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Originally Posted by YOWetal
Not rare but not enough to support the service or it wouldn't have been cut. These trips are a tiny percentage of revenue. The idea a huge chunk of this was lost because busses run less frequently alos seems dubious. For sure cuts and fare increases and Uber/scooters/bike lanes make these less common though I think the latter are biggest factor of the three.
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It'd be helpful if you can point to the data that supports this. Like others here, one of my primary uses cases for OC Transpo are short 2-3km trips (and slightly longer sometimes like 4-5km). In fact that's pretty much all I use it for. This is anecdotal so I won't say with any certainty that this pattern is normal across all transit users in this city but I doubt it's rare.
I agree that Uber is probably a huge factor impacting OC Transpo but I know of many folks, myself included, who opt for Uber specifically because OC Transpo runs too infrequently or is not reliable. It's just a faster way to travel past 6PM within the city because of service reductions.
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