Item No. 9.1

Council Report: S 70/2020

Subject: 2020 Decommissioning of Transit Windsor Buses - City Wide

Reference:

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

That the Environment, Transportation and Public Safety Standing Committee, sitting as the Transit Windsor Board of Directors, and City Council APPROVE the decommissioning of conventional transit bus numbers 556, 560, 561, 563, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 681, 682, 683 and 684.

Executive Summary:

N/A.

Background:

In late 2016, the Federal Government announced funding of $11.9 billion in transit infrastructure. This included funding under the federal program titled Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) to upgrade and improve public transit systems. The City of Windsor received just over $10M in funding from this grant. As part of this funding package, Transit Windsor requested and received approval from City Council for matching dollars for the acquisition of 24 transit buses. On March 27, 2017 Windsor City Council approved resolution CR164/2017 authorizing the issuance of a purchase order to procure 24 new buses from Nova Bus. Transit Windsor purchases conventional buses through a consortium called Metrolinx which brings together transit agencies across Ontario to develop common bus specifications in efforts of achieving competitive pricing through economies of scale

In April 2019, both the Federal and Provincial government released new Public Transit grant funding under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). This program runs from April 2, 2019 to March 31 2027.