THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
Public Works Committee Page 2 December 22nd, 1978

ITEM II (continued)

and that these buses interchange with two buses which stop on McAllister
in each direction. It is possible to reschedule the three buses on
Shaughnessy so that only two at any time would be occupying the bus stops
und this will be done as a result of Council cutting back the stops from
three to two bus lengths each.

One of three buses in each direction on Shaughnessy is required
to make up time at this location. The second attached sketch shows the
reason for this. The sketch shows that the Austin bus becomes the Prairie
bus after stopping on Shaughnessy north of McAllister and that the Coast
Meridian bus becomes the Austin bus after stopping on Shaughnessy on the
south side of McAllister. The lay-overs allow the second half of the
schedules to start on time. By organizing the routes in this way, B.C.
Hydro is able to gain several advantages.

a. If the routes were to terminate at these locations, it would be
necessary to turn the buses around by circulating through the
downtown streets which are not adequate for this maneuver.

The organization of the routes in this manner saves at least one
bus which would cost about $60,000 per year to operate.

It is eesier for passengers to make inter-connections between
buses when some of the buses have a lay-over.

The Committee recommends that B.C. Hydro be allowed to continue
the use of this intersection as a bus interchange and that lay-over of the
two buses be continued. The Committee felt that since the bus zone would
not be available for parking in any case, the length of the time of the
lay-over of the buses was not critical.

ITEM IIT

Re: Results of Bus Service Survey

It was noted that the response to the request for letters regarding

the service was very good and consisted mainly of constructive criticism. It
showed that people put a lot of value on the bus service. Although a number
of points were mentioned in the letters there were several points which
appeared to be of prime interest to the respondents.

a. A number of peop? complained about the removal of the Lougheed Fastbus,
its replacement: with buses which travelled a circuitous route to the
Lougheed Mail at an additional time of 20 - 40 minutes.

Some of the letters requested service on Pitt River Road.

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