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While there are plans to purchase the 10 XHE40s, they haven't actually been ordered yet. At this point they aren't anticipated until sometime in 2027.

The bus procurement closed on Friday and no bids were received from any of the bus manufacturers. It would appear that the city insisting on a December 2026 delivery deadline for all buses may have been a factor. Bus delivery times these days seem to be a minimum of 15-18 months from initial contract award. During the process New Flyer tried to get the delivery timeframe extended but was denied. It will be interesting to see where they go from here, whether it be issuing a new procurement with a more realistic delivery date or approaching one/both of the manufacturers directly for proposals. Either way it doesn't look like any new buses would come until early 2027 at a minimum. The policy of paper transfers being 2 hours from the starting time of the route was in effect when the two hour transfer came into effect in March 2000. It was not because of any issues with drivers issuing transfers.

A tender for operational services for Simcoe County LINX was posted yesterday. Route 7 (Barrie to Bradford via Innisfil) is listed as starting operation in 2027 and Route 8 (Barrie to Alliston via Essa and Everett) is listed as starting operation in 2028. 4 XD40 buses were initially ordered earlier this year but according to the procurement documents, the order was expanded to 10 buses which will all arrive in 2027. The 2018 Vicinity buses are/were in the process of refurbishment with 6001, 6002 and 6004 completed and 6003 in progress. Is there any indication that bus 6015 existed? It is listed on the wiki but not in the fleet inventory provided. Wondering if that fleet number was skipped or it had a major collision early in its life? APPENDIX A - Draft Service Agreement.pdf RFP 2025-108.pdf APPENDIX C - CVOR Procedures.pdf APPENDIX D - CURRENT TRANSIT FLEET.pdf

The vehicles part of the tender for disposal of buses is as follows: Van Hool A330: 511, 512, 513, 5124, 5127, 5128, 5129, 5135, 5142, 5148, 5152 D40LF: 575, 580, 581, 609 ARBOC: 1873, 1874, 1877 RAM Promaster: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897 RFQ-25-01 Sales of Various Surplus Transit Buses and Equipment.pdf RFQ-25-01 - Appendix E.pdf

"Express" services can have different purposes. In some cases such as Kingston's 700 series routes they can be to provide a higher level of frequency by overlaying service along certain corridors, even if travel time savings can be minimal. This is the same that is practiced with other express services such as Zum, Viva, MiWay Express. In order to provide higher frequency you also need ridership and cutting out express stops can result in lower ridership. In fleet news there are an additional 2 XE40 buses which are supposed to arrive by then end of the year; the delivery timeframe was quoted in city reports as Q4 2025. It does not appear that the electric bus fleet will be expanded beyond 7 buses (2107-2108, 2401-2403, and 2 2025 XE40s) for the time being. In addition, as per the September 2025 Purchasing Report, an order was placed for 13 New Flyer XD40 buses through the Metrolinx TPI. Presumably, given current manufacturer lead times they would not arrive until the end of 2026 or early 2027 at a minimum.

Halifax posted a RFP today for the supply of 47 60 foot diesel buses over a 5 year period, with options for an additional 20 units. HRM-2025-0372 Supply and Delivery of Articulated Transit Buses (Up to 67 Units Over 5 Years) HRM-2025-0372.pdf

Some notes of interest from the October 2025 board meeting minutes: Kings Transit is starting a process of rebranding to Tidal Transit Authority. Bus 64 has been retired, with 63 scheduled to be retired this month. Both are 2005 D40LFs, ex-Halifax. Bus 61 (2018 E-Z Rider) is undergoing structural work. Request for Investing In Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) funding scope change from electric buses to instead purchase 7 hybrid buses and 2 hybrid supervisor vehicles. Kings Transit had originally planned to purchase 5 electric buses, but scrapped the idea after concerns around suitability in their operating environment and negative feedback from Halifax on their LFSe+ buses in a previous board meeting.

