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The new viva Green won't be replacing the 90.. It will be in addition to it. And from what I have heard, the Green may only operate peak hours only. And also of course it will change things. They will be "transferring" ridership from an already well performing route/section and saying, see...

There is actually a bit more mobile friendly one I use that I prefer. Even has realtime "next bus" times that works better than ridenow in my opinion.... http://albutransit.com/

For those interested, a little chart someone made up and I found online: *YRT Since 2001 *"YRT/VIVA" SINCE September 2005 *1 ZONE ADULT CASH FARE (CASH FARE STANDARDIZED [Elimination of Student/Senior/Child Cash fares] in 2005) 2014 - $4.00 2013 - $3.75 2012 - $3.50 2011 - $3.25 2010 -...

And, Surprise Surprise! YRT/Viva Cash Fares heading UP again in 2014 (if council approves it, but we all know YR council approves everything!)!! THIS time this should be spread everywhere and tweet and email and call your town/region/councillors. Problem many times is very few people...

At Veolia, the drivers on the low end of the pay scale are making $16.55/hour. Drivers on the top end are making $22.10 (mainly the drivers the came from the previous contractor Can-Ar and were making top wage there).

It's not as easy as a quick click, but here's what you gotta do: goto http://york.ca/ on the left hand side click the Regional Government Link Then select Agenda's, Minutes & Reports Scroll down to committee reports, select the year (depending on which month you want, the previous...

That's right. I forgot. The D40LF's have had full LED lighting since 2009. The ones in 2007 and 2008 still had fluorescent lighting throughout the bus except for the front and rear door lights and drivers overhead light which were LED. The blue at the front is generally standard on the...

The New Flyer D40LF's you are referring too have been in service for a while now. The 2010, 10xx series New Flyer D40LF's (the ones with the usual old style looking front) were delivered around summer 2010 (Fleet numbers 1001-1019 all assigned to South-East Division Miller Transit). They...

True.. lots of cutbacks but in all honesty, quite a number of them will be affecting very few if any passengers. Remember that many times when you read/hear the words "due to low ridership" in York Regoin, it means no passengers boarded the bus! Also.. in your 2nd paragraph regarding the new...

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but if you really want to know, try emailing them. Many people have had much success getting their answers for MANY different types of questions/concerns simply by sending them an email... I suggest doing that and post their response here if you get...

For all those YRT/Viva Riders: There are quite a few service changes taking place end of next month.. make sure you check them all out as there are a few big changes as well (eg: a few new dial-a-ride routes, CANCEL of 25D and introduction of YRT 90-B, as well as other schedule adjustment...

Thats why I said 30 minutes MINIMUM. Meaning those odd "specialtiy" routes that could get away with it. Or those "country" routes that really don't need more than 30 minute service because of the low population the route serves. But routes (excluding Viva of course) such as...

I'm too lazy to sit here and "quote" everything so anyways: The stops with the concrete and such is for "accessibility". In order for a route to be deemed "accessible" at least 50% of the stops have to be ADA compliant, which by enlarging them and even creating concrete bases, handles this...

I agree. And I've made myself heard about that before. Personally I prefer a more realistic "tighter" schedule throughout the trip, and a bit of a longer layover or "recovery" time at the end. Although with GPS working in the entire fleet (aside from a glitch here or there) the region is...

Right of way is an Ontario Traffic law. As a driver for YRT who does sometimes (usually really) let a few cars go before I merge, the reason that I do it (I can't speak for all drivers) is that 1) my schedule usually has so much time that I'm trying to kill time wherever possible without just...

While I'm not denying the fact that Viva buses do have good acceleration (and so do many YRT buses too, I know for a fact), your situation of being on a Viva bus where the driver is passing cars has very little if anything to do with "impressive acceleration" and have to do with the bus driver...

"RideNow" is now available on the http://www.yrt.ca/ website and the YRT automated schedule information phone line. Just put in your bus stop number and the system will give you the "scheduled" time as well as the "estimated arrival time". Also if you are doing this through the website it will...

And a WASTE of viva if you ask me. A small davis drive stub does not make any sense. YRT needs to keep their energy on improving their current route system and existing viva routes before placing viva on a route that doesn't exactly require a viva system. Davis drive, just how much time...

For those who may be wondering. The launch date for the "real-time" transit information is apparently set for January 18, 2010

From my understanding, the real-time info system will work as the current schedule system on the website does now. So if you can currently load up the website and search schedules on your iphone or blackberry you should have no problem. The "real-time" will be listed beside the "scheduled"...