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VIVA will be buying new buses every year. They just issued a Request For Proposals RFP for the purchase of new articulated buses, which means that we will likely not be buying Van Hool's european buses anymore. The region has had problems getting parts for their buses, causing lengthy delays in...

New website for the vivaNext project. www.vivanext.com

There aren't any planned new routes because they havn't even completed the first part of their bus rapid transit plan. The plan now is to move existing portions of the VIVA network into dedicated transit lanes. Highway 7, from Yonge to Kennedy, will begin construction as early as this year...

Uptown Markham (s of Hwy 7, e of Warden, Times Group, Kirkor, multiple) What's up with allthe grass in between buildings and shame this plan is completely separated from Downtown Markham by the massive valley. Full precinct plan here...

Does anyone know what the building on the northside of Highway 7, east of Warden is? It's lit up like this building at night. Shame it's located in the middle of nowhere and not in the heart of Downtown Markham.

The TTC has (or had) only one bus like this. It was to test whether these seats would provide more legroom, especially at the back. Ultimately, they decided to keep the old seats and take out 2 from the back for their new hybrids. Shame cuz these seats sorta do look sexy :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7AK2ktaPU

If anything, York University is underserviced by YRT. Only 3 routes run there and the frequencies aren't even all that great. YRT has cut duplicate services. Shortly after Richmond Hill Centre opened, the Markham Highway 7 YRT bus was truncated at RHC instead of Finch, forcing riders to...

Did some digging, here's York Region's plans for the busway through the centre of Downtown Markham. Images Details