Approve transit route network and service enhancements

Councillor Votes

Full Resolution Text

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report IPSTR23-004 dated September 11, 2023, of the Commissioner of Infrastructure and Planning Services (Acting) as follows: a) That staff commence implementing the short-term recommendations developed with input from the Peterborough Transit Liaison Committee within available budgets; b) That the route network presented in Appendix A to Report IPSTR23-004 be approved; c) That staff include the proposed service enhancements – addition of 4 full-time drivers at $340,000 and 2 supervisors at $256,000 – developed with input from the Peterborough Transit Liaison Committee in the 2024 draft budget; d) That the On-Demand Pilot service be discontinued once contractual obligations expire in October 2023 and resources be reallocated to extending conventional service to cover the service periods currently covered by On- Demand; and e) That, subject to the City’s overall year-end financial position and at the discretion of the Treasurer, up to $941,000 from the uncommitted funds in the Transit Capital Reserve be used to cover the projected 2023 operating budget shortfall to avoid service cutbacks in the remainder of 2023.