Brampton, like most cities is constantly tackling transit issues. My area in particular has one of the most aggravating bus schedules in the region. One major reason for this is because of the poor synchronization of bus schedules. Since the area directly connects to Toronto, there is one bus (the #50) that takes you from Brampton, to Toronto at Gore Road, and another (#23), that will take you from my neighborhood to Gore Road in order to catch the #50. The problem is, often, one bus will arrive too early, or too late. So then you are stuck waiting long periods of time to catch the next bus, or you just flat out miss it and are left wondering why your parents ever decided to move up here!! Fortunately, after speaking to my Regional council, he assured me that as more and more people continue to move into the community, the bus schedule will increase and run more reliably. Right now there is just not enough funding to put on more buses, and improve the schedule. This is reassuring for about a minute, then I remember that both buses run every half hour ! Compared to other Brampton buses that run every 15 minutes (#11, and the new Rapid transit line "Zum"), that travel between the two city's its just unfortunate. Altogether, the trip can last about 40 minutes by bus, and only lasts about 10 minutes by car. The only benefit of living in a small city when it comes to transit is that on Brampton day every one rides for free all day long. Please move to my area, and take the bus.....PLEASE.
http://www.brampton.ca/en/residents/transit/Pages/Welcome.aspx
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