City council has hit the brakes on proposed service cuts to Calgary Transit.
The city wanted to cut 46,800 hours of bus service in 2018 to help balance next year’s civic budget. Those cuts would have affected 56,000 transit users every week on 27 different routes.
In most cases, it would mean longer waits for buses. But on some routes, service late at night or on weekends was going to be cut.
In its deliberations on adjustments to the 2018 budget, council voted Wednesday to spend $4 million to allow transit to maintain service.
Coun. Jyoti Gondek said she was