Helen Tederous from the NFTA said the temporary suspensions and route reductions will help alleviate some of that unreliability. “We need to fix this, if not we're going to spiral down." "We need the routes to get back, but we need workers,” Richardson said. Local 1342 Transit Union President Jeffrey Richardson said bus driver wages need to increase to fix the issue of decreased routes and reliability. "Day after day, week after week, I hope my bus doesn't get cancelled." "They've always been asking bus riders to live with less and this is going too far,” rider Simon Husted said. We realize change can be difficult, but our focus remains providing the best service possible to our riders with the available resources.” “Our riders need to have confidence that their ride will be available as scheduled, and these service modifications will allow us to maintain our commitment to the community. “The ability to reliably serve our customers continues to be a challenge due to our ongoing driver shortage,” said Tom George, Director of Public Transit, NFTA.
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The 77 Buffalo-Niagara Falls express will not be affected, and PAL services will not be impacted. Minor routing changes will occur on routes 4, 22, and 26.Major route changes will occur on Routes 2B, 2C (new), 35, 44, 47, 49.Minor route changes will occur on routes 8, 12, 14A, 18, 22, 25D, 46.Downtown routing will be different for Routes 3, 6, 20, and 24.Bus frequencies will decrease on weekends and evenings.Routes 70, 72 and 76 will run on a reduced schedule, with one trip inbound in the morning and one trip outbound in the afternoon.
Most commuter express routes will be temporarily suspended, including routes 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 69, 74, and 81.The following changes will be implemented starting February 13. (WKBW) - The NFTA is implementing an emergency schedule change impacting several bus routes starting February 13 due to COVID-19 and a bus driver shortage.
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