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Ride Norfolk provides public transportation within the single-tier municipality of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. The program was originally classified as a "pilot project" and given the deadline of September 30, 2012 to prove its feasibility in the Norfolk County region. It was declared a permanent fixture in the region on May 16, 2012 after being deliberated before city council. Due to its long-term status as a municipal program, Ride Norfolk (and Norfolk County Council) became eligible for nearly $90,000 per annum in gas tax subsidies.〔 It appears to serves as a spiritual successor to the now-defunct ''Simcoe Coach Lines''; which operated in the 1950s and operated to four different communities including the hamlet of Vittoria.〔(All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems Ontario Communities (L - N) ) at the University of Manitoba〕 According to a past issue of the ''Port Dover Maple Leaf'' newspaper, Ride Norfolk has been approved to continue operations through the end of 2013. All buses operating for Ride Norfolk operate on diesel gas and were manufactured in 2004 by the Ford Motor Company. ==Summary== Originally, the bus service only traveled to the major communities of Simcoe, Delhi, Port Dover, Port Rowan, and Waterford. It only recently made stops in the smaller communities of St. Williams and Langton. The service officially started in 2011 and is operated by Sharp Bus Lines who also operate the school bus system in the county.〔(Buses will not operate during inclement weather ) at Ride Norfolk〕 Ride Norfolk was forced to cancel regular bus service for the first time on December 27, 2012 due to terrible conditions with the rural and suburban roads that they drive on.〔(''Snow day for Ride Norfolk'' ) at CD989〕 Service is from Monday to Friday; with no services on Saturdays, Sundays, on major statutory holidays, or after 6:00 P.M..〔(''Ride Norfolk Bus Service'' ) information at NorfolkCounty.ca〕 Bus service originally did not travel to any of the major shopping centers, instead making trips to the Norfolk library, the senior citizens' home, the different pharmacies, and the Norfolk General Hospital; a 2012 rerouting of the agency's services now places stops at Simcoe's Wal-Mart and Whitehorse Plaza.〔 However, it is expected that the mass transit program will someday be hooked into a larger regional system of mass transit for the entire Southern Ontario region. The original budget of Norfolk County's mass transit system was finalized at $20,700 ($ with inflation added on); a small contribution to a cleaner future considering that Norfolk County has been without a safe and publicly accessible form of mass transit for many years.〔 One of the negative features discovered by local residents was that a typical Port Dover-Simcoe round trip once had a cost of $12; which made it an expensive proposition for the people who need mass transit services.〔(''Make shuttle service more affordable (letter to the editor)'' ) at SimcoeReformer.ca〕 While the fare being offered by the local mass transit service at that time was cheaper than typical taxi fares in Norfolk County, it was still more expensive than other mass transit routes in Ontario.〔 As of January 3, 2012, fares were reduced to $2 for a ride on the Simcoe service and $6 for a trip to Simcoe along any of the other routes ($5 if the ticket are purchased in bulk).〔〔(Official fares ) at Ride Norfolk〕 It costs Norfolk County council $80/ride for the buses to operate; meaning that they have subsidized for approximately 75% of the transportation costs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ride Norfolk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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