Search results

There are countless examples of articulated buses in North America that are well over 12 years old and still in service. Calgary has a fleet of 60+ D60LFRs from 2007 to 2009 that are still in service, New York and Montreal have Nova LFSAs from 2009-2010 still in service, Ottawa has D60LFs from...

The route 3 interlines with the route 70, but not the 108. All but a single route 70 trip in the afternoon interline to and/or from the route 3. This interline between the 3 and route 70 was introduced during the Covid-19 era, prior to that the 3 operated a symmetrical peak schedule. This...

The full list of service changes was released today by MiWay and can be found here.

The $13.6 million is for the acquisition cost of a parcel of land which is located on the southside of Central Parkway adjacent to MiWay's administration office on Semenyk Court. It may only end up being an overflow lot rather than an actual garage building. Based on the available space I would...

For those keeping track here is an accounting if you will of transit service. Tables below show routes which will experience a change in the amount of service/trips operated. Grand total counts are for the entire network. Long story short these changes are not simply the loss of frequency as a...

Although I do agree that the Dundas service continues to pale in comparison to its pre-pandemic self, this service change nonetheless is a significant improvement from where it currently stands. While those coming from west of UTM along Dundas are now forced to ride through UTM, it would be...

Although MiWay's service change announcements have become more detailed lately, they still happen to miss things. In some cases I'm not so sure it's intentional, but in other cases it seems deliberate. Such is the case when service cuts are veiled as "schedule adjustments". This is the case for...

I think the suggestion that the City does not know how bad Unwin Ave is in is quite laughable, there's a City yard on Unwin as well as provincially legislated road patrol requirements. Unwin Ave is in need of a full-depth (700MM+) reconstruction. The road base is clearly failing and unable to...

A common myth is that artics have a worse turning radius than 40' buses and it's just that...a myth. Case in point artics ran on the 2 for quite some time during the pandemic and with no change to the routing required.

If anyone is curious about how transit service levels have evolved at the City I have included a service summary which also includes Brampton Transit for comparisons sake. There are 3 different sheets which provide 3 different timeline views. Saturday and Sunday vehicle hours are above...

For anyone curious about service hour changes at Brampton Transit here is a service summary which also includes MiWay for comparisons sake, comparing pre-pandemic levels (March 2020), levels towards the end of the pandemic (November 2023) and then more current dates (September 2025 and January...

In this case it's a matter of jurisdiction. The Eastern Ave bridge is City owned while Evans Ave over the QEW is owned by the MTO.

There's been no change to the amount of westbound lanes as part of this shift. There are only 4 mainline lanes between the 427 and Dixie Road. Although following the 427 and Evans/West Mall on-ramps there is an additional merge lane from the ramps nor would it be wie to categorize those as a 5th...

I don't know the exact reason and as far as I know the City has not publicly stated the reason for it (in a corporate report, media release or otherwise). Surely it's something that would have caught media attention in Toronto, but us Mississaugans are SOL. In September 2024 the General...

I'm sure it was a typo, but as the article states the money owed to the subcontractor was $2.7 million, not billion. As far as this rumour goes about BOT being removed from the project, on my way into work this morning I decided to go up Hurontario to see how things are coming along. I tend to...

I am quite certain I have seen BOT crews working on the project in the last week, so that would be surprising. I am also skeptical to say the least. Even if this is true it would be worth taking note that BOT is the smallest stakeholder of the construction team at Mobilinx and is predominantly...

Tear down of the parking structure began on January 2nd, they've started from the south end. Given the progress they've made so far I would not be surprised to see the structure completely torn down in 2 weeks time.

I haven't gone through all of the routes with extra trips added yet, but on the 4 it amounts to a single extra trip to serve high school students. I suspect many of the extras are in fact just an extra or two to serve high school students.

I have to admit on the face it doesn't look like all that much. Don't be deceived however, Brampton is rolling out a huge service hour increase as far as weekday service goes. The weekend increases are not exactly huge, but not exactly the biggest deal as the July changes were huge for Saturday...

The changes to the route 5 are indeed very disappointing. As usual MiWay's service change notices are inconsistent and lacking in detail. Although an additional bus is added in the PM peak the impact of shortened blocks results in a loss of 14.83 daily vehicle hours (3,737.16 hours annually)...