For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Passenger Transportation Board to Hold Public Meetings into Greyhound Canada’s Application to Reduce Bus Service In BC Victoria, B.C. – The Passenger Transportation (PT) Board is holding public hearings on Greyhound Canada’s application 256-17 at meetings in Prince George, Terrace, Smithers and Fort St. John. Public meetings start December 11, 2017: • • • • Prince George Terrace Smithers Fort. St. John December 11, 2017 December 12, 2017 December 13, 2017 December 14, 2017 Greyhound Canada Transportation ULC seeks PT Board approval to eliminate 9 routes and reduce service requirements, including the elimination of some stops, on 10 routes. The PT Board published Greyhound’s application on September 13, 2017 and received more than 220 written comments from people across B.C. Close to half related to proposed route eliminations in the North Central Region of the province. About 1,700 form letter emails were received on proposed route eliminations on Highway 16. “Public meetings will allow the Passenger Transportation Board to hear directly from individuals and community representatives about their transportation use and how the proposed changes could affect them,” said Catharine Read, chair of the PT Board. “The Board will also hear directly from Greyhound about its passenger services and business model that relates to the application. The PT Board is holding hearings in the North Central Region where many BC communities are at risk of losing Greyhound’s service and where the Board wants more information before it makes a final decision. On routes where Greyhound seeks service reductions, it has written that it will maintain current schedules initially and adjust them as required based on customer demand. On these and other routes and route points, the PT Board has received many comments, as well as petitions, that it will consider when it makes a decision on the application. The Board will issue its final decision early in 2018. The deadline for registering as a speaker at a meeting is noon on Friday December 8, 2017. More Info • Meeting Times & Locations: Notice of Public Meetings • Register as a Speaker: Form & information • PT Board Webpage: Greyhound Application 256-17