Craig Hill: Chilliwack Election Transit Questionnaire Response
1. Will you prioritize the opening of a new transit operations facility? The current facilities are holding the city back from growing transit, and adopting a cleaner fleet of transit vehicles.
Yes. And a proper Ebus stop. A gravel pit behind the Husky is Mickey Mouse hillbilly stuff.
2. Will you prioritize the construction of a proper downtown transit exchange? The current setup requires transit vehicles to make large loops around a variety of city blocks and through a number of signalized intersections just to turn around at the end of a route or to switch from one route to another. This is a major detriment to providing frequent and reliable transit. Passengers may need to travel a great distance just to get from one of our current "downtown exchange" stops to another.
A Vedder loop and a downtown loop, safe well lit with security details to get rid of homeless lingering. Anti-sleeping benches. More buggy confiscation who will make the loops home.
3. Will you support increased service levels and reliability, including on Sunday's & Holidays? People who get around by transit need to do so, even on the weekend. On Sundays, the main route in Chilliwack, route 51 only runs hourly, with a late start and early end.
Yes. Half hour runs. Waiting 45 minutes is ridiculous. Two additional buses would solve this issue.
4. Will you work to see Handy Dart service extended to weekends? In Chilliwack, people who rely on Handy Dart to get around, are not able to do so except during "normal business hours" Monday-Friday. This is inequitable.
No Hand Dart on weekends is ridiculous. Time for Chilliwack to grow up. It's not a town it's actually a city and it's City Hall upper-level staff and council who has been holding transit upgrades back.