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Guelph Transit Route Review

Guelph Transit started a full operational route review of its transit network in 2019 to look at individual routes and frequency to meet current and future customer needs, and to identify potential opportunities to move from its current system that requires customers to transfer buses at a central hub to a more grid-like system with direct routes.

The route review was approved by City Council as part of the Guelph Transit Business Service Review recommendations in 2019.

The route review outcomes were informed by data collection (e.g. ridership and stop activity data, and route-by-route on-time performance), industry best practices, and employee and public input.

The proposed transit system is a blended model that includes transit hubs, express routes, and routes that follow the city’s spine in a grid pattern as well as outer perimeter. It’s designed to get people to where they want to go with more route types (e.g. core, base, university express, on-demand, and industrial express), faster travel times, frequent service, and service reliability.

What we’re proposing for transit over the next decade allows us to deliver a more competitive, convenient, and reliable transit system that meets the community’s needs today and beyond. It also moves us closer to meeting goals set out in the City’s Strategic Plan by improving connectivity of the whole transportation system—making it easy for people to travel within city limits.

Please note: This project began in an older version of our website. Some of the tools and information may appear different than originally designed.

Who's Listening

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Karissa Matson, Transit Development Specialist, Guelph Transit

Karissa.Matson@guelph.ca

Tracy Suerich

Tracy Suerich, Community Engagement Advisor, City of Guelph

tracy.suerich@guelph.ca

Phases

Phases overview
Research and review of past engagement
Developing proposed routes and implementation
Collect feedback on routes and implementation plan
Refine concepts
Presentation to council
Route 19 update

Collect feedback on routes and implementation plan

May 25, 2021 - June 20, 2021

Learn more about the proposed transit system

·      Watch an 8 minute video explaining how we got here and how to find the route details you are looking for

·      Read our summary document to get a high-level idea of the changes being proposed

·      Read our more detailed Proposed Transit System document to find all of route-by-route and year-by-year details, including propose changes to routes and schedules.

·      Explore the proposed routes by year in our interactive map

·      Attend one of two virtual town halls to learn from our project leads directly

Watch our June 8, 2021 town hall:

Watch our June 16, 2021 town hall:


Interactive route map

Welcome to the interactive route map.

All of the routes are detailed in our Transit Route Review: Proposed Transit System document, but in this section you can explore the transit system by each year as the changes we have proposed would be completed.

To explore this map:

  • Use the menu button in the top left to show the list of map layers - Each of the 10-year plan has its own layer.
  • Click through each year to see how the proposed route changes would look.
  • Zoom in to see details like street names and businesses located along each route.
  • You can also click on individual routes within each year (either from the layer list or by clicking on the coloured route lines) to show more information about the route and any changes occurring in that given year.

Have fun exploring, and let us know what you think about the proposed plan on our survey 

Guelph Transit Route Review - what it is and what you need to know - transcript.docx
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Guelph Transit Route Review June 8 Townhall -transcript.docx
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Simplified final route mesh.jpg
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Proposed final network - full route map.png
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