ehlow
Senior Member
I don't think I've seen a thread about TTC bus service other than the Transit City bus plan, so I'll start one since there has been a lot of news lately on improving or enhancing bus service.
This seems to be in line with what many of us have been talking about on this forum:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ttc_to_add_express_buses_to_cut_crowding.html
This seems to be in line with what many of us have been talking about on this forum:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ttc_to_add_express_buses_to_cut_crowding.html
Councillor wants TTC to add express buses to cut crowding
Councillor Josh Colle is asking the TTC board to approve a study of adding additional express bus service.
By: Tess Kalinowski Transportation reporter, Published on Wed Mar 26 2014
Councillor Josh Colle wants the TTC to study the cost of more express bus routes as a potentially cheaper option to alleviating crowding while the city waits for more subways.
“Given increasing wait times and crowded conditions on many regular TTC bus routes, the implementation of new express routes along major arterial roads, such as Bathurst St. and Dufferin St., during the peak periods could provide an excellent option for riders for a fraction of the cost of building new transit infrastructure,†says a motion before Wednesday’s TTC board meeting of which Colle (Ward 15, Eglinton-Lawrence) is a member.
Riders would continue to have the option of regular buses with more stops on the same routes, or they could ride an express bus on the 10 busiest TTC routes. Those would make fewer stops to get them to their destination faster, according to the motion.
The TTC already runs 11 rush-hour only express buses, mostly in the east and west ends away from the downtown core. It also has six all-day “rocket†buses and five downtown express routes that charge a premium fare for the service.
All of the express services run during Monday to Friday rush hours.
If the board approves Colle’s motion, TTC staff would report back on the costs and benefits of adding more express routes, as well as the possibility of introducing queue jump lanes, priority signaling and dedicated bus lanes.
It would also look at whether express service makes sense on routes that connect major destinations, such as the Airport Rocket that connects the Kipling subway with Pearson.
Colle recently suggested the TTC’s overnight buses and streetcars should be free during extreme cold weather alerts.