January 5, 2026 service changes 10 Bristol Cancel 2:41 northbound trip from CCT (school trip) 26 Burnhamthorpe Increase weekday midday frequency from 16 min to 15 min (10b to 11b, +1) 35 Eglinton Revised routing west of Tenth Line for two-way service on Eglinton Avenue, no longer serving Erin Centre Boulevard on eastbound trips 36 Ridgeway New 458p southbound trip from Winston Churchill Station 42 Derry Increase weekday midday frequency from 16 min to 15 min (9b to 10b, +1 61 Mavis Increase weekday midday frequency from 16 min to 14 min (7b to 8b, +1) 71 Sheridan Add 500p eastbound trip from Plymouth 109 Meadowvale Express Increased frequencies all day of the week to meet new minimum standards for express routes Weekday AM peak: Southbound oscillating frequency between 6 min and 12 min (no change). Northbound improve frequency between 600a-800a from 25-28 min to 15 min Weekday midday: Increase frequency from 18-20 min to 14-15 min (8b to 11b, +3) Weekday PM peak: Northbound oscillating frequency between 8 min and 12 min (no change). Southbound frequency every 15 min (no change) Weekday evening: 16 to 18 mins (no change) Weekday late evening: Increase frequency from 25 min to 20 min (7b to 8b, +1) Saturday morning to 1000a: 22-24 mins (no change) Saturday daytime 1000a to 700p: Increase frequency from 22-24 min to 20 min (7b to 8b, +1) Saturday evening 700p to end: Increase frequency from 26 min to 20 min (5b to 6b, +1) Sunday morning to 1000a: 25 mins (no change) Sunday daytime 1000a-700p: Increase frequency from 30-32 min to 20 min (5b to 8b, +3) Sunday evening 700p to end: 28-30 min (no change)

5 XDE40 buses have been purchased at a unit cost of $1.28M + HST through the Metrolinx TPI; delivery is expected in early 2027. It appears from the staff report they are all replacement buses. https://pub-northbay.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=37467

The next bus procurement was released a few weeks ago, for 78 40 foot hybrid buses and 10 60 foot diesel buses. This order will replace the 2010 Orions, 2011 New Flyer XD40s and 2013 XD60s. There are no plans currently to expand the artic bus fleet. Documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16X-cLpWVduDpYrgalt0Ss2kpy7T7OipC Also, next week's Transit Advisory Committee agenda has been posted. There are three staff presentations on the agenda which i'll attach rather than linking because if the agenda gets amended the links go dead. Some points of interest from the presentations: MiWay Service Update Presentation Revenue ridership is projected to decline 8% in 2025 vs 2024. The decline in post-secondary ridership due to immigration restrictions as well as rising unemployment is contributing to this. One slide has a chart showing on a per-capita basis, investment in transit and service hours per capita over the last 10 years. While the financial investment in transit has steadily increased over the last 10 years, service hours have not necessarily followed the same trend. Without question, there is a need for more service hours, but the ever increasing cost of delivering service means you get less service hours relative to the financial investment. Related to the point above, service hours can be calculated in three different ways: in-service time only (time the vehicle is on route, not including layovers), total time (including both on route time and layovers) and total vehicle hours (in service, layover, deadheads). If the graph for service hours per capita is only showing in-service time, this can be slightly misleading as many routes have received significant additions to layover times in their schedules. Routes with growing ridership are those serving employment and industrial areas, but the routes listed (43, 70, 74, 108) are relatively lower ridership so the percentage increases are not relative. Routes with the highest ridership declines are 18 Derry, 5 Dixie, 22 Finch, 66 McLaughlin, 57 Courtneypark with 21-26% loss of ridership. Context is important however; with the exception of the 5 Dixie all these routes saw explosive growth due to international stduent ridership and even with these declines, are still likely to equalize or exceed pre-covid ridership. Routes with capacity issues planned for 2026 improvements are 1, 11, 26/126, 44, 101, 109, 110. Given the tough budget year the city faces, some of this could be accomplished by reallocating service from routes with ridership declines. The 23 Lakeshore, a significant grid route, is shown as experiencing crowding issues yet not listed for improvements (peak service was cut from 14 min to 26 min during covid) Really happy to see the 109 on the short list for improvements given it's network significance. Hopefully a similar service boost that the 107 received recently. Increasing the weekday midday frequency from 20 min to 15 min and weekend base frequency from 30 min to 20 min would be a significant step. However that still doesn't get it to where 109 service was pre-covid - 12 min weekday midday and 15-17 min weekend base frequency. MiWay 5 Plus Update Finalized report and presentation to council in February 2026. Maps included in presentation are what was included in the surveys and shared previously in this thread. Route 50 is still shown for implementation despite intervention (micromanagement) from the local councillor's office killing the idea based on a survey that generated 70 responses. Grid routes are classified as tier 1 and tier 2, with tier 1 having higher frequency standards. However, no indication of what routes fall into which tier and the cynic in me suggests that it will never be public knowledge, so routes can be classified based on budget or service constraints, and classification of routes can be changed between tiers on a whim. Can't afford to keep a route tier 1? Classify it tier 2. There is an acknowledgement from survey feedback that service spans need to improve, but the proposed minimum span standards across all service types are abysmal and go against that goal. Mention of building up a overnight 24/7 network of routes but no indication which routes.

