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c economist suntribune transportation saturday april 14 2001 transit delay angers scarpitti by patrick casey staff writer although york regions transit systems amalgamated jan 1 rid ers will have to wait until at least september for seamless east- west service that has markham regional councillor frank scarpitti angry we should have a seamless service across hwy 7 between markham and vaughan and a seamless service across 16th avenue scarpitti said there is no reason why we cant do that in the immediate future we have staff and consult ants and theres no reason why we cant have a bus across 16th avenue that goes to canadas wonderland for work or play i realize theres a fiveyear plan but i dont see this as a major change in our service he said at a meeting thursday coun cillors learned the new regional transit department wont make any major changes in service until torontobased consultant ibi group has finished its com prehensive business plan this fall ibi will receive 93000 to conduct an overview of york region transits current opera tions and will provide a service strategy for both conventional and specialized transit services across the region the merging of yorks five local transit systems and seven specialized services created ontarios fourthlargest transit operation eventually the new depart ment will allow riders to travel across the region without trans ferring or paying additional fares transit department general manager don gordon said its worth waiting for the business plan before changing the system i dont think september is too long to wait gordon said the planning process can be protract ed its not done overnight we are looking at interim things immediately and we will put them in place its terrific there are lofty expectations but we are not going to do it in the absence of good service planning he pointed to last weeks decision to extend specialized transit service for the disabled to east gwillimbury and king city as a step in the right direction the fiveyear study will explore tapping into new transit markets removing barriers to travel between york region and toronto and an integrated fare system that also includes go transit services within the regional system last year 71 million passen gers rode municipal transit buses but that accounted for less than 8 per cent of all com muter trips and with 25 per cent of york region roads already at capacity the transit department has set a goal of reaching 33percent rid- ershipby2021 we cant piecemeal the plan said newmarket regional councillor diane humeniuk chairperson of the transit com mittee each community addresses needs that they all believe are extremely important we have to do things that are good for the cntiie region the transit department has also approved 99000 for interkom creative marketing to create a marketing and commu nications program for the new initiative reduce reus reduce reuse fiecyja reduce reuse reey reduce reuse reeycji reduce reuse recycle reflusers 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