Route Performance

Rides per hour (number of people boarding the bus for each hour the bus is on the road) is the metric most commonly used to measure performance.

Key Takeaways: Route 2 Fulford is the busiest route in the system, followed by routes 5 Fernwood and 3 Vesuvius which also connect the most populated areas to ferries and Ganges Village.

Route 4 Long Harbour* is typically popular in the summer, while route 1 Ganges Local remains mostly constant throughout the seasons and despite the pandemic.

Route 9 was the only route to gain ridership through the pandemic compared to 2019.

*Long Harbour was closed for much of summer 2020, likely contributing to low ridership on route 4 Long Harbour