Commission endorses Transit City Bus Plan
Bus service every 10 minutes or better proposed on 21 routes.
September 2009
Commissioners voted in favour of major improvements to TTC bus service over the next five years. In partnership with the City of Toronto’s Transportation Service, the TTC’s Transit City Bus Plan (TCBP) calls for:
Bus service every 10 minutes or better on 21 Transit City Bus Network routes, during the day and evening, daily, starting in the fall of 2010.
New or enhanced express bus service on 15 Transit City Bus Network routes, starting in the fall of 2014.
New or enhanced express bus service on three future Transit City LRT corridors, starting in the fall of 2011.
20-minutes-or-better service on all other TTC bus routes during the day and evening, daily, starting fall 2011 and fall 2012.
The TCBP, endorsed at a City Hall meeting on Aug. 26, also proposes additional on-street route supervisors, transit signal priority at 1,150 intersections, 10 new queue jump lanes at some of the city’s busiest intersections, and 75 more bus shelters at locations specified by TTC. When fully implemented, the TCBP will attract an additional 7.5 million customer-trips annually. The cost of the network is estimated at $77 million to build and $39 million (net) annually to operate.
The TTC will be conducting public information meetings about the plan.