We are bringing together two services with two separate corporate cultures, and a combined ridership of over two million. It is a big job, but one that I am confident we can do to the benefit of both our customers and our staff. For the coming months, the focus will be on internal changes, conducting a full system review and validation, and preparing a formal merger strategy, says Pickering Regional Councillor Maurice Brenner. We hope that by fall, we will be able to announce the beginning of route consolidation, with changes that will offer better service to our customers. Until then, riders in each community will continue to see the familiar Ajax or Pickering buses, the same drivers, and the same uniforms.
Fares remain unchanged in each community.
In fact, the only change people may notice is the greeting they hear if they call one of the transit offices. We may decide on a name change in the future, but for now, we are the Ajax-Pickering Transit Authority, says Councillor Brenner. In April, about half the Pickering buses will be moved to the Ajax depot on Westney Road immediately south of Highway 401. But those buses will be used only on Pickering routes. The current Pickering site will continue to be used as a satellite depot.