No, bus fares are NOT reduced. Transit service is not even available on stat holidays in a Prince George. A few shuttle buses from a few locations is not transit service. Many bus riders (such as myself) are not able to access these pickup points without regular transit service.

And while I can understand why a person would use a bus pass for the ride (assuming they can get to the pickup point), I can’t for the life of me figure out why anyone would use a ticket worth more than a dollar when they could just pay the dollar instead. Bizarre suggestion.

I get what your saying it isn’t true service on Tuesday because of the holiday but this allows those who drive a vehicle the opportunity to leave their vehicle in a parking lot so people don’t have to get all angry finding a spot at FGP. It is not a regular bus day and people will just have to car pool to these parking lots so they can use a shuttle bus service. That should be the story title lol, shuttle bus service, not fares reduced.

That’s exactly what I’m saying. I don’t have a problem with this service. I used to live next to the park so I know what a nightmare it is. But the whole article is very misleading. I do t want to see anyone thinking they can get to work on the bus that day because of media release info like this.

This might come as a surprise, but transit riders might have places to be besides FGP that day. Carpooling doesn’t work for everyone, particularly those of us with kids and car seats. Whenever we are at home on stat holidays, home is where we stay. And I feel pretty trapped. But I guess I should be grateful because when I first moved here 8 years ago, there wasn’t any Sunday service.

Where da pro-bus people at? (cue crickets).

I want the city to pay for my cab.

Have you ever ridden a bus here? There are some routes that are under utilized, but the ones I ride are usually full, at least for decent portion of the ride. No, it’s not standing room only every three minutes like the Vancouver b-line, but buses are very used and needed by a lot of people in this city.

I’m not sure that counting the numbers of people who complain on some website is a valid study of ridership. Nor is you watching a bus every now and then from inside your car.

lhl -I had ridden on various bus routes on and off when I lived in PG. I had lived in various parts of PG. I know some buses can be busy and some are not used very much (depending the time of the day). That is probably comparable to any transit system anywhere in North America. That is the challenge for any transit system. To make the system as efficient as possible in a society that is absolutely dependent on cars.
My preferred mode of commuting to work (downtown) was by bus and bicycle. I knew a few people that relied on the transit system and some of them can easily afford to own and operate a car, but chose not to.

I find that the majority of the people that leave comments on this site are against the PG transit system and keep saying it is not used and want it scrapped. So take any comment on this site with a grain of salt. Use other sources to determine if transit is worth while or not.

I currently reside in Calgary and the transit has it’s own problems and challenges. Some are the same as faced in PG. It is very efficient to get in and out of the downtown core, but horrible if you want to go east/west and north/south. Just like PG.