Action Alert: No to bus route cuts!
Acadian Lines is planning to cancel several routes, and reduce service on other routes.
Fredericton to Miramichi – Cancelled
Saint John to Bangor – Cancelled
Kentville to Digby – Cancelled
Moncton to Charlottetown – Reduced service
Acadian Lines has applied to the NB Energy & Utilities Board (EUB) to make these changes.
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University Students’ Union, UNB Students’ Union and others will intervene in a formal hearing on Wednesday, March 17th, beginning at 10:00 am at the Fredericton Inn, 1315 Regent St. There will also be an informal public session at 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 17 at the Fredericton Inn, 1315 Regent St. While the deadline has passed to submit a request to present at both these sessions, both sessions are open to the public to attend as observers.
All are encouraged to send in a written submission before the March 4th deadline.
To object to the bus route cuts at the NB EUB, objectors must identify how the bus route cuts would be detrimental to the users of the public transportation services, to provincial economic or social development, or to intraprovincial, interprovincial or international commerce.
Send written submissions to:
Lorraine R. Légère
Board Secretary
New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board
P.O. Box 5001
Saint John, NB
E2L 4Y9
Email: lrlegere@nbeub.ca; and general@nbeub.ca
Suggested points to include in your letter:
1. How the route cuts will affect you?
2. Why you take the bus instead of other transportation? According to a 2008 report about New Brunswick’s multi-modal transportation strategy, “both intercity bus and urban transit services are experiencing a renewal of interest.” For economic and environmental reasons, people are choosing to take the bus.
3. These bus routes are the only means of transportation between communities for many New Brunswickers. Public transportation is key to social development.
4. These bus routes are important for intraprovincial and interprovincial commerce. Cutting these bus routes would have a detrimental economic impact on communities, particularly rural communities, dependent on the bus service for trade.
4. These bus routes are important for intraprovincial and interprovincial commerce. Cutting these bus routes would have a detrimental economic impact on communities, particularly rural communities, dependent on the bus service for trade.
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For more information:
NB Energy & Utilities Board website: www.nbeub.ca
The Notice: Acadian Coach Lines LP: Revision to Routes and Schedules January 20, 2010:
http://156.34.203.123/Documents/Orders%20&%20Notices/MC/E/Notice-E-2009-018.pdf
Join the Facebook group “No to Acadian Bus Route Cuts” page and post your submissions or thoughts there or to info [at] nbmediacoop [dot] org
