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March is actually worse than February. 20% loss in March vs. 18% loss in February compared to 2025. Overall, 21.3% loss so far this year compared to last year. Historically, Brampton Transit sees an approx 10% dip in ridership in December compared to November and January. However, this January...

I said in the MiWay thread I don't like EVs. But with the ongoing Trump and Iran thing, I don't know anymore... Even diesel artics got their own reliability issues. Troubles operating during winter, high maintenance costs, shorter lifespan..

When the LRT was approved in 2011, the 7 and 200 routes comprised 1/3 of all boardings on Grand River Transit. Oshawa, London, Hamilton, and Brampton don't have any corridors that dominate their transit networks to such a large degree. It had higher ridership than any corridor in the 905, so it...

Grand River Transit established during the Mike Harris era. Bad timing. After Liberals elected and provincial gas tax funding, transit ridership in Waterloo Region started to catch up to the more established systems in Hamilton, London, and Oshawa. Right now all four places roughtly the same in...

Probably not the best time for new Zum... over ambitious Viva held back YRT many years too... If anything maybe better to take a bus off 505 to put onto 5 because 50 minute headway after 8PM on Saturday might be entering the "death spiral" territory. 51 minute long route with potential 50 minute...

Awesome news. Much needed to get the buses off Rathburn, the #1 bottleneck in Mississauga's transit network. The huge lineups for that left turn onto Rathburn a big problem for the 61 too. Still need Creditview and Ridgeway stations though...

Jan and February ridership numbers in 2026 actually show decrease compared to 2020. So ridership is lower than pre-pandemic. Budget was based on 2 million decline in 2026, but maybe end up 7-8 million decline, back to 2018 levels. Month 2018 2019 2020 2024 2025 2026 Jan 2394k 2429k 2823k...

Despite the economic struggles, still 67% of Hamilton workers work in Hamilton, easy for HSR. But HSR maybe have harder time by default because of the Escarpment disrupting the road network. Barton still the third busiest route, so I can only imagine what it was like its full glory. I wonder...

In the early 90s, the City of Hamilton removed a concession road and potential transit corridor (Limeridge Road) to build a freeway with municipal funds, while the 905 built new corridors in-between existing concessions to add new transit routes and minimize walking distances to transit. Perhaps...

I assumed Drum118 was talking about artics during midday, since these changes are for midday only. I don't have much experience with Dixie during rush hour. Thanks the detailed breakdown. I wish MiWay would be more consistent with their allocation of artics (e.g. 8 of 8 buses as artics instead...

Locals want a stop at Kingsbridge but a symbolic, feel-good Finch West-style LRT is not what Mississauga and Brampton need. The diversion off Hurontario is already bad enough. Any more stops and diversions, might well cancel construction and keep the buses.

Seems like a 0% property tax increase does have a cost after all.

Looks like 3 Bloor is interlined with 70 Keaton and 108 Meadowvale Express, which explains why the 3 has different frequencies depending on direction. Although frequency in reverse peak direction will be increased slightly, frequency in the peak direction will actually be reduced slightly. It...

Extensions both east and west would be great, possibly even better than building a tunnel under the 401.

Yes, of course, only $107M revenue budgeted for 2025. So assuming farebox cost recovery ratio of 39% like 2024, that would put gross operating expense of YRT conventional service at around $274 million. They probably make ad revenue too, so true cost maybe around $265 million. Still...

lol, probably same reason why they tried to open up the Greenbelt, and now trying to change the Freedom of Information act. I found more precise (and accurate) numbers for YRT service hours so I have edited them. Note that it is budgeted service hours for YRT and actual service hours for...

Outside of London, transit in UK has suffered a lot because of privatization of transit. Ridership in most UK cities is worse than Canadian cities now. Even in GTA, you can see how much transit in York Region suffers from private operations. YRT spends more than Brampton Transit and MiWay but...

I remember when announcements were first implemented on Mississauga buses, they were not automated, it was the drivers doing them. Sometimes they would yell or sing sarcastically. It's just an accessibility issue, I am happy to not be one of those who suffers from blindness, so I won't complain...

Right, I forgot about the buses. Milton train around 31k per weekday, bus around 6k per weekday. Lakeshore West train 64k. Before COVID anyways... Before the LRT construction, I preferred to take the 103 all the way down to Port Credit outside rush hour. They replaced the 38 on...

I was talking about average weekday boardings, not annual boardings, because the transit mode share numbers are for commutes only. Of course Milton Line is not going to have high annual boardings since there is no service outside of weekday peak hours.