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Final supporters
Their reason is “resources allocation for high ridership routes “, which is absolutely non sense. Resources need to be rationalized, making more money from high ridership routes while maintaining service coverage and reachability to fulfill social responsibility of public service. You cannot be too much skewed towards profitability by sacrificing public services reachability!
We rely on this route to commute as a group instead of driving individually. We need service. And the environment also need this public service to reduce pollution. We should ease the life instead of making it difficult.
The same request has been addressed multiple times in the past with YRT through regional cities and MP. As residents in Richmond hill and tax payers, we raise our request to keep 242 route again this time!
Please refer to the petition link for the same issue in 2013 as follows.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveyrtroute242/?m=0
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Updates
June 17, 2019
The increase in support has provided the leverage required to escalate this issue to the regional transit planning committee. I am currently finalizing a formal briefing document to present at their next public hearing.
27 Comments
After hearing from other passengers, further looked at the YRT navigation map. There is no public service in west of young-south of major Mac. 242 is a core coverage for this area, The “option 83/83A 99” is not the practical options considering the rush morning hours. when 242 is claimed to be discontinued, we realized it is so important, essential and critical for our life. Thank you for the 242 business service! Please let it fulfill it is mission continuously for the residents in Richmond hill!
Hi, We have recently moved to Weldrick Rd W. Before we move, we counted and relied on having rout 242 as our commuting vehicle. If it gets canceled, I would have to walk for about 15 minutes to Carrville road to take the bus to Rutherford GO. This will affect my schedule and is so hard especially in the winter. Canceling this rout will encourage more residences in the area to be single drivers, and will discourage other people to consider this area as a livable place to move. This is against urban sustainable development. City should be responsible to provide accecebality to all tax payers, regardless if it is profitable or not. Thanks for your consideration in advance.
I take this bus everyday. I need it to get to work and back. Please do not cut it. Thanks,
Route 242 mainly serves Weldrick Rd., Pemberton Rd., May Ave., and Palmer Ave. This route serves the North Richvale community, connecting it to Richmond Hill GO Station. History The earliest precursor to this route is Richmond Hill Transit route 6. It has a rush-hour extension from it's western loop along May and Palmer to Richmond Hill GO Station. When YRT took over operations, this became route 86B. Route 242 came into operation in 2004, when a major restructuring in Richmond Hill simplified route 86, eliminating the branches. Route 242 operated along the rush-hour portion only, ending at Hillcrest Mall. It has been operating along the same route ever since. In 2007, YRT announced that GO Shuttles would allow passengers to get off before a GO Station in the AM, and on after the station in the PM. This allows people to use them as a regular YRT bus. YRT warns that if the GO train is cancelled, or there are no passengers at the GO station, the run will be cancelled. The aftermath of the 2011-2012 YRT/Viva strike had a negative effect on ridership on this route, as passengers with access to cars would now rather drive to the nearest GO station. Route 242 was declared fully accessible in December 2012. The 2013 Annual Service Plan originally had the route discontinued, however this was never implemented due to concerns from connecting GO train passengers. Vehicles
This is important to us.
I rely on this shuttle often, especially in the winter and have met many people every ride I take that also rely on it.
We live in North Richvale area of Richmond hill and we rely on shuttle bus 242 to commute to and from Richmond Hill go station. Canceling this shuttle bus service will have significant impact on my commuting and I want to petition this decision.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Their reason is “resources allocation for high ridership routes “, which is absolutely non sense. Resources need to be rationalized, making more money from high ridership routes while maintaining service coverage and reachability to fulfill social responsibility of public service. You cannot be too much skewed towards profitability by sacrificing public services reachability!
We rely on this route to commute as a group instead of driving individually. We need service. And the environment also need this public service to reduce pollution. We should ease the life instead of making it difficult.
The same request has been addressed multiple times in the past with YRT through regional cities and MP. As residents in Richmond hill and tax payers, we raise our request to keep 242 route again this time!
Please refer to the petition link for the same issue in 2013 as follows.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveyrtroute242/?m=0
Updates
June 17, 2019
The increase in support has provided the leverage required to escalate this issue to the regional transit planning committee. I am currently finalizing a formal briefing document to present at their next public hearing.
27 Comments
Please keep 242 running. I have to reply on the shuttle bus to get to Richmond Hill station and back home after work. Otherwise, I have to walk more than 30 minutes each way. The situation is even worse in winter times.
After hearing from other passengers, further looked at the YRT navigation map. There is no public service in west of young-south of major Mac. 242 is a core coverage for this area, The “option 83/83A 99” is not the practical options considering the rush morning hours. when 242 is claimed to be discontinued, we realized it is so important, essential and critical for our life. Thank you for the 242 business service! Please let it fulfill it is mission continuously for the residents in Richmond hill!
Hi, We have recently moved to Weldrick Rd W. Before we move, we counted and relied on having rout 242 as our commuting vehicle. If it gets canceled, I would have to walk for about 15 minutes to Carrville road to take the bus to Rutherford GO. This will affect my schedule and is so hard especially in the winter. Canceling this rout will encourage more residences in the area to be single drivers, and will discourage other people to consider this area as a livable place to move. This is against urban sustainable development. City should be responsible to provide accecebality to all tax payers, regardless if it is profitable or not. Thanks for your consideration in advance.
I take this bus everyday. I need it to get to work and back. Please do not cut it. Thanks,
Route 242 mainly serves Weldrick Rd., Pemberton Rd., May Ave., and Palmer Ave. This route serves the North Richvale community, connecting it to Richmond Hill GO Station. History The earliest precursor to this route is Richmond Hill Transit route 6. It has a rush-hour extension from it's western loop along May and Palmer to Richmond Hill GO Station. When YRT took over operations, this became route 86B. Route 242 came into operation in 2004, when a major restructuring in Richmond Hill simplified route 86, eliminating the branches. Route 242 operated along the rush-hour portion only, ending at Hillcrest Mall. It has been operating along the same route ever since. In 2007, YRT announced that GO Shuttles would allow passengers to get off before a GO Station in the AM, and on after the station in the PM. This allows people to use them as a regular YRT bus. YRT warns that if the GO train is cancelled, or there are no passengers at the GO station, the run will be cancelled. The aftermath of the 2011-2012 YRT/Viva strike had a negative effect on ridership on this route, as passengers with access to cars would now rather drive to the nearest GO station. Route 242 was declared fully accessible in December 2012. The 2013 Annual Service Plan originally had the route discontinued, however this was never implemented due to concerns from connecting GO train passengers. Vehicles
This is important to us.
I rely on this shuttle often, especially in the winter and have met many people every ride I take that also rely on it.
We live in North Richvale area of Richmond hill and we rely on shuttle bus 242 to commute to and from Richmond Hill go station. Canceling this shuttle bus service will have significant impact on my commuting and I want to petition this decision.
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Please keep 242 running. I have to reply on the shuttle bus to get to Richmond Hill station and back home after work. Otherwise, I have to walk more than 30 minutes each way. The situation is even worse in winter times.