I cross-posted this to the TYSEE thread, but since it deals with YRT/Viva service, it's appropriate.
York Region Transit announced that it is pulling out of York University as of September 2.
They're telling their passengers that only five routes - Route 3 - Thornhill, Route 20 - Jane, Route 96 - Keele-Yonge, Route 107/107B - Keele, and Route 165/165F - Weston will serve the Pioneer Village Station, and you'll have to walk across Steeles and into the campus to avoid a double fare. That's a long walk from the old bus stops near the York Lanes and Ontario Archives.
Viva purple will be cut back to the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal - they're told to transfer at Richmond Hill Centre to Viva Orange, and then transfer to a YRT bus or pay a TTC fare at VMC to get to campus.
It's a failure of the subway to actually make it easier to get to campus from York Region, a failure of York Region Transit, which is cutting back service (the Viva Purple, which used to go to campus), and regional transit coordination in general.
The shortened Viva Purple route will operate with these frequencies:
- Early morning - approximately 13 minutes
- Morning rush hour - approximately 10 minutes
- Midday - approximately 14 minutes
- Afternoon rush hour - approximately 11 minutes
- Early Evening - approximately 20 minutes
- Late Evening - approximately 18 minutes
With service levels like that, why bother building busways?