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Waterloo Region – March 18 marks Transit Team Appreciation Day. On this day, we honour all Transit Services staff and thank them for their devotion to serving the community.
“Many thanks to all the people who work tirelessly to make our Region’s transit system run each and every day,” said Regional Chair Karen Redman. “Efficient transit systems like GRT are delivered by caring professionals in service to this community. Let’s all share...
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John Martz left his mark on Grand River Transit.
The former Kitchener resident came up with the winning design for GRT’s logo in 1999, when the service was created from a merger of Kitchener Transit and Cambridge Transit.
At the time, Martz was a 21-year-old graphic design student at Conestoga College. His design is blue and has a wave between the G and R to symbolize water while the bold letters tilt forward to illustrate motion.
Martz’s work was picked...
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February 3, 2025 — By working closely with its partners across Canada, the federal government is ensuring that more Canadians will be able to live near public transit, connecting them to jobs, services, and their communities.
Today, the Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Member of Parliament for Waterloo, and Karen Redman, Regional Chair, Region of Waterloo, announced a federal...
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Waterloo Region – Grand River Transit (GRT) proudly marks 25 years of delivering reliable, sustainable and innovative transit services to the residents of Waterloo Region. Since its inception on Jan. 1, 2000, when Cambridge Transit and Kitchener Transit merged, GRT has played a crucial...
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