Open houses presenting options and inviting further feedback around the two routes are set for Tuesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct 23 from 6-9 p.m. at Tansley Woods Community Centre. There is no set timeline at this point for any possible changes after those meetings.

“We’re looking at frequencies, smaller buses, alternative routes at other area streets and the late-night service to see if it is more viable,” said Spicer.

Mary Brownrigg, who also lives on the 500-m stretch of road, says residents have many concerns, among which are pedestrian safety, noise, pollution, decreased quality of life and loss of property value. She said it is unacceptable to see 60 buses a day that run from 6-1:30 a.m.

She is also disappointed a change has not yet been made, as residents have been talking to city staff and members of council about the issue since last November.

“We just assumed that because it’s for us so black and white, empty buses going up a residential street, that they could revert back to the original route without any issue at all,” Brownrigg said.

City council voted 6-1 not to remove the buses from Headon Forest Drive at a meeting in June. Councillors subsequently directed transit staff to consult the public and come up with a solution.

Ward 6 Councillor Blair Lancaster said there isn’t a simple answer, noting there are residents on Pinemeadow Drive, which the previous route 6 accessed, and Upland Drive who don’t want the buses moved onto their streets.

“It’s always difficult with transit because we have to put transit on roads and it is needed in the community, but on the other hand, when a bus goes by your house, there’s an impact to the residents, too,” she said.

Transit rider Monika Rourke, 69, has taken the bus to the shopping plazas north and south of Upper Middle Road at Guelph Line several times a week for 20 years.

She says last November’s route change has meant she has to walk from the last stop on Upper Middle Road at Headon Forest Drive to her grocery store and bank in the plazas.

She would like the number 6 bus restored to its former route so there are once again stops at Guelph Line and Upper Middle Road.

“It’s not nice anymore,” Rourke said. “My bus ticket only lasts so long, so I lose all the time walking. Some women (riders), I don’t see them anymore, because the bus doesn’t go to the mall anymore.”

Meanwhile, a decision whether to relocate the two bus stops on the portion of Headon Forest Drive between Pinemeadow Drive and Upper Middle Road is expected from Burlington Transit by the end of this week.

Comments on routes 6 and 52 can be emailed to Burlington Transit at contactbt@burlington.ca with the subject: Headon Forest transit options.