Transit committee chair steps aside

The following article appeared in the February 28 edition of the Guelph Mercury:
Conflict of interest allegations continue to hover over members of city council
Councillor Mike Salisbury has resigned from the city’s transit committee over allegations he’s in a conflict of interest.
He said the allegations were made by the transit union because his wife is a [...]

4.5%

City of Guelph 2008 Operating and Capital budgets highlights:
20 Minute bus service
Funding for Hospice Wellington and Guelph General Hospital’s MRI
Increased life cycle reserve

Bus Stop head turner

Check out this bus shelter ad on Westmount Road. I think someone’s avin’ a bit of a laugh.

Priority Setting Process Questions and Answers

Q. How did you arrive at this list of priorities?
A. The list of priorities was derived from an open review of over 200 existing, pending and new project priorities which account for approximately 10-20% of the city’s resources and capacity. The two review meetings took place in the fall.
Meeting 1: October 19, 2007 at the [...]

Guelph Bus Service

For the first time since I was in Grade 8 at College Avenue School do I find myself as a regular rider of the GTC. And while I have read some letters in the papers critical of the service, my experience has been quite the opposite.
Every morning I board a clean bus that arrives on [...]

Guelph Transit implementation plan

I feel compelled to write you after reading an article in tonight’s Tribune about the Guelph Transit situation and solutions being considered at Wednesday’s committee meeting on the matter.
As a regular user of the transit system I am not against paying more money per ride. Fares probably should have increased in smaller amounts a couple [...]

DC’s and the South End Recreational Centre

There is a growing and very vocal number of residents living in the south end of Guelph advocating for a new recreational centre to be built as soon as possible.
Currently, the City of Guelph has in it’s capital budget, construction of a new south end rec centre sometime in 2014. The projected cost of the rec centre is [...]