PAGE 2, WEI)NESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981, WIIITBY FREE PRESS Whitby Transit Service' s future to be deterniined by public works study It is highly possible that the Whitby Transit Service wilI receive a major facelift in the near future. However, the form of that facelift will not be known un- tii a report being prepared by the town's public works department is submitted to council. The report is expected to show where and when people get on and off the buses run- ning on the four routes cir- cumventing the town. "The resuits will be al compiled by the end of the month,I" according to Mayor Bob Attersley. "We will then look at the broad scope of it." He also indicated that there will probably be changes in the systemn after council has had the oppor- tunity to go over the report. ",We'1l look at all the routes and downtown stops," Attersley said. The report is also to in- clude the ridership figures dating to when the service began operations ast June. "lWe don't want to look at ridership statistics for just one month," the mayor, a long-time supporter of the service, said. "«We want to look at the whole thing. " Another aspect of the report will be the Whitby Transit Service's financial state which Attersley said "lisn't as bad as people believe. " Two weeks ago, the town hired four part-time people to record the number of passengers using the system and the number of downtown transfers. This was done at a cost to the town of abodut $1,000 which council approved a few weeks earlier. Council is also expected to consider complaints from the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association which has said that it is prepared to lose municipal transit service in the East Ward in order to regain school bus service from the Durham Board of Education. Last September council did make some minor changes to the service in an effort to get more people to use the bus. Davis campaigns here tomorrow P re mier Bill Davis wil bring his campaign for re- election to Durham West tomorrow morning. Davis will speak at a breakfast meeting being hosted by incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP George Ashe at the Ajax Community Centre beginning at 8 a.m. A spokesman for the per- mier 's office at Queen's Park indicated that Davis may use the occasion to an- nounce major policy iniatives for Durham Region. Breakfast will be com- plimentary, however, tickets must be reserved by contacting any of the local Tory association's cam- paign offices. In Whitby the number to caîl is 666-1101.