You’ll start to notice some changes being made by Peterborough Transit.
Officials say season adjustments are coming into effect on some routes starting Sunday.
Changes include increased frequency during peak commute hours, the return of extended evening hours on some routes, and trip time adjustments to improve connections for riders who make transfers between routes, as well as shifts to on-demand services on Saturday evenings.
Here is a complete list:
Saturday Evening Changes
Peterborough Transit’s on-demand service called PTBOnDemand will be expanded to operate across the entire transit system area on Saturday evenings between 8 p.m. and 11:45 p.m., using ride-share technology to provide a direct ride without the need to transfer. To increase efficiency, the on-demand service will replace traditional route service on Route 2 Chemong, Route 3 Park, Route 4 Weller, Route 7 Lansdowne, Route 8 Monaghan and Route 9 Parkhill, which will end at 8 p.m. On-demand buses will serve Trent University along the Bata (west) side of the campus.
In addition to the on-demand service, regular service will continue to operate Saturday evenings on Route 5 The Parkway and Route 6 Sherbrooke with trips operating every 30/60 minutes between Trent Bata, Peterborough Terminal, and Fleming College.Route Changes:
Route 2 Chemong
Weekday 20-minute service will start one hour earlier at 11:15 a.m.
Route 3 Park
-Weekday 30-minute morning rush service returns.
-Weekday midday and afternoon rush time improves to 30-minute frequency.
-Trips will be adjusted to operate 5 minutes earlier than currently scheduled to improve reliability with connections at the terminal.
Route 5 The Parkway
-Weekday 30-minute midday service returns.
-Late evening service returns.
Route 6 Sherbrooke
-Most eastbound trips during the daytime will depart from Fleming College 5 minutes earlier through to Peterborough Terminal to improve reliability with connections at the terminal.
-Late evening service returns.
Route 7 Lansdowne
-Weekday 30-minute service returns for the morning and afternoon rush periods between Willowcreek Plaza and Trent Gzowski (Route 7A).
-Weekday westbound trips from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. will operate 5 minutes earlier from Fleming to Trent Gzowski to improve reliability.
-A new morning and afternoon Route 7B Willowcreek Plaza trips have been added to resolve overcrowding.
Route 9 Parkhill
-Weekday 30-minute service returns for the morning and afternoon rush periods.
-New short-turn extra trips between Parkhill at Hedonics and Trent Gzowski (Route 9A) have been added weekday mornings and afternoons to resolve overcrowding.
-The first morning weekday westbound trip will operate 5 minutes earlier from Trent Gzowski to Fleming to improve the transfer with Route 8 trip.
Route 10 Technology Drive
-On-demand Pink Community Bus zone will be expanded to include the Technology Drive and Neal Drive areas.
-More travel options are available with new midday, later weekday afternoon rush and new weekends options
-Weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
-Sunday and holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
-Early afternoon rush hour trips are cancelled and will be served by the on-demand service. There are no changes to weekday morning rush service.
Route 11 Water
Weekday service returns:
-Route 11 – Peterborough Terminal will operate every 15-minutes during peak periods and every 20-minutes during midday and evenings.
-Route 11A – Traill College will operate every 20-minutes during peak periods and midday, and every 30-minutes in the evenings.
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)
