The Transportation Action Group brings together local transportation service providers, policy makers and agencies servicing clients together to discuss ways to advocate for more rural transportation to meet the demand and work with existing services. The agenda for the last meeting: PTF Transportation Agenda 3 Feb 2014
Transportation Action Group Agenda and Minutes_26 Nov 2013
The Transportation Action Group held an initial meeting of some Transportation Service Providers and South East Grey Community Health Centre representatives.
Key agenda items:
1. Examine coordinated services across Grey and Bruce Counties amongst service providers.
2. Draft support statement to MPP Bill Walker’s resolution calling for Committee to examine Public Transportation in Rural Ontario
The meeting examined existing services, potential areas for working together to create greater efficiency and identified who should be additionally invited to the table. See the full set of minutes: Transportation Action Group_Minutes_26 Nov 2013
The group also generated some key recommendations that were incorporated into a letter to support to MPP Bill Walker’s motion.
Bill Walker Resolution_support letter from BG Poverty Task Force
Transit expanding in Blue Mountains area
Roger Klein, CTV Barrie
Published Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:19PM EDT
Public transit is always available in big cities, but in smaller communities without bus service getting to work or school can be very difficult or very costly.
Now – after years of debate – Collingwood is expanding its transit system to include the Town of Blue Mountains.
Every hour on the hour, the bus leaves Collingwood for Wasaga Beach. The transit link between the two communities started two years ago as a trial. Now Robert Leggatt, along with many of his neighbours, depends on it.
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Robert Leggatt is happy to hear transit is expanding in the Collingwood and Blue Mountains areas.
“There are a lot of people who live along Highway 26 who don’t have cars and they rely on the bus, the link service to bring them into Collingwood,” he says.
Collingwood’s transit service is about to expand again with another bus that will run out to the resort area in the Blue Mountains.
Mayor Sandra Cooper says Collingwood and the Town of Blue Mountains have each contributed $18,000. The resort is also kicking in to get the new service up-and-running on a trial basis.
“The Blue Mountain Village Association and the resort have come up with $40,000 and with those partnerships it’s an exciting new venture,” she says.
The new service will use one of Collingwood’s existing buses and will travel back and forth between Collingwood and Blue Mountain for three hours in the morning and four hours in the evening. It’s anticipated that people will want to take along their ski and snowboard equipment.
High school students say a bus to the mountain is needed.
“I ski and my sister has a part time job up there too,” says Rachel Neike.
Mackenzie Kilbride says it’ll help with student employment “because a lot of parents don’t want to drive all the way out there.”
Anneliese Spear says the bus could mean new employment opportunities too because she will be able to travel all the way from Wasaga Beach to Blue Mountain using public transit.
“I think it will work,” she says. “I think it will work for everybody, even that extra opportunity to look is great.”
The new service should be up and running by early November, but is only a six-month trial to see how popular the service really is.
Read more: http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/transit-expanding-in-blue-mountains-area-1.1508853#ixzz2iYkH9dWV
Grey County Master Transportation Plan_Draft Transit Strategy
Grey County Transportation Master Plan
The County of Grey is undertaking a Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The TMP is a strategic plan that will direct policies and infrastructure initiatives for the County’s transportation system over the next 25 years. The objectives of the study are to address short, medium and long-term transportation needs of Grey County.
- Goal #1: Create a vision for all modes of transportation in the County of Grey, with a particular focus on encouraging active transportation options (cycling, walking/running).
- Goal #2: Identify Transportation network constraints and opportunities, as well as required infrastructure improvements/expansions to ensure the continued safe and efficient movement of people and goods to the year 2036.
- Goal #3: Ensure that the Transportation Master Plan is fully aligned with the County’s vision and goals identified in the County Corporate Strategic Plan and other County plans/strategies.
- Goal #4: Establish solutions reflective of the present economic climate and future conditions.
- Goal #5: Coordinate and establish partnerships with public and private agencies.
Two Technical Papers pertain directly to some of the issues the Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force are engaged in discussions at our Transportation Action Group.