Service seems to go to lots of places:
A lot of things have changed since this diagram was drawn:
- Creation of 107 with planned extension to Humber College (hopefully the new buses will come in time for September and use it to extend the 107 to Humber!)
- Addition of 502 Zum Main for the short term
- Addition of Hurontario LRT for the long-term
- Proposed Dixie Express Route 105 to Bramalea
- GO Transit no longer services Square One - Pearson
- Possible direct service between Square and Pearson by express buses. (107A perhaps?)
Also, I'm wondering how the GO buses will access the 401 or the 427 to go to York U and Richmond Hill from Renforth BRT Station. I mean, there are no ramps going from the local roads to the 401 Eastbound and 427 Northbound, or am I just blind?
I still can't over the fact that this BRT seems like a waste of money since it doesn't seem to go anywhere. I hope I'm proven wrong though.
Well, we can say that 110 is already a BRT route since it already runs at the "completed" section of the corridor. Let's assume that the current idling time at South Common will be used to compensate for the additional time to access the Erin Mills BRT Station. Then, judging by the time savings, it has become popular compared to the older option. And judging by the ridership, it is the 5th busiest route in the system so I don't classify it as a waste.
Many people use the 109 to go from Erin Mills to Square One (and vice-versa) instead of 34 and from Erin Mills to the subway (and vice-versa) instead of 35/35A. The Meadowvale - Square One segment carries a significant amount of passengers (> 10) at the reverse peak. Hence, it will likely be successful during off-peak and weekends too. But Square One - Subway segment at the reverse peak is currently dead. I can see at most 5 passengers.
107 was a full bus too going southbound during the PM rush. I entered the bus at the LINK Station after taking my sister to the airport. I had to stand in that bus and it was already full at Dixon and Carlingview! Many people got off at Dixie, but many people boarding didn't alleviate the situation. So we arrived at Square One as a full bus! Ergo, the eastern stations will have some usage. It just needs some promotion to prevent people from boarding local buses at Square One if their destination is the subway. It will shave 15 minutes off of the passengers' commute. They can have something like a free service, similar to what Winnipeg did during its opening day of the Transitway last month.
If they provide frequent service along the transitway, then the system will have no problems attracting lots passengers.
If you look at the huge popularity of the 110 though, it was a huge mistake that they decided not to build the section between Erin Mills and Sq One, and have those Creditview and Mavis stations. Even more a mistake if you consider how ridership has skyrocketed on 61 Mavis since then. Too bad.
I'm pretty sure those who are waiting for the 110 at Creditview and Mavis will be totally disappointed since the bus is already full at Square One. I mean, it's so busy that they can run directly between Square One and UTM. Those who are waiting at South Common already have that problem. Maybe they can divert 201 to UTM and change it to 101A and use blue buses. Maybe that's what the 2012 orders are for?
Seeing the frame for the Central Parkway BRT Station already assembled, I really can't wait how this will look like in the final form.
And wow, the Rathburn exit is too narrow!