By Vik Kirsch Guelph Mercury
GUELPH — Their car keys have been as idle as their vehicles, but two city councillors say they’ve enjoyed riding municipal buses for virtually a month.
“I’ve had a great experience,” Leanne Piper said Friday.
“It’s been a great month,” added Phil Allt.
Piper said she’ll continue to make good use of city buses.
“Yup, absolutely,” she vowed.
Allt said he can’t eschew the family automobile entirely, but he won’t rely on it as he has before the May challenge now drawing to a close.
“I’m going to be riding the bus a lot more,” Allt said.
Local anti-poverty activist Sian Matwey issued a municipal challenge recently to ride the buses for a month to see how city decisions impact on others, with Piper and Allt responding.
Piper, who works at the University of Guelph, has taken buses everywhere she needs to go for the time in question and has, overall, been pleased with the experience. She’s not only reached her destinations in comfort, but enjoyed the ride because passengers form a gregarious community.
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