ViveleCanada
Active Member
This could perhaps work if say 501 ZÜM were simply extended to Finch Go whilst VIVA Orange keeps its current alignment. If we are pursuing adding more branches to the 501 between Bramalea and Highway 50 then I can see this becoming troublesome during rush hour as Pre-COVID schedules shows buses coming every few minutes on this segment. I really don't see ZÜM going past VMC anytime soon though, it does not seem like an idea that Brampton Transit is pursuing. VIVA Orange did crowd at very specific times of the day before COVID (I remember around 7 in the morning and 3-4 in the afternoon) but the buses were practically empty for the rest of the day. I have very vivid memories of getting an entire arctic bus to myself between Richmond Hill and VMC around midday on the weekdays. This was also the time of the day when frequencies increased greatly (frequencies in the midday was 30-40 minutes).
For me, what really sets the Queen street segment apart from the Highway 7 segment is that there are good local connections to other bus routes. Brampton's grid system is almost is on par to that of the TTC (IMO) where I can almost rely solely on the system map to get where I'm going. In the majority of York Region, transit is really only viable on the VIVA corridors and even that's barely manageable since frequencies are so inconsistent. A BRT system where you need to check the schedule before using is a really terrible joke.
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