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It's been a long, hard year, Peterborough and now is not the time for a fare hike! Like and share and tag your councillors, mayor, MPP, MP to ask them to vote down a fare hike for Jan 1st and support keeping transit accessible for everyone including those of us using social services. #TeamTransit #NoFareHike

Support a local business today. Here's how: #SupportLocalBusinesses #lovelocalptbo Tip#1: shop local online or in store Top#2: share a local business on your social media feeds ... Tip#3: share what you got and how great it makes you feel Tip#4: write a review on their listings Tip#5: like or comment on their social media posts Tip#6: Leave a 20.20 tip (or even 2020) if you are able to (Image found online, source unknown)

With Peterborough, ON's budget discussions under way, we would like to share our hopes for transit for 2021 and beyond (including the proposed fare hike) and what we hope is considered for this process. Transit is an integral part of the city moving ~8-10% of the city before COVID-19 hit. It's relied upon by: - essential service workers - those in varied professions such as customer service, law, groceries and more ... - those whose financial situation has changed during the pandemic - those without the ability to operate motor vehicles for whatever reason - those that support our local economy as well as those that work for the transit service. For this reason, we humbly hope that the City of Peterborough, City Council, the transportation department and transit service will consider the following: 1. Keep transit accessible and affordable for those who access social services 2. Push to extend current fares for transit and not approve the proposed fare hikes for 1st Jan 2021. There are many other income sources such as parking rate increases that would be more successful 3. Keep service accessible to all parts of the city where business, economic development and health and social services are The pandemic has made things much harder on everyone especially financially, so we ask you as those that need your support, those that need access to community and local business, those who rely on transit for their livelihood, please consider these thoughts. We invite all of you riders to contribute additional thoughts and ideas on how we can keep moving or tag your councilor(s) to share this with them. Note: Transit One and thebus.ca are not affiliated to the City of Peterborough or Peterborough Transit. We (Transit One) are a local small business working hard to make transit easier to understand for success of local economies. We serve 20-25% of the rider market in Peterborough (March 2020). We are riders, working for riders. #teamtransit #RiderNation cc. The City of Peterborough

With wet and windy weather, anything can happen. Check thebus.ca/alerts for any unexpected route changes and here's what to do if a power line falls onto a bus. Please follow instructions from your driver. #teamtransit #SafetyFirst

Join us in spirit at 11am today as we take a quiet moment to remember. #teamtransit #remembranceday

With the cold season upon us, what are your essential tips for riding during this season? #teamtransit #getriding

Great minds think alike. #teamtransit

Many friends in Peterborough will remember Brenda Lee Bonner, the smiling bus driver. This post is for you Brenda, for effortlessly making every ride easy for us. Thank you and Rest In Peace. #teamtransit ATU Local 1320

Don't forget to turn your non digital clocks and watches back if you haven't done it yet. Wouldn't want to miss the bus. :) #teamtransit

To support increased ridership, Peterborough Transit will increase frequency on several routes effective starting September 6, 2020. Some routes will also have ...minor adjustments. The new schedules are integrated into the Google Transit trip planning feature in Google maps. Peterborough Transit requires customers to wear a face covering when using Peterborough Transit, in compliance with direction from Peterborough Public Health. Visit peterborough.ca/transit for full details on routes, schedules, maps and how to ride transit safely during COVID-19. See more

Today is Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day. Give a shout out to your favorite transit worker. #thankyou #teamtransit

According to the city of Peterborough, fares on buses will resume on August 10.

Hey #teamtransit, we wanted to check in and see how the new site update at http://thebus.ca was working for you? Anything you feel can be improved?

We hope you are doing well and healthy. We know that not all locations that use thebus.ca have a mask policy on transit but given that usage will start to increase we think this is a good idea. Thoughts? #teamtransit

UPDATE: This issue has been fixed! Thank you to our awesome users who made us aware of it. ISSUE: We have been made aware (by some awesome riders) of an issue on the schedules page that appears in later iOS versions and continue to investigate the problem. Thanks for your patience with this.

Yikes! Some of you may have trouble accessing our website this morning due to circumstances beyond our control. We're working hard to get it back to the standard you know and love. Our sincerest apologies for any inconveniences caused.

UPDATE: This issue has been fixed! Thank you to our awesome users who made us aware of it. ISSUE: We have been made aware (by some awesome riders) of an issue on the schedules page that appears in later iOS versions and continue to investigate the problem. Thanks for your patience with this.

Happy Canada Day! Show us your Canada in the comments! No matter where you were born, if you call Canada home, you are welcome here and have the right to live free of discrimination. #teamtransit Remember: pictures must be yours and it's best to have permission if there are others in them.#canadaday2020

Hey #teamtransit, If you notice entirely different bus times and schedule layout at https://thebus.ca today don't fret. That's to accommodate Peterborough's local transit's new routes and schedules that begin today. Browse as normal. Here's some help navigating our new look. #ptbo

Update complete. Feel free to browse thebus.ca as normal and let us know what you think. Below are some key changes. #teamtransit #ptbo Reminder: the information on our site for Peterborough and new routes go into effect tomorrow morning (Sunday, June 28th, 2020).

Hey #teamtransit we've been finalizing an update for https://thebus.ca in preparation for the local transit changes starting tomorrow. We have a link to it from our website but here's a sneak peak. As riders we understand that it's a lot of change but we've done our best to keep it simple and make it easy to understand. We will roll it out tonight between 8:00pm and 8:30pm. Thanks for your patience and kindness #ptbo

Change is always challenging, positive for some, unnerving for others. Change comes from necessity and takes time to adjust to. We know that because we're bus riders too. However, change is also an opportunity to try new things and to give feedback to make things better. Please feel free to message us if we can be of help to understand the new routes, we don't have all the answers but we'll do our best. You can also reach out to Peterborough Transit directly to ask your questions and give feedback. Together as transit riders we can work through this change and come out stronger on the other side. (NB: we are not affiliated nor work for Peterborough Transit or City of Peterborough, we are a local business whose goal is to make understanding transit easier)