[lastcommodore]

I wonder who else mentioned that?
I don't buy the people are taking busses answer because the Dixie GO and other Milton line lots are PACKED

I'm inclined to believe more people along the Transitway connect or walk to the station compared to GO. According to the station numbers I do have from 2023, Lisgar GO to Dixie GO account for 2.2 mil. boardings, for an est. total ridership of 4.4 given probably 99% of trips are circular. Comparitavely, Transitway had 4 mil in 2025. That 4 mil figure is probably also excluding GO bus service.
It seems kind of insane that they seem to pull comparative numbers, but do mind the 2 year difference.

 

[doady]

4 million is most likely the boardings for the entirety of 107 and 109, including on-street stops, rather than specific to boardings at the Transitway stations or CCTT.

 

[sixrings]

I'm inclined to believe more people along the Transitway connect or walk to the station compared to GO. According to the station numbers I do have from 2023, Lisgar GO to Dixie GO account for 2.2 mil. boardings, for an est. total ridership of 4.4 given probably 99% of trips are circular. Comparitavely, Transitway had 4 mil in 2025. That 4 mil figure is probably also excluding GO bus service.
It seems kind of insane that they seem to pull comparative numbers, but do mind the 2 year difference.

How can you walk to Dixie when they don’t allow any housing around it. Erin meadows has some housing around it but instead of adding density recently it added another factory.

Once again the majority of the development is at square one with no go train. And some of the most protested amount of development (port credit) with all day go train.

 

[Sauga89]

4 million is most likely the boardings for the entirety of 107 and 109, including on-street stops, rather than specific to boardings at the Transitway stations or CCTT.

For clarity, here is the full quote:

"We know that transitway ridership on the transitway at large, remains down to precovid levels, and we also know that that is likely tied to fact that we have not yet re-introduced the airport express. So we do know that when we are in the position to return that route, we expect that ridership and usage of the transitway will come back up. We are looking at an annual ridership on all of our transitway stations of approximately 3.94 million. So that is a significant number of riders that do rely on that corridor. There is intention within our planning group, to maximize it because it is a significant transit asset, and look to expand our frequency of express routes that use the corridor, and that will improve the ridership on transitway as well."

-Maureen Cosyn Heath, Director of Transit at MiWay

 

[doady]

For clarity, here is the full quote:

"We know that transitway ridership on the transitway at large, remains down to precovid levels, and we also know that that is likely tied to fact that we have not yet re-introduced the airport express. So we do know that when we are in the position to return that route, we expect that ridership and usage of the transitway will come back up. We are looking at an annual ridership on all of our transitway stations of approximately 3.94 million. So that is a significant number of riders that do rely on that corridor. There is intention within our planning group, to maximize it because it is a significant transit asset, and look to expand our frequency of express routes that use the corridor, and that will improve the ridership on transitway as well."

-Maureen Cosyn Heath, Director of Transit at MiWay

Sounds like it is including routes like 7 and 39 at Renforth, and 110 at CCTT and Erin Mills as well. Even with those routes included, 4 million still very surprising considering 100/107/109 not fully returned to normal, and GO numbers not included either.

If you look at stop ridership maps, the Winston Churchill and Erin Mills stations stick out in the west end, but east of Hurontario the Transitway gets overshadowed by corridors like Bloor and Dixie.

I always considered the Transitway more of regional/GO thing, so any meaningful MiWay ridership is a nice bonus, so I don't think they really need to overstate it.