City Centre Bus Route

Idea:

Please support convenience and growth in the core of the city. When it comes to city living people want to live, work and play in the same neighbourhoods.You likely know this from city planning. Public transit needs to get people where they want to go and do it conveniently. The less transfers the better. I’d like to suggest a city centre bus route. The route would run from downtown along Regent St. to uptown before crossing Prospect St, then down Smythe St. and across King St. downtown before turning back up Regent St again. This route should run 7 days per week and run every 30 mins. at least. From this core route build transit to feed the loop. This city centre route creates a walkable city centre and creates a stable place for developers to build commercial and residential. I think this would do a lot for ridership convenience. Zone more density along this route to support ridership. People in the core will be able to do everything they need along this route and people coming into the city can just transfer onto this loop and manage all their needs. You can probably do something similar on the north side too.

Staff Feedback:

Thank you for this great idea! Fredericton Transit has recently installed new technology that looks at how many customers are getting on and off the bus in certain areas, and when. This new technology will help us determine which areas are in higher demand and which ones aren’t. From there, we will look at creating new routes that will accommodate more passengers in the future. Hope this helps and thank you for using Fredericton Transit!