Yes. I've already bitched out YRT and megaspammed the Markham city councillors to bug YRT about NOT doing this. I encourage you to do so as well.

I just got back from Amsterdam where they had a cool hybrid subway-light rail line. In Amsterdam, they have conventional subway lines and they also have conventional low-floor light rail lines. However, one line (M51) was an anomaly in that the trains operated on the same tracks/tunnels as...

Can I just say how incredibly inefficient trams in Amsterdam are? For one, there are two employees per tram. One drives the thing. A second sits in a fare booth. (Not to mention that thing took up SO MUCH space). I didn't know such a thing still existed to be honest. lol Even with a plethora...

I will never complain about Viva's signal system for the Highway 404 underpass ever again. I went to Amsterdam where trams are forced to share the track in both directions (similar to Viva's 404 underpass). Only they didn't have signals and drivers just had to rely on their intuition and...

It's already been done before. 98 and 99 used to be called Yonge North and Yonge South. Same went for Bayview South and Bayview North. Apparently it was too confusing as customers took it to mean going Southbound/Northbound etc. All routes were simplified and NSEW were removed.

One solution could be the operation of a Viva shuttle line between McCowan<->Montgomery via DT Markham. The western portion could exit the rapidway by getting a transit priority signal to turn left at Rodick. And reenter the rapidway at Fairburn. The eastern portion could simply follow the...

30 minute frequencies servicing the emerging Downtown Markham for most of the day + weekends. Are they f-ing kidding me? While Promenade Terminal-Highway 50 will have a combined 7.5 minute service all day? (I don't think it's going to last. lol)

I have a crazy conspiracy theory (ok maybe not that crazy). But does anyone find it strange that the Viva green, silver, purple and orange routes end at Yonge and wont cross from east into west? It's so counter intuitive to cross-regional travel. Anyone think they're doing this to artificially...

Skip to 01:12 Chosen specifically to deal with the "harsh winters". I think they're well aware of the limitations of linear induction in the snow.

You're confusing Skytrain technologies. 1) The Canada Line does not use linear induction technology. It uses traditional third rail subway technology that is found on the TTC's Lines 1, 2, 4. The Expo & Millennium line uses linear induction technology similar to TTC's Line 3. 2) Montreal's LRT...

It's very smart of them to install an eastbound rapidway specifically for the left turn. Left turns bog down Viva buses a lot in mixed traffic. For example, it's not uncommon for the Viva Purple buses to wait 3 light cycles before finally getting through an intersection @ Keele, Kennedy. That's...

Wow the Good Catch Boil House is really coming along! The dining room is massive and I love how open it looks from the street. I expect the place to be busy and the only way people can enter is from the street. Can't wait to see some pedestrian activity finally. All of the storefronts facing...

Am I the only one who thinks the new Downsview Park station is god awful? I mean what were the designers thinking? https://www.ttc.ca/Spadina/About_the_Project/Photo_Gallery/Photo_Gallery_Images/A25-1_DSC_0388.jpg That shade of yellow is absolutely played out and looks straight out of the...

In the face of flatlining ridership, I was thinking of ways the TTC could boost its ridership. Ive always felt their Rocket bus network was a little neglected. The Rocket buses are simply assigned a route number like regular buses and don't look any different than conventional services. But...

You guys make very good criticisms of the Viva network that make sense. But (and I hope Viva's planners are reading this) a lot of the system is run ass backwards. People complain about small things all the time and they are ignored with no change in sight. 1) The Highway 404 single lane...

The map is showing how the restructured services will operate 2020. Many changes will be coming in the next year with the opening of the Spadina subway. I made an updated map with Zum bus lines on it. Zum buses will be using VIVA rapidway infrastructure, accept YRT fares. It is essentially a...

What do you guys think of this YRT Viva System Map ? Made it myself today. Is it too busy? :) I want to upload it on Wikipedia as their Viva Network Expansion Plan (VNEP) map. I have no idea how they're going to fit this map on their buses. lol

http://www.vivanext.com/files/PastMeetings/Yonge_RichmondHill/Y2_PPC_Board_26-36.pdf http://www.vivanext.com/projectdocument/doctype/past-meetings/project/richmond-hill/ Wow! The Major Mackenzie stop is awful! It's a full intersection away. There's going to be tons of jaywalkers. No one wants...

I really hope the Crosstown operates like this. DAMN! It DOES NOT slow down for intersections. lol

The Davis Drive rapidway has failed. Frequency will be scaled back to 23 minutes in the evening. Service will end sometime around 10:30pm Not surprised at all actually. This route is like a stub. It doesn't really go anywhere. Should have been an extension of the Viva Blue.