Barrie's new transit system has only been in place for a week, but many riders aren't happy with the way things are running.

For riders like Cathleen Lyons, it hasn't been smooth ride so far.

“It used to take me 25 minutes to get to work, now it’s three buses and almost an hour and half,” says Lyons, a dietary aid who works at a nursing home in the city's south end. Making it on time for her shift-work job has been a challenge so far.

“I'm late usually about twenty minutes,” she says. “There've been a couple of days where I had to take a cab.”

Riders like Lyons who say their commutes are longer, making them late for work, could soon see some more changes, however. City council will consider having the buses run earlier.

The new system consisting of seven hubs and 150 new stops has been a huge adjustment for many riders. It takes a lot longer to get anywhere you need to go. Riders say it takes longer, requires more transfers, and the waits for buses are worse.

It’s that kind of feedback Mayor Jeff Lehman says he heard a lot of from riders since the new bus routes launched. He admits the new system will require some tweaking.

“One of the things we've learned early on is some of the south-end routes were not starting early enough,” Lehman says.

Lehman says he has already met with employers in the south end including auto parts manufacturer Yachiyo. The mayor says council will consider a motion tomorrow night to have buses that service employment and industrial areas in the south end start earlier.

The buses currently start as early as 6 a.m.

“We have a motion to run buses even a half an hour earlier to service our major manufactures and industries,” Lehman says.

He says the city came in under its budget in revamping the Barrie transit system, so there is some money left that could pay for the earlier start time. That could be a big help for riders like Lyons.

“Cabs cost me $30,” she says. “If it started earlier, that would be convenient.”

At this point, it’s not clear what bus routes would start earlier. If council gives the early start time the green light, the mayor says he expects the changes to happen within a matter of weeks.