Niagara Transit

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In most major cities waiting for a bus can take between 10 and 15 minutes, the city of Niagara Falls, which welcomes over 12 million visitors each year, is hoping to have all its bus routes running every 30 minutes. City council gave the go-ahead to a mutli-year plan that would reshape the schedule system for Niagara transit.

Currently 11 of the city’s 15 bus routes operate every hour. “In 2014 we blew up the system, we started fresh. So we provided the frame work that would lead us to half hour service so currently there is 27% which is really 4 routes that are half hour right now.” Says Karl Dren, Director of Transportation.

1.3 million people used public transit in Niagara falls last year. That number is a 13% jump compared to the previous year. This year’s service increase is expected to cost half a million dollars.

Half hour service will be added along routes that stops at Niagara College’s Dunn street campus as well as the Chippawa area. Service will also increase on the We-Go red line which makes stops at tourist hotspots like Clifton Hill and Lundy’s Lane.

Officials say they won’t be adding any more buses to their fleet this year and say commuters will have to be patient as they work to their goal of 30 minute all day service.