I'm not a fan of using public transit anymore, especially after commuting downtown for a year, but I can see that it is a valuable resource for some to have.
Steve & Kelly wrote:
One other small tidbit to consider, what about the congestion that our roads will face as Milton continues to grow? According to Malbeouf, that does not matter, lets just cut transit. If he wants to cut transit, how does he plan to alleviate congestion on our roads? If you do not think that is going to happen in Milton, look at any other suburb (like Mississauga for example) and tell me what you think?
Having said that I think this point could be argued by saying that since there is (currently) such a small ridership and that the buses are often carrying few riders there wouldn't be a great increase in congestion.
I think money could be saved on transit by reducing or changing the operating hours, or by reducing the level of service on a couple of the routes that do not currently have a high volume of ridership.