A Transit Policy for Oakville
Improving service while reducing the cost to Oakville taxpayers.
What This Means for You
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Jeff's plan pursues two goals together: improving the quality, reliability and convenience of Oakville Transit, while reducing the municipal subsidy required for every passenger trip.
Key Actions
Get More From Every Transit Dollar
Regularly evaluate routes using ridership, cost per trip and subsidy per trip — and expand Transit On Demand where it delivers better service for less.
Set a Clear Subsidy Reduction Target
Establish a measurable four-year target to reduce the taxpayer subsidy per passenger trip while improving service and growing ridership.
Make Transit an Early Value-for-Money Review
Have the restored Internal Auditor examine scheduling, fleet utilization, procurement and route productivity early in the next term.
Publish an Annual Transit Scorecard
Report ridership, cost per boarding, subsidy per trip and reliability clearly to Council and the public every year.
Complete Halton's Transit Integration Study
Push Regional Council to finish the financial and governance analysis of deeper transit integration — only if the evidence shows it helps Oakville taxpayers and riders.
Explore Student Transportation Partnerships
Study whether Oakville Transit and school transportation can reduce duplication and share costs fairly, without downloading costs onto property taxpayers.
Accelerate Transit Priority on Dundas & Trafalgar
Pursue signal priority, queue jump lanes and eventually Bus Rapid Transit where ridership and the business case justify it — with senior government funding.
Restore a Transit Advisory Committee
Give regular riders a direct, ongoing voice on routes, schedules, reliability and accessibility.
Want to Go Deeper?
Grow Ridership, Not Just Routes
One of the best ways to reduce the taxpayer subsidy per passenger trip is to increase the number of people using the service we already pay to operate. That means making transit more useful throughout the day, not just during the commute to Toronto — and it means growing ridership without simply raising fares, which can discourage the very riders we are trying to attract.
Beyond the Commute — Build a network that gets residents to restaurants, shopping, recreation, medical appointments and school, not just to GO stations.
Better Connections, Fewer Transfers — Examine more direct east-west and north-south routes, and schedules that make transfers faster and more predictable.
Grow Non-Commuter Ridership — Pursue employer programs, institutional partnerships and better links to commercial and employment areas throughout the day, evenings and weekends.
Bus Rapid Transit & Transit Priority
Regional Integration: Testing the Case for Halton-Wide Transit
A Transit Advisory Committee for Riders
Better Transit for a Growing Oakville
Oakville needs better transit, but taxpayers also deserve better value. That means more reliable service, faster and more direct travel within Oakville, more riders — and a lower taxpayer subsidy for every passenger trip we provide.
