IP2023-0584

That with respect to Report IP2023-0584, the following be adopted: That Council: Approve RouteAhead (Attachment 2) as a replacement for the original plan approved on 2013 January 13; Direct Administration to return to Infrastructure and Planning Committee in Q3 2023 with a RouteAhead Implementation Plan consisting of near-term operating and capital investments, to include in the Standing Executive Committee ItemStrategic Discussion on Building and Delivering on Plans and Budgets, for consideration as part of the Adjustments to service plans and budgets in 2023 November; Direct Administration to return to Infrastructure and Planning Committee annually with a RouteAhead Annual Status Report, starting for the year 2023, including a report on the status of operating investments and short-term capital projects, by Q2 2024; ; Advocate to the provincial government for permanent and sustained transit operating funding and continue advocating to the federal government the importance of the Permanent Transit Fund; and Direct Administration to provide within each RouteAhead Annual Status Report an overview of all non-seasonal changes to bus routes that occurred in the previous year, including the following specific information: for each bus route change, the total number of residents living within 400 metres of bus stops on the subject bus route(s), before and after the route change(s); a map showing the geographic areas of the city where the bus route change(s) occurred; a summary of expected and/or actual ridership changes associated with bus route changes; and a summary of how the transit network design principles contained in RouteAhead Section 4.1 informed the bus route changes.