On official correspondence BYD/RIDE uses "BYD Coach & Bus LLC, d/b/a RIDE Coach & Bus" so given BYD appears to be the legal name still, I agree with maintaining the page as BYD. Perhaps a preamble or blurb on the page noting the company is branding or doing business as (dba) RIDE in North America would be sufficient. As an example, pages 96-99 from this agenda packet: https://www.linktransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/October-Board-Packet4.pdf

It is definitely not a separate order; in fact the federal government's news release and backgrounder indicates that 40 of the 136 buses covered by this funding announcement are already in service. This ICIP funding was applied for years ago and unfortunately the federal government took their sweet time confirming and announcing the funding. In addition because of the lag in funding approval, the exact yearly quantities for the bus purchases likely differ from the initial funding submission. Here's what's delivered and on order currently: 22 Conventional XDE40 (2401-2422) 18 Zum XDE60 (2475-2492) 10 LFSe+ (2550-2559) 38 Nova LFS diesel replacement buses (purchase order issued Q2 2024, delivery should be late 2025 or early 2026) 20 NFI XDE40 and 35 NFI XD60 replacement/expansion buses (purchase order issued Q2 2025, delivery should be by end of 2026) 2 hydrogen buses not yet ordered I suspect (but no confirmation) that the 40 buses already in service refers to 2401-2422 and 2475-2492 which were growth buses. The orders I listed all add up to greater than 136 because not every single bus in the orders will be covered by the ICIP funding arrangement. The balance of the buses can be fully city funded.

On next week's Public Works Committee agenda is a report to authorize the purchase of 18 60 foot replacement buses at a cost of $26.3M. No vendor or propulsion type was stated, but given current trends likely CNG artics which would mean New Flyer XN60s. The report states a 18 month lead time so the order will not show up until 2027, and will replace the 2015 XN60s. https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=467003

October 27, 2025 Service Changes 2 HURONTARIO - Increased weekday PM peak frequency from 11 to 10 minutes (+1 PM peak bus) 5 DIXIE - Reduced weekday PM peak frequency from 14 to 15 minutes (-1 PM peak bus) 35 EGLINTON - Reduced weekday AM and PM peak frequency from 9 to 12 minutes (-4 AM buses, -5 PM buses) 51 TOMKEN - Increased weekday PM peak frequency from 14 to 13 minutes (+1 PM peak bus) 66 MCLAUGHLIN - Reduced weekday AM peak frequency from 8 to 9 minutes and weekday midday frequency from 10 to 12 minutes (-1 AM peak and -1 midday bus) 71 SHERIDAN - Additional trips WB 7:42 AM westbound from Kipling and 5:50 PM eastbound from Plymouth 107 MALTON EXPRESS - Improved service on all service days. Weekday service - Increased weekday midday frequency from 20-23 to 15 minutes and weekday early evening frequency from 24 to 15 minutes (+2 weekday midday buses, +3 weekday evening buses. Expand Saturday span of service from current 10AM-7PM to 8AM-9PM; core Saturday frequency increased from 28 to 20 minutes (+2 Saturday buses) with 30 minute frequency in the early morning and evening. Reintroduce Sunday service which was cancelled in March 2020, operating from 8AM-9PM. Core frequency will be 20 minutes with 30 minutes frequency in the early morning and evening (+6 Sunday buses). 135 EGLINTON EXPRESS - NEW Express route operating between Winston Churchill Station and Renforth Station, using the transitway between Dixie Station and Renforth Station. Stop locations will be Glen Erin, Erin Mills, Mississauga Road, Creditview, Mavis, Confederation/McLaughlin, Hurontario, Central Parkway/Kennedy, Tomken, Dixie Station, Tahoe Station, Etobicoke Creek Station, Spectrum Station, Orbitor Station. Route 135 will use Burgoyne, Crestlawn, Fewster and Encino to access the transitway just west of Dixie Station. Service will be during weekday peak periods only at 12 minutes frequency (+9 AM and PM peak buses)

The following pages need to be deleted: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Central_Coast_Area_Transit https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=CCAT&redirect=no https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Category:Central_Coast_Area_Transit_fleet The reasoning is that Central Coast Area Transit was simply a branding name for fixed route service used by the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (SLORTA) between 1990 and 2003. The history section SLORTA page has been updated to properly reflect this, as well as updates and page renamings on other relevant pages.