In 2020, Council approved Administration to develop a Regina Transit Master Plan (RTMP) to review existing transit and paratransit services and provide future direction for transit for the next 25 years. The RTMP is to be viewed through a lens of sustainability, accessibility, and age friendliness to ensure this is a plan for all in our community.
Major aspects of the services to be reviewed includes the following:
· Existing conventional services such as route design, service levels, and coverage. This also includes studying alternative service delivery models, including but not limited to bus rapid transit and on demand services.
· Transit priority measures to help aid transit operation and decrease travel time.
· Transit operation in the downtown.
· Paratransit service to ensure service is being provided efficiently. Opportunities to integrate both services will also be examined.
· Transit infrastructure including sustainability of transit’s current fleet and potential alternative fuels.
· Transit fare structure and resourcing.
In the end, the plan will provide prioritized recommended action items to pursue. To help complete this plan, Administration issued a Request for Proposals for a consultant to help develop the RTMP. The successful vendor was Dillon Consulting. Dillion is a leading transit consulting firm, who have completed various transit master plan work in other Canadian cities, most recently finishing a transit master plan in Windsor, Ontario in early 2020.
Dillon started the first round of engagement in February 2021 and was focused on gathering transit perceptions and preferences using a survey and online workshops. The response rate was strong with over 1,700 responses. Dillon then pulled information from this engagement to inform draft recommendations on the future of Regina Transit. The second round of engagement which occurred in September gathered feedback on these draft approaches. The engagement was similar to the first round with a survey and virtual workshops.
Administration and Dillon Consulting will deliver a presentation to the Accessibility Advisory Committee outlining consultation and the engagement completed to date, concepts discussed during the engagement and the plan for the completion of the RTMP. The Committee will be given the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback, which will help to inform the RTMP team, which will be presented to Council early in 2022.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
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