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For more of those boards: http://yrt.ca/en/aboutus/serviceplanning.asp But definitely, they seem to be making a lot of cuts. Base frequencies are increasing from 20 mins at rush hour and 30 mins off peak, to 30 mins at peak hour and 45 mins off peak. It's sad because I know that no one will...

The 85 is already split. The 85 itself is not (thankfully) for those who actually want or need to travel from Vaughan to Markham without transferring along the same road. The 85A only services Vaughan and terminates at Yonge. The 85B services Vaughan up until the Beaver Creek business park...

Why would this make any sense? Not everyone wants to go to the subway. People who are going east/west may want to actually go east/west and not be delayed by some detour. It's the reason why our whole road structure is in a grid format in the first place. If you want to get to the subway, you...

I made that comment in response to the current situation, which is that the actual people who live and work are not being properly represented in the current system because of a lack of voter turnout. A solution would be either to obtain a greater voter turnout, or take what is clearly broken...

Where did I suggest that? I clearly said I want more participation in the elections if we are to assume that politicians are making decisions for the masses. Most of the "masses" that I've spoken to don't vote because they don't think they are going to be represented either way. If I saw 75%...

Who is participating? Only the NIMBYs get off their lazy chairs for enough time to make a peep. Everyone else just assumes things will "fall into place eventually". Unfortunately, we've run out of "eventually". Besides, the whole notion of urban planning and transportation planning in this day...

Thanks for that. Very informational. I'll be keeping them around if only for the map data.

As far as I'm concerned, it should not be up to the politicians to make decisions like this, and therefore by extension it should not be the electorate who make the decisions either. Residents and business owners are welcome to contribute to the decision making process through normal means like...

Well said. All of it. We need to stop bitching around and get building. The more we wait, the harder and more expensive it's going to be, and then we'll only end up making pathetic cuts because we didn't have the foresight to plan ahead to actually budget a proper system out. That's what we...

If only by necessity. There are far more people living in those cities that need or rely on transit than there are in York Region. But that's primarily to do with density and the urban lifestyle. If you're living in a city centre (even if it's North York Centre), you're more likely to use...

I think that's really part of the secret to get more people to stop thinking of transit as the poor person's mode of transportation. A lot of people view the TTC as a last resort method of getting around town only designed for people who can't afford a car. I find the Viva has been branded so...

I'll take a look around some time for sure, though as mentioned by Electrify, there are also other places around York Region with historic main streets that are nice destinations, including historic Unionville Main Street. Also, on the topic of 16th Ave, I think increased frequency is...

Bingo. I don't get to travel much but when I was in Boston, they seemed to have this methodology down really well. I had to ride 3 of their lines to the near end during the span of my visit, and the ridership gradually weened as we got closer to the end of the line. I think they had the distance...

Sure, a lot of people during the morning rush are going to use the extension to go all the way downtown, but I can tell you that there are plenty of people who simply want to get from Richmond Hill to Finch or Sheppard. A lot of jobs have moved north in these past few years, so GO's mentality of...

Do you guys know why Sheppard has low ridership? Because it starts and ends arbitrarily along a route that is predominantly bus oriented. Yonge would extend an already busy line further north to the current transit terminus of York Region. To even compare the two is an exercise in stupidity...

I remember even in the original public meetings (I attended one) for this extension, they had mentioned a phased introduction as a possibility. They even had the foresight to leave the door open to further extension beyond Hwy 7 to 16th Ave or Major Mac in another phased iteration a few years...

I would take some pics but I'm usually the driver while driving along Hwy 7. If I manage to find a way to take a picture without breaking the law, I'll post some. As of right now, some really cool work is being done on the sidewalks (really nice irrigation system for road-side trees, long term...

Thanks for the clarification about Presto. But yes, the TTC is showing no sign of smartening up, and with the recent firing of Gary Webster (in contempt, mind you) there's no hope for the near future. I get that, but regardless, I think the mindset of the general public here is far too car...

I recognize that politics always has it's play when it comes to transit, but somehow Europe figured it out and executed on it properly. And not just Europe, but Asia as well, and many third-world countries have much more accessible and elaborate subway systems than we do here. I know it's...

I don't think a shuttle would exist for York U students because I remember them touting that York students would be able to utilize the subway from the re-routed Viva along Highway 7. They have to come up with a better solution. Good to know, I didn't know that, but it was no more than a few...