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2011 Calgary Transit Service Improvement Priorities
                                                                                                                                              

In developing the investment plan for 2011 several target areas were identified. They include the following five areas:
  • Schedule Adherence – Invests time to ensure that buses can meet the schedule.
  • Route Capacity – Additional buses to address overload and peak load issues.
  • New Communities – New routes and or new time periods.
  • Supports Primary Transit Network – Provides service along corridors that make up the primary transit network
  • Improve Base – Help build a complete service in all time periods at an acceptable level of service.
  • Airport Service – In response to the closure of Barlow Trail an additional route is required to service the airport terminal.

The following is a summary of the improvements that will be made in 2011.

 

Route

Annual Hours

Service Change

Implementation Date

3

Sandstone / Elbow Dr

14,905

Primary Network Implementation north of downtown.  Extend 10 minute service from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on weekdays.  Improve weekend service, so buses arrive every 10 minutes instead of every 15 minutes between 6:00am and 9:00pm.

March

3

Sandstone/ Elbow Dr

3,120

Improve weekday midday service, so buses in the south arrive every 15 minutes and buses north of downtown arrive every 7 or 8 minutes.

March

4

Huntington

416

Add earlier morning trip to get to downtown by 6:00am and add an afternoon trip north from SAIT at 4:25pm.

March

5

North Haven

416

Add earlier morning trip to get to downtown by 6:00am and add afternoon trip from downtown leaving at 4:23pm.

March

8

North Pointe/ Brentwood

6,334

Add midday, early evening, and Saturday service with buses arriving every 60 minutes and extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 30 minutes.

March / July

17

Renfrew / Spruce Cliff

811

Extend evening service to after midnight with buses arriving every 30 minutes.  Improve Saturday frequency, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of 45 minutes.  Also add Sunday morning service before noon with buses arriving every 45 minutes.

March

18

Lakeview

260

Add an earlier morning trip to get downtown by 6:00am.

March

23

Foothills Industrial

2,895

Extend weekend evening service from 7:00pm to 10:30pm with buses arriving every 30 minutes.

March

30

Highfield Industrial

1,144

Add weekend service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes.

July

31

Downtown Shuttle

3,981

Add evening and weekend service to East Calgary with buses arriving every 60 minutes.

March

36

Riverbend

362

Add Sunday evening service with buses arriving every 45 minutes.

January

52

Evergreen / Somerset

1,508

Improve evening service on all days, so buses arrive every 45 minutes instead of every 90 minutes.

March

54

Edgevalley

936

Extend and improve Sunday night service, so buses arrive every 45 minutes instead of every 80 minutes.

March

56

Woodbine

1,976

Improve weekend service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes in all time periods instead of every 60 minutes.

March

57

Airport/Erin Woods

416

Improve weekend evening service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes.

July

58

Rocky Ridge

611

Extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

74

Tuscany

611

Extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

76

Hawkwood

730

Improve weekend evening service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes until the end of service at 12:45am.

March

78

Sundance/ Chaparral

1,248

Improve evening service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes.

March

81

Macleod Trail

3,619

Improve weekday midday service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes.

March

92

McKenzie Towne

8,112

Improve service on weekdays during the midday and evenings and on the weekends, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes.

March

96

McKenzie 

3,900

Improve service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 45 minutes during midday, evenings, and weekends.  Extend service to start at 5:00am on Saturday and 6:00am on Sunday.  Buses will arrive every 45 minutes.

March

100

Airport

13,000

In response to closure of Barlow Trail, provide service from McKnight Westwinds to the airport terminal.  With buses arriving every 20 minutes in the peak periods, every 30 minutes midday, evenings and weekends.

March

108

Richmond Road

468

Improve Sunday morning service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 75 minutes.

March

112

Sarcee Road

468

Improve Sunday morning service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 75 minutes.

March

118

Hidden Valley

312

Extend weekend evening service to after midnight with buses arriving every 30 minutes.

March

153

Copperfield

2,251

Improve midday, evening and weekend service, so buses will arrive every 35 minutes instead of every 70 minutes.

March

154

Hamptons

936

Extend Sunday night service from 7:00pm to 11:40pm and improve service, so buses arrive every 45 minutes instead of every 80 minutes.

March

158

Royal Oak

608

Extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

174

Tuscany

608

Extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

176

52 St Express

1,560

Add two trips in the morning peak and two trips in the afternoon peak.

December

199

Citadel

608

Extend afternoon peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

201

Somerset-Bridlewood / Crowfoot

1,217

Improve early morning service from Crowfoot by adding trips prior to 6:00am.

March

299

Arbour Lake

608

Extend Afternoon Peak service to 7:00pm with buses arriving every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

March

301

BRT North/West

2,434

Enhance both morning and afternoon peaks by adding trips between Northpointe and downtown.

March

401

Glenbrook

4,888

Improve midday, evening and weekend service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 50 minutes.

March

402

Silverado

2,600

Add weekday evening and weekend service, so buses arrive every 40 minutes.

March

405

Hillhurst / Lions Park

7,696

Improve midday, evening and Saturday service, so buses arrive every 25 minutes instead of every 50 minutes. Extend Sunday service hours to run between 8:00am and 7:00pm with buses arriving every 60 minutes.

March

406

Auburn Bay

2,600

Add weekday evening and weekend service with buses arriving every 40 minutes.

March

407

Greenwood / Brentwood

6,500

Improve midday, evening and Saturday service, so buses arrive every 25 minutes instead of every 50 minutes. Add Sunday service, so buses arrive every 50 minutes.

March

409

Douglas Glen

1,144

Add weekend evening service, so buses arrive every 40 minutes between 6:00pm and 11:00pm.

March

419

Foothills / Parkhill

2,912

Improve midday and weekend service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes.

March

420

Kincora

4,119

Improve service weekday midday and on the weekend, so buses arrive every 30 minutes.

January

429

Sherwood

2,186

Extend hours of service evenings weekday and weekend until 11:00pm with buses arriving every 50 minutes.

March

430

North Crosstown

5,524

Extend hours of service weekdays to 11:00pm with buses arriving every 60 minutes.  Add weekend service in the day, so buses arrive every 60 minutes.

July

453

West Springs / Cougar Ridge

4,992

Improve midday, evening and weekend service, so buses arrive every 30 minutes instead of every 50 minutes.

March

1 - 301

Stampede week Regular bus

1,200

Augment regular bus service for Stampede.  Service will depend on Stampede activities and events.

July

201 202

LRT

3,650

Primary Network implementation: To meet primary transit service targets, improve CTrain service, so trains arrive every 10 minutes on weekends between 7:00pm and 9:00pm and between 6:00am and 9:00am.

March

201 202

Stampede week LRT

2,000

Enhanced LRT service for Stampede.  This includes both late night and overnight services.

July

303,304

Stampede week expresses

2,000

Improve Stampede week service to address heavy loads and provide special service to areas without Crain service.

July

699-899

School Service

2,600

Additional service to support school growth.  Once school assignments have been made service will be adjusted to support student travel.

September

Total

 

140,000

 

 


Note: As demand for service shifts the preceding plan may be adjusted to better serve customers.


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