cplchanb
Senior Member
Its the 25th anniversary bus!!!!
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/pedestrian-struck-finch-go-bus-terminal-north-york/
E2502.... from the photo it looks pretty bad on the front end. totaled?
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https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/pedestrian-struck-finch-go-bus-terminal-north-york/
E2502.... from the photo it looks pretty bad on the front end. totaled?
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Yeah. It was also at the Richmond Hill open house I went to on Saturday. I thought about asking if they heard about the TTC’s fleet grounding, but I didn’t want to be a downer.Its the 25th anniversary bus!!!!
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/pedestrian-struck-finch-go-bus-terminal-north-york/
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Repairs of the hydro tower’s supposed to be three months apparently. They need to rebuild the whole thing.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Currently Yonge St at Hendon Ave is closed, they are fixing the powerlines damaged in the collision it seems.
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
Bordercollie
Senior Member
They should really put some bollards around it to prevent it from happening again.
I bet who ever won that hydro bid to replace it is happy. Its probably worth a lot.
Northern Light
Superstar
April service changes are up.
www.yrt.ca
I will let others parse the details.
A quick skim showed Bathurst 88 getting a boost in mid-day from every 37 to every 30. Plus TTC Warden getting a boost in rush hours from every 24 to every 16 in the AM with a smaller improvement in the PM to every 21.
Service Changes and Updates
York Region Transit (YRT) often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check back here regularly for upcoming route and schedule changes.
www.yrt.ca
I will let others parse the details.
A quick skim showed Bathurst 88 getting a boost in mid-day from every 37 to every 30. Plus TTC Warden getting a boost in rush hours from every 24 to every 16 in the AM with a smaller improvement in the PM to every 21.
cplchanb
Senior Member
im surprised that warden and mccowan are still under TTC control yet kennedy and woodbine is YRT. shouldnt the latter start taking over those routes too?April service changes are up.
Service Changes and Updates
York Region Transit (YRT) often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check back here regularly for upcoming route and schedule changes.
I will let others parse the details.
A quick skim showed Bathurst 88 getting a boost in mid-day from every 37 to every 30. Plus TTC Warden getting a boost in rush hours from every 24 to every 16 in the AM with a smaller improvement in the PM to every 21.
ShonTron
Moderator
The TTC is contracted to serve these routes, so YRT controls them as much as they control routes operated by TOK, Miller, etc. YRT doesn’t operate any of its own buses, the only larger system in Ontario like that.
The TTC through routes is a convenience for riders, who don’t have to switch buses.
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Bordercollie
Senior Member
I wonder if at some point they will bring it in house.
Sandpit
Active Member
The plan was to do that eventually at one point, which is why Kennedy, Keele, and Weston became YRT routes, but I'm not sure if that's still the case.
Also does anything know what Viva Blue's changes are? They always just say "schedules will be adjusted".
ShonTron
Moderator
With McCowan, the question becomes where do you loop the YRT bus? Right at Steeles or nearby Alton Towers, or go as far as Sandhurst Circle/Woodside? There’s no immediately logical place to terminate the route on the south end, at least until the Scarborough Subway Extension is completed.
Kennedy was always a YRT route, and before that it was Miller-operated Markham Transit. Keele and Weston Road made sense with the University Line extension.
Kennedy was always a YRT route, and before that it was Miller-operated Markham Transit. Keele and Weston Road made sense with the University Line extension.
chrisw
Active Member
The 2027 Draft Annual Transit Plan has been posted.
There seems to be a focus on weekend service and increasing weekend service hours.
There seems to be a focus on weekend service and increasing weekend service hours.
NodeGreen11
Active Member
Link to interactive map to provide comments to YRT on the 2027 Annual Transit Plan:
https://engageyork.mysocialpinpoint.com/2027-transit-annual-plan
Northern Light
Superstar
Good post!
I won't bring them all forward, people can follow the link for that, but I will highlight a few:
Locking in every 15M or better is good; though for a route destined to be a subway.....this could be more ambitious.
Even the rush hour here will remain poor, but do not the move to clock face and every 20M. The Sunday service is a drastic improvement but still appalling.
Good, but I'd love to see that Saturday service get to every 10.
This is quite good, getting to every 20 or better on weekdays from early through to evening rush. and Clockface.
Also good, getting rush hours to every 10 is excellent for YRT; Sundays at every 20 isn't terrible and its clockface.
While far from stellar, the scale of the improvement is laudable.
Sizable improvement.
This fills in a major grid gap, odd to omit weekday, midday service though.
Complete weekday, span of service is good, but I'd personally defer this if that can't resource 30M or better. I don't see 60M service growing ridership much.
Another one I feel could probably be deferred if the effort is that meek. Btw, can't se at least just make it every 60 consistently?
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Overall, fairly positive. Could certainly be more robust, but there's real progress to cheer.
Still need them to understand the value of clockface.
And really, service less than hourly should just be intolerable.