Investing in your City: More Buses, Drivers & Updated Burlington Transit Multi-Year Accessibility Plan

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Over the course of the next few months, we’ll be running a "Investing in your City" series to highlight some of the significant investments being made in Burlington and that our community will benefit from. New posts will be published weekly on Tuesdays.

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BURLINGTON TRANSIT INVESTMENTSInvestments in the 2024 Budget will see an expansion of Burlington Transit operations. This investment, partly funded with the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), includes:

  • Burlington transit operations centre and downtown terminal repair and renewal;
  • Transit signal priority technology installed on buses;
  • Conventional transit vehicles expansion with 4 hybrid buses;
  • Conventional transit - electric bus pilot with 4 electric buses;
  • Conventional transit bus replacement;
  • Specialized transit vehicles expansion with 1 additional bus and 1 additional driver;
  • Specialized transit bus replacement; and
  • Purchase one (1) additional Specialized Vehicle as part of the ongoing enhancement plans to support specialized service growth demand. Specialized vehicles take six months to a year from purchase to in-service.

UPDATED TRANSIT MULTI-YEAR ACCESSIBILITY PLAN (2025-2029)Investments have been made to complete the next City of Burlington Transit Multi-Year Accessibility Plan for 2025-2029 -- expected to be present to Committee and Council in September 2024.The Accessibility Plan outlines actions to continue to remove barriers and improve accessibility across the City for all. – Sept 2024Burlington’s multi-year accessibility plan describes how our city will continue to remove barriers and improve accessibility to our goods, services and facilities over the next five years. It is meant to align with the City's Strategic Plan, and incorporate the legislative requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, as well as provide the City's approach to compliance with Ontario’s accessibility legislation. Each accessibility standard is required to be reviewed every five years after it becomes law to determine whether it works as intended and to adjust, if required.The City of Burlington is committed to ensuring that people of all ages and abilities enjoy the same opportunities as they live, work, play, visit and invest in our city. We promote a caring, inclusive and respectful community where city programs, services and facilities areavailable to everyone, including people living with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure accessibility for the public we serve.For additional background, be sure to look at:

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTSSome additional transit-related investments from the 2024 Budget include:

  • Establishing a program with long-term care and assisted living centres to educate and familiarize customers with how to use and benefit from the City's conventional and specialized transit service; and
  • Establishing a fully geographic information system (GIS) integrated bus stop and shelter inspection program to highlight any necessary maintenance improvements required to maintain stop and shelter accessibility.

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