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New Accessible Bus Bay and Shelter on Nick
Kaneb Drive Enhances Cornwall Transit Services
Submitted Article
he City of Cornwall is pleased to
Tannounce that a new accessible
bus bay and shelter on Nick Kaneb
Drive just south of Marleau Avenue
is now in service.
“We’re excited to be using the new
bus bay and shelter on Nick Kaneb
Drive,’’ said Jean Marcil, Manager
of Transit Services. “This is a great
development for our transit services,
part of an improvement that will
have the #5 McConnell Bus route
permanently adjusted to better serve
riders by improving accessibility and
service.’’
The route no longer turns onto
Lochiel Street from Marleau Avenue. Photo Submitted
Instead, it continues along Marleau
Avenue and turns right onto Nick bay and shelter comes as Cornwall
Kaneb Drive, continuing a short Transit, as a partner to the Cornwall
distance to the new bus stop that Public Library, celebrates another
supports the route alteration and is successful year of the summer Read
located across from Bridgewood to Ride program. This initiative
Public School. encourages children ages 5–13 to
read books over the summer and
From Nick Kaneb Drive, the
#5 McConnell Bus route will turn rewards them with free bus rides; this
right onto Holy Cross Boulevard, year, 453 children registered, and, by
the end of August, total ridership had
then left onto Glengarry Boulevard.
As a result of this adjustment, the reached 5,000.
following stops have been removed “The Read to Ride Program
from service: Lochiel & Stormont, promotes literacy, increases
and Glengarry & Kenyon. transit ridership, and fosters
environmentally conscious habits
The new bus shelter is equipped
with a solar panel to supply heating among youth,“ added Mr. Marcil.
and light, and aligns with municipal Cornwall Transit, which celebrated
objectives related to climate action, its 50th anniversary last fall, has a
sustainability, and accessibility. fleet that consists of 15 conventional
These shelters provide safety and buses and 10 specialized transit
comfort, use solar infrastructure to buses, including three hybrid buses.
lower emissions, and are intended They transport approximately
to promote greater transit use as 940,000 passengers annually through
part of Cornwall’s transit system their conventional service and 25,000
development plans. passengers through specialized
transit service.
The announcement of the new bus
