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| - My god....I thought TTC was bad, but MiWay/Mississauga transit is so much worse.
Before I had a car and when my dad had a store, I would take the a bus from Meadowvale TC to South Common Mall and transfer there to the 24 that heads to Oakville Place. This could take anywhere between 1.5 - 2 hours. Not because of the path it took but because of the infrequency of the buses. Like really? It's only a 20-25 minute drive from Meadowvale TC to Oakville Place. I understand if it took an hour due to stops, but 1.5 is way too much. Of course this was over 10 years ago.
-My most recent experience was taking the bus from Cooksville GO to Hurontario and Central Parkway (about a year ago). It was a snowy day and I didn't want to risk driving. Keep in mind that the driving distance here is about 2-3 minutes and the walking distance is about 15 minutes. So looking at the schedule, I see the bus comes every 10 minutes or so (during that time).
So I'm on Hurontario, patiently waiting and then no bus shows up after 20 minutes and I say screw it, I'm walking. I get it was a snowstorm, but it's very poor.
-My 2nd most recent experience: My car is at the mechanic and I ask the bus driver at the Cooksville GO station what the best bus is to get to Square One. He says "look at the schedule - I don't know - bus goes to street X (I don't remember what street), but not this bus". So rude. Mississauga Transit isn't even that busy, streets aren't that congested and is nothing like Toronto, so I don't get the rude conduct. Do they have something in the transit handbook saying "Must treat customers like crap"?. I just got fed up and walked the 30 minutes.
Verdict: Don't bother with Mississauga Transit until they get an LRT. Try using the GO, cab it, drive or bike (in summer months).
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