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Council wants bus fares increased frequencies reduced to cut costs Waterloo‘s administraâ€" tive committee met with the Kitchener _ Coâ€"ordinat© ing Committee recently to discuss methods of reducâ€" ing the transit deficit. Although the committee supported a reduction of service in the following areas. council decided to defer a motion for two weeks â€" every second bus on the mainline would short turn at Kitchener‘s Market Square and at King and University This _ means The proposal was one of six methods which would affect _ Waterloo _ transit service. The changes would mean a $1 million saving to the Kitchener transit system and a saving of $125.â€" 000 for Waterloo‘s budget. Council‘s decision to raise the fares was prompted by an administrative reâ€" port which read. ‘"The preâ€" sent fares are among the lowest in Canada and should be increased to reflect the change of costs in recent years." Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo _ bus fares should be raised to 35 cents and students and seniors should pay 15 cents as a means of reducing the transit : deficit, Waterloo council unanimously agreed Monday night. Snowploughs such as the one above on University Street, Waâ€" terloo have been kept busy this winter is an attempt to keep sidewalks and streets and parking lots clean before the snow falls again. Yesterday, an estimated two to twoâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half inches was predicted, which would have brought the season‘s waterioo chronicle rather than every mainline bus going to Fairview Plaza, every other bus would only go as far as Market Square. The same bus would not make its usual route through the University of Waterloo campus, but would make a turn from King onto Hickâ€" ory to Regina, to Univerâ€" sity and back onto King Street. As a result, there will be a staggering of time in buses and a reduction of $200,000 would be made for a 12 month period. â€" 40 minute service on all routes except mainline. the loop and Queenâ€"Frederâ€" ick between 6 and 8 p.m. This would mean a saving of $100.000. . ‘‘This would benefit the senior citizens on Regina Street," Mayor Herb Epp said following the council meeting. â€" 40 minute" serwice on all routes e€gept mainline. loop and Queenâ€"Frederick and LakesfKoreâ€"Lincoln beâ€" tween 9 am. and 3 p.m. A saving of $117.000 would be realized. At present the routes run 30 minutes apart City engineer James Wilâ€" lis suggested a 30 minute bus service should continue for the Lakeshoreâ€"Lincoln area for a year or two beâ€" cause. ~Residents are more P s m Cut off of all service on all routes except the mainâ€" line, loop, Queen and Hallâ€" man Lancaster at 10 p.m. was also suggested with the Hallmanâ€"Lancaster route being cut off at 7 p.m. All buses currently run till midnight. ‘*There are only the three routes â€" loop. mainline and Queenâ€"Frederick. which run from 9 to 7 p.m.." he said. ‘"*About 600 people use the service. Although it‘s quite low. we were conâ€" cerned some people use it for attending church and going to funeral homes and hospitals."" Mr. Schaefer said it would only result in a $25.000 saving if the serâ€" vice was curtailed. â€" 25 minute service on the loop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The savâ€" ing would be $60,000. Commissioner of finance Donald Schaefer informed council that the administraâ€" tive committee felt Sunday services should not be changâ€" ed at all. ‘‘We anticipate to lose some _ ridership.~" _ Mayor Epp said of the proposed changes following council. ‘‘We‘re hoping the saving by this will outweigh the amount of money that we remote with respect to the mainline .‘ Â¥ Ds 4t total to 57 inches. Last year, a total of 30 inches of snow fell. According to Jim Miller of the Waterlooâ€"Wellington airport, the weather looks clear, windy and cold till Saturday when snowfall is expected again. Let‘s just hope it doesn‘t all melt at once! The â€" administrative â€"reâ€" port said a decision by both Kitchener and Waterâ€" loo city councils is necesâ€" sary by Feb. 15 in order to make the reduction of serâ€" vice changes effective by lose from ridership."‘ Waterloo residents are getting their money‘s worth if they invested in snowâ€" blowers or new shovels this year. In the past week alone, 7.9 inches or 20 centimetres have fallen. Abeu‘s Ts T. ey) s L et ae 0% . oord The Minister of Transâ€" portation and Communicaâ€" tions â€" indicated recently that the 1976 operating grant would be based on the actuâ€" al amount paid in 1975 plus 5 per cent. June 1st. t aPi A motion to prohibit snow vehicles in the City of Waâ€" terloo has been deferred for two weeks, it was decidâ€" ed at Monday night‘s council meeting. Mayor Herb Epp made the request, stating, ‘‘We should rely on past practise to try and have a meeting with the other _ six â€" municipalities, snowmobile clubs and counâ€" cil for some kind of uniâ€" â€"formity in byâ€"laws. Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinâ€" ney said, ‘"That sounds like a good stalling tactic ... We don‘t have to wait for the other municipalities to do what we think is best for our city." "If we park the trailers on the roads, it would create a hazard,""‘ he said. "I don‘t understand the prejudice against snowmobiles." ‘"‘"One of the problems is we‘re driving then into the rural areas, which is not necessarily a very good practise." Ald. Bob Henry added, "I can‘t see why we need snowmobiles on rural roads. There are enough snowmoâ€" biles and trails within this region and driving distance." A suggestion was made by Ald. Brian Turnbull to defer the motion for only two weeks, to ensure a byâ€" law will be enforced in the near future, before the snow melts. A St. Agatha resident, Robert Moser, President of the Golden Triangle Snowâ€" mobile Club informed counâ€" cil the region has 200 miles of snowmobile trails, but there is ‘"‘absolutely" noâ€" way of getting there without using the roads. Ald. Mewhinney said as a nurse, she feels very strongâ€" ly opposed to snow vehicles. ‘‘I‘ve seen numerous fracâ€" tured necks and broken legs. I don‘t think it‘s necessary, if we can keep them off the road, we will cut down on the accidents." Snowmobile byâ€"law is deffered 10 Cents