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The Cops for Kids riders wrapped up their 10-day bike tour last Sunday, raising $215,000 for charity in total. When in Peachland they arrested the mayor, who thankfully received $1,000 “bail” money from the Peachland Lions Club in addition to other donations. The team of 21 cycled across the southern interior in order to raise money for children in medical, physical or traumatic crisis. Joanne Layh photo
Council decides to invest more in transit Joanne Layh Editor, Peachland View Transit users in Peachland could one day get where they are going a bit faster, thanks to a council decision to invest more in the local system. This week Peachland council chose to allocate an additional $60,000 in the 2013 budget to help improve transit service and increase ridership in Peachland. In response to ongoing reliability, dependability, and low ridership issues, district council recently requested BC Transit provide transit options that would address those concerns. This week BC Transit representative Michelle Orfield came to Peachland and proposed the following options: • Option 1 - Increase service on Route 22 in the off-peak period so as not to require an additional vehicle. Option 1 would require a $30,000 municipal share increase; • Option 2 – Add an extra vehicle and increase frequency between West Kelowna and downtown Peachland during peak period. Option 2 would require a $60,000 municipal share increase; and • Option 3 – Add an extra vehicle and improve reliability and
on-time performance service removing door-to-door service and introducing HandyDART service instead or provide service to Trepanier or Ponderosa. Option 3 would require a $90,000 municipal share increase. According to BC Transit, only three or four people a day use the door-to-door service. Members of council were in favour of Option 2, which would increase local transit costs by $60,000 per year. Peachland currently pays a $108,000 local share per year for a total fleet of one bus and 3,522 service hours. “The ideal we’re looking at is regular service between Peachland and Westbank, particularly during peak times on a regular 15 or 30-minute cycle, an internal route, and a park and ride at IGA,” Mayor Fielding said. BC Transit is expected to return to council with a more detailed proposal that would include local service within Peachland with the ability to divert off-route for pickups and more frequent service between Peachland and West Kelowna during peak hours on a fixed route. No time frame was given as to when the new service could be implemented. It was also decided this week that beginning March 31, 2013 the district will manage its own servicing agreement directly with BC Transit instead of going through the regional district.
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