YRT/Viva Construction Thread (Rapidways, Terminals)

[Leo_Chan]

If so, I'd then expect purple to funnel riders to Yonge once the subway extension is finished but otherwise drastic increases in service on the north/south routes to feed the various stations along Sheppard would be needed. Highway 7 will always be the spine of York Region, especially once it has two subway stops, so I would still see there being plenty of demand for purple in the long run.

Inb4 Highway 7 gets 4 subway stations in 100 years (Jane, Yonge, Leslie/Woodbine, McCowan).

 

[Neutrino]

Inb4 Highway 7 gets 4 subway stations in 100 years (Jane, Yonge, Leslie/Woodbine, McCowan).

And a line on 7 connecting them. Call it the Sheppard Relief Line.

 

[Sandpit]

I wonder if we'll see any service improvements when the Cornell terminal opens?

I actually expect slight service decreases. Longer routes + same number of buses on route = decreases ("adjustments" in YRT parlance) in frequency.

 

[Leo_Chan]

This is pretty impressive:
milestone on Highway 7 West >> concrete deck pour for the bridge expansion

 

[oresama]

Cornell Terminal construction update - October 29, 2018

Looking southwest from Cornell Community Centre parking garage:

 

[hw621]

^how would this terminal help? better frequency?

 

[Leo_Chan]

^how would this terminal help? better frequency?

Well, it creates a unified terminus for all YRT routes in the east end to potentially transfer with GO and DRT. It also allows for new routes to be created. As for frequencies, I think we all know that YRT’s frequencies are terrible for most routes, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for higher frequencies as a result of a new terminal.

 

[hw621]

Well, it creates a unified terminus for all YRT routes in the east end to potentially transfer with GO and DRT. It also allows for new routes to be created. As for frequencies, I think we all know that YRT’s frequencies are terrible for most routes, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for higher frequencies as a result of a new terminal.

I don't quite understand the transfer with GO. It is not close to any GO Train stations?

 

[Leo_Chan]

I don't quite understand the transfer with GO. It is not close to any GO Train stations?

Go buses.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Will the Stouffville buses start serving it then? Or just 407?

 

[Leo_Chan]

Will the Stouffville buses start serving it then? Or just 407?

Probably just 407 East buses. A prime example is the 61 Richmond Hill GO bus that doesn’t serve Richmond Hill Centre Terminal, while it serves Langstaff GO on Langstaff Rd E instead.

 

[micheal_can]

Well, it creates a unified terminus for all YRT routes in the east end to potentially transfer with GO and DRT. It also allows for new routes to be created. As for frequencies, I think we all know that YRT’s frequencies are terrible for most routes, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for higher frequencies as a result of a new terminal.

I don't quite understand the transfer with GO. It is not close to any GO Train stations?

Go buses.

You know, if there were a GO station that was in the east area that was also accessible to VIVA and the other YRT buses, that would make a better terminal.... You know, they could have done this at Centennial GO or Markham GO would be better.

 

[hw621]

^except there is no space

 

[micheal_can]

^except there is no space

Because of lots of single family houses. There is a simple solution .... Expropriation..... Problem solved.

 

[Neutrino]

I'd love to hear what you would say if you lived in one such to be expropriated single family house. God, the shit you hear on this forum.