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MEMORANDUM
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OCT 145 1979
TO: Mayor and Council September 27th, 1979

FROM: Public Works Committee

Report from the Public Works Committee Meeting held September
25th, 1979.

IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman P.F. Ranger
Alderman J.J. Keryluk
F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,, City Engineer

Mr. Vie Sharman of B.C. Hydre for Item II

ITEM It

Re: B.C. Hydro Transit Service

. Mr. Vie Sharman of B.C. Hydro Transit had been invited
to answer questions about the level cf service in Port Coquitlam.
A good discussion took place in which a number of questions were
answered. Council had been concerned about a possible cutback in
service on routes into Port Coquitian. According to Mr. Snarman,
there has been no‘cutback in service and in fact there has been
some increase. Although some of the: buses on some of the routes:
are running full, there is a difficulty in adding more buses to
the fleet just to service this traffic. .B.C. Hy@ro will he
-Giverting four more buses to serve this area next month but that
will not make a significant difference. : :

oo, The direct connection to Lougheed Mall, during the peak
hour which had been reimplemented as a result cf Council's study
last year was experiencing disappointing ridership. Mr. Siiarman
felt that this might increase with time as the bus had only been
in operation since Suly 20th, 1979,

With regard to the use of the Rec Centre Parking Lot
for park and ride, it was felt that this may possibly have been
the result of the opening of the Coquitlam Centre. It was felt
that a number of the users of this lot may have been residents

. of Pitt Meadows or Maple Ridge who now have a more convenient
place to park in the Coquitlam: Centre lot. B.C. Hydro aqreed to
undertake a survey of the park and ride users to find out where
they were coming from. |

Mx. Sharman-suggested that the City could encourage
.* more transit usage by making a point of advertising the park
and ride lot. However this might.work against transit in the
long run if enough people responded to overload the existing

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Other general areas of transit such as special reserved
anes and articulated buses were also discussed. B.C. Hydro will
be testing an articulated bus this fall on some of its routes but
decisions as to ordering these buses would eventually be made by

UTA rather than'B.C. Hydro. -