| As many Miltonians are aware, Metrolinx recently announced many changes to the GO bus schedules for Milton which included the number 20 bus from Milton to Sheridan College in Oakville. The province had sighted a few reasons for the cancellation including low ridership and cost savings. The option devised by GO Transit/Metrolinx was for riders to take Rt 25 or 29 from the Highway Park and Ride at RR25 to Erin Mills station in Mississauga and then transfer to Rt 46 to Sheridan College. Let’s see…drive to 401 & 25, then go to Mississauga and then go to Oakville. This doesnt make sense at all. |
| Ridership numbers aside, this was the only north / south transit route to connect Milton with its Halton municipal partner Oakville. A number of students and employees living in Milton have contacted myself along with other councillors and Milton Transit to express their intense opposition to the move. Personally I feel that if we want to reduce traffic on our roads, encourage transit as an option for people who don’t have cars or the means to go back and forth – especially students – there needs to be a revisit of this decision. I received an email from Metrolinx the other day letting us know about an upcoming Town Hall meeting they are hosting in Burlington to discuss services and transit planning. Seeing how there is no other local Milton location for the town hall, I am putting this information out to residents and transit advocates to head down to Burlington to let their views known. Here is the email. |
| A friendly note that we’re bringing the Metrolinx Town Hall series to Burlington! Join CEO Phil Verster and our Senior Management Team in-person or online on February 5, at 7PM. Metrolinx Town Halls are an opportunity for communities to ask our leadership about services, transit planning or anything else. Please also feel free to share this information with your networks, using the below social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2440488886167755/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metrolinx/status/1221814515739832321 Date: February 5, 2019 – 7:00PM to 8:30PM Location: Burlington GO Station Main Station Building 2101 Fairview St. Burlington, ON L7R 2C8 |
Please visit the social media links and register to attend the event on February 5th or submit your comments via the Facebook page and let them know they need to reinstate Route 20 or provide a more seamless route so that people living in Milton and working in Oakville and students who attend Sheridan College have a fast and easy way to travel.