York Region Transit: Viva service thread

[innsertnamehere]

also they are looking into going hybrid with new flyer as well as buying more 60ftrs for conventional routes this year.

York Region does not need 60ft buses for conventional routes. It needs more service first.. increase frequencies by 50%, don't buy 50% larger buses. 60ft buses make sense on routes with high frequencies... they are silly on routes with 30 minute frequencies.

 

[mdu]

Just got onto a completely empty Viva going north at Bernard. Was it just the weather today? Or do they just start slotting in drivers for the afternoon rush?

 

[cplchanb]

Just got onto a completely empty Viva going north at Bernard. Was it just the weather today? Or do they just start slotting in drivers for the afternoon rush?

Probably the latter. Sometimes a random empty blue just slots itself in at rhc if the route is packed or delayed

 

[cplchanb]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2679402562177988&id=198178906967045

The first of the YRT electric buses is finally here!! Wrap looks interesting too!

 

[Megaton327]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2679402562177988&id=198178906967045

The first of the YRT electric buses is finally here!! Wrap looks interesting too!

Yikes, that looks horribly overdone. I think the TTC ones are about the most a design needs to "scream".

Exciting, though!

 

[cplchanb]

Yikes, that looks horribly overdone. I think the TTC ones are about the most a design needs to "scream".

Exciting, though!

Imo in a region where car is king , they need to promote their new products more, hence the outlandish livery. Also it's their first non diesel bus ever so they are excited

 

[Haydenpoon]

YRT Service changes effective Sunday, June 28

Service increase back to normal or near-normal for most major routes in Vaughan, but run time also returns to normal with significantly longer run time during "rush hour".
More local routes will convert to Mobility on request.

 

[mdu]

It's hard to find the right balance with these small-town daytime services. I can't count the number of times where I've been on a completely empty 33 during the day, and fares wouldn't cover minimum wage let alone the drivers' wage and overhead. On the other hand, the 60 minute advance call-in for Mobility completely kills the convenience of public transit.

 

[cplchanb]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=305144187292166

first trip of the Electric YRT buses

 

[Haydenpoon]

Service Changes

We often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check our Service Changes page for upcoming route and schedule changes that may affect your route.

www.yrt.ca

York Region Service Change September 6, 2020

Comparing to pre-COVID, the following routes will have service increase:

VIVA Orange
1 - Highway 7
2 - Milliken
8 - Kennedy
9 - 9th Line
16 - 16th Avenue
20 - Jane
24 - Woodbine
25 - Major Mackenzie
77 - Highway 7
91/91A/91E - Bayview
98/99 - Yonge

 

[Haydenpoon]

All GO shuttle will be cancelled from September 8.

 

[Haydenpoon]

Service Changes

We often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check our Service Changes page for upcoming route and schedule changes that may affect your route.

www.yrt.ca

Another around of service reduction, including those that just got service increased in September.

Effective Sunday, November 1, 2020, various YRT routes will have service changes. In addition, three new services are being introduced:

• Route 305 - Box Grove Express
• Mobility On-Request Bur Oak
• Mobility On-Request King City GO
• Mobility On-Request Stouffville

 

[Sandpit]

Service Changes

We often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check our Service Changes page for upcoming route and schedule changes that may affect your route.

www.yrt.ca

Another around of service reduction, including those that just got service increased in September.

Hopefully the reductions on Route 99 are temporary until the rapidway opens (ridership is down - even without COVID - on both 99 and Viva Blue due to construction-related delays and the street looking like a mess). Yonge really should be moving towards 24-hour service, especially since they want the subway so badly.

 

[Northern Light]

Broadly YRT as opposed to just VIVA:

Looking at York Region's proposed changes for 2022, we see these in service of a (supposedly) Frequent Service Network:

Only in York Region is 32 minute service, in rush hour no less, considered 'frequent'.

 

[ARG1]

Broadly YRT as opposed to just VIVA:

Looking at York Region's proposed changes for 2022, we see these in service of a (supposedly) Frequent Service Network:

View attachment 383988



Only in York Region is 32 minute service, in rush hour no less, considered 'frequent'.

Its not really calling it frequent, more like they're saying "here are some of the major changes we're making as we're heading to making a frequent network". They state on the same page that the ultimate goal of the program is to get 15 minute frequencies on all of those corridors.