To be frank, it seems to mainly come down to the TTC not wanting to interline operations in the first place and also St George and Bay were not optimized for cross platform transfers. The interlining service originated from the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, but the TTC argued that it...

Not sure if this thread specifically wants to stay on the LRT topic, but I found something interesting from "Rapid Transit In Toronto" by Edward J. Levy. In the section about the former interlining service, there is a mention of BA Consulting Group Ltd. doing a study in 1989 entitled "The...

I personally stopped bothering with VIVA Orange, the fares for Brampton Transit are cheaper and most of the times a ZUM bus is tailing an empty VIVA bus. At this point, I would argue that the YRT should just abolish VIVA Orange altogether and extend ZUM to Richmond Hill seeing that the service...

Found an error in their service plan on page 54. Whoever wrote the document mixed up the Dundas BRT and the Durham-Scarborough BRT. Or perhaps the graphic design team at the TTC are trying out a new design choice, who knows. As expected, most of the future expenses are unfunded in the plan...

I don't think the VMC bus terminal would do anything to affect ridership, I don't think anyone decides to not take the bus because they don't have a heated waiting area. Not to mention the walk between the bus and the subway has gotten longer because of the terminals location. I can somewhat...

A sign for the development went up in front of the building facing Highway 7. Hopefully the renderings hold up when it does get built. I'm from the suburbs so I have very low standards for architectural design. As long as its big and I don't see it surrounded by parking lots, I'm happy with it...

I wouldn't say this particular instance is a danger to democracy (we should be more worried about China's Communist Party in terms of dangers to democracy) but it is completely out of line for a government run agency to do something like that. From how this line is hyped up by Metrolinx and the...

"Go fare pilot begins for travel between Kennedy stop and Toronto Union Station - TTC riders among those to benefit from new option and lower price" from Metrolinx's blog. To summarize, Metrolinx will reduce the GO fare between Union and Kennedy to $3.70 for 18 months starting on Saturday...

The bus lanes between VMC and Bruce street are set to open by the end of this month. They have already begun driver training in the new section (at this link). Monitoring their twitter account, the bus lanes along Centre street and Bathurst seems to have gotten bogged down by the early snow and...

In my opinion, I find that the signage at VMC is pretty sufficient in advertising ZUM services. This particular sign was only an exception and located in such a way that no one is really going to look at it. All the other signs leading to the VIVA station also includes ZUM. I figure the TTC, ZUM...

Just a few more pictures to add onto @yrt+viva=1system collection. The walk is pretty lengthy if you're trying to transfer between local YRT routes and VIVA/ZUM and you have to go through quite a lot of doors so it will be even longer if you're using a wheelchair. The stairs connecting the...

From page 10 of YRT's 2020 Transit Initiative, they both seem to be the same project. I made a note of the detour when filling in the survey for this service plan. I'm curious to know the ridership numbers for route 20 as I suspect a large portion of its ridership is coming from passengers...

Work on VIVA in Vaughan is in the home stretch, YRT just posted in their newsroom that VIVA orange will once again run full service between Martin Grove and Richmond Hill on the Weekends/Holidays starting November 3, 2019. Along with this, two new station at Wigwoss - Helen and Commerce will...

No, besides the ZUM bus shelter, all the bus shelters have been removed. The concrete base and railings for the bus stops are still there though. You may be correct on that front, but also wrong cause there seems to be a mother-load of bureaucracy in this issue. A letter sent from the "Keep...

Small update with photos taken from Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The first image looks west from the western side of the MUP (Multi-Use Path) at the intersection of Highway 7 & Colossus Drive which has not opened yet. Seems they extended it further west to compensate for the loss of sidewalk on...

Seriously doubt they would cut back from VMC given that their development plan still indicates they will run a continuous service on Queen st/Highway 7 well into the future. Right now, I see too much traffic going between Brampton and Vaughan for them to really consider cutting back the service...

If you look at Delhi right now, they are currently planning "Metrolite" technology as the cost of full out metro's have become unsustainable so I see the same thing with Toronto. Not to mention that its common outside of Canada for metro's to have lines completely incompatible with one another...

It seems like pre-construction at the future site of TC4 and TC5 has started. Also a note, from what seems like a result of having to sacrifice beloved parking space for TC4 & 5, a new parking lot east of the main VMC station entrance was added and is typically full by 8 on weekdays...

The opening was posted in the YRT/Viva Construction Thread, a bit of an odd choice for it to first be posted there. Development in Vaughan resembles that of Dubai's heydays, but with towers spurting out of grassy flats and big box stores instead of sand dunes (it looked slightly ridiculous when...

A few photos this morning on the north side of Highway 7 from west of Colossus drive exit ramp to Applewood Crescent. A few comments about the Multi-Use Path (MUP) in the centre of the street, the crosswalks to the MUP are very much safe to use, but it just feels very unsettling as a pedestrian...