Brampton secures Federal and Provincial investment of $7.3M towards significant upgrades for Brampton Transit

BRAMPTON, ON (May 17, 2021) – Today, Mayor Patrick Brown; Brampton City Councillors; Maninder Sidhu, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development and Member of Parliament for Brampton East, on behalf of The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; and The Honourable Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction and Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton South, on behalf of The Honourable Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; announced joint funding for the replacement of the Computer Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location systems on buses in the Brampton Transit fleet.

The Government of Canada is investing $4 million in this project through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream (PTIS) of the Investing in Canada plan. The Government of Ontario is providing $3.3 million, and the City of Brampton is contributing $2.6 million.
The project includes the design, build, and installation of all supporting devices, operating systems, networking gear, and software for the Computer Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location systems. These replacement systems will be installed on over 450 buses Work also includes the implementation and integration of subsystems, including Interactive Voice Response, data radio network, over 130 electronic signs at terminals and station stops, and outfitting buses with automatic passenger counters.