

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)

That's really interesting. Makes me wonder what the union is going to say about that.

 

[ShonTron]

Ugh. The INsauga website is garbage. Worse than BlogTO. There’s no link or source for the information and so many ads cluttering the post.

That said, it’d be nice to see ARGO take over Valleyfield as well, because it’s just outside walking distance to any of the existing fixed routes. Combining that with the 81 service area makes sense.

I don’t understand switching Route 41 over though because of the big employment areas it serves, unless it was to provide new off-peak service in Bolton.