September is on the calendar and that means that summer is ending and classes at secondary and post-secondary schools are starting. And, people are returning to workplaces after vacations.
All of the transit agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area are making changes to their services over the next few days — some of them, including the TTC and Brampton Transit, are making fairly extensive changes. That requires us at Transit Toronto to put together a lot of information during a short time.
We’ve decided to temporarily publish only highlights of the changes so that readers can receive information while it’s still timely. Shortly afterward, we will fill in the details for each post so you can get our usual extensive look at the various changes the agencies are making.
MiWay is revising its services starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, to help it continue to deliver various benefits of the MiWay 5 Transit Service Plan. Benefits include:
- stronger corridors to support a grid network;
- more frequent service along main corridors;
- more service during off-peak hours;
- more express service between key destinations;
- direct connections between major transit hubs;
- better connections with major employment areas; and
- better connections with colleges and universities.
Starting September 4, MiWay is:
- relocating bus stops at two transit terminals;
- increasing service for the fall academic term;
- resuming Monday-to-Friday service along routes to and from post-secondary school;
- resuming service along the 300-series high-school special routes routes; and
- adjusting the schedules for buses along various routes.
MiWay is revising service along these MiLocal routes: 2 Hurontario; 5 Dixie; 7 Airport; 8 Cawthra; 16 Malton; 17 Hurontario; 24 Northwest; 35 Eglinton; 38 Creditview; 38A Creditview - Argentia; 44 Mississauga Road; 51 Tomken; 53 Kennedy; 61 Mavis; 68 Terry Fox; 76 City Centre - Subway; 99 College shuttle.
It’s also revising service along these MiExpress routes: 101 Dundas express; 103 Hurontario express; 110 University express.
And, it’s revising service along these high-school special routes: 302 Philip Pocock - Bloor West; 304 Father Goetz - Mississauga Valley; 306 Streetsville - Terry Fox; 307 Philip Pocock - Bloor East; 313 Streetsville - Meadowvale; 314 Rick Hansen - Creditview; 315 Rick Hansen - City Centre; 321 Stephen Lewis / St. Joan of Arc.
7 Airport
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.
8 Cawthra
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays. Starting Saturday, September 9, it adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Saturdays.
76 City Centre - Subway
MiWay is decreasing the frequency of service along the route “due to low ridership.” It says it will reinvest the savings it achieves from the decrease back into service along routes that are facing overcrowding and reliability issues for passengers.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 26 minutes Mondays to Fridays during rush hours; and
- every 37 minutes midday.
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in City Centre Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform I in the terminal, instead of platform B.
99 College shuttle
MiWay continues to suspend service along the route, “due to low [passenger] demand.”
MiWay says that it will use the savings it achieves from this change to increase rush-hour service along the 61 Mavis route “to respond to increased [passenger] demand.”
38 Creditview
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.
38A Creditview - Argentia
Starting Saturday, September 9**, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
5 Dixie
Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses operating along the route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
101 / 101A Dundas express
More passengers travel to and from the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus during fall and winter. Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay again extends the path so that buses operate through the campus Mondays to Fridays.
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in Kipling Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform 4 in the terminal, instead of platform 3.
35 Eglinton
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in Kipling Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform 3 in the terminal, instead of platform 4.
304 Father Goetz - Mississauga Valley high school special
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses resume service along the route Monday-to-Friday school days.
2 Hurontario
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in City Centre Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform D in the terminal, instead of platform E.
17 Hurontario
MiWay is decreasing the frequency of service along the route “due to low ridership.” It says it will reinvest the savings it achieves from the decrease back into service along routes that are facing overcrowding and reliability issues for passengers.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 15 to 18 minutes Mondays to Fridays before about 7 p.m.
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in City Centre Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform D in the terminal, instead of platform E.
103 Hurontario express
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.
53 Kennedy
16 / 16A Malton
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the routes Mondays to Fridays.
107 Malton express
More passengers travel to and from the Humber College’s North campus during fall and winter. Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay again extends the path so that buses operate to and from the campus Mondays to Fridays.
MiWay is also adjusting the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.
61 Mavis
Since more passengers travel to and from the Sheridan College’s Davis campus during fall and winter, MiWay is increasing the frequency of service along the route. MiWay says that, by increasing the frequency, it will reduce — but not eliminate — overcrowding aboard buses along the busy route.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 10 to 11 minutes Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in City Centre Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform E in the terminal, instead of platform I.
Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, MiWay adjusts the schedules for uses along the route Sundays and holidays. Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses Mondays to Fridays. Starting Saturday, September 9, it adjusts the schedules for buses Saturdays.
44 Mississauga Road
Since more passengers travel to and from the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus during fall and winter, MiWay is increasing the frequency of service along the route. MiWay says that, by increasing the frequency, it will reduce — but not eliminate — overcrowding aboard buses along the busy route.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 18 minutes Mondays to Fridays during afternoon rush hours and early evening.
Also starting September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.
24 Northwest
MiWay is decreasing service along the route “due to low ridership.” It says it will reinvest the savings it achieves from the decrease back into service along routes that are facing overcrowding and reliability issues for passengers.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses no longer drop off or pick up passengers at stops along the route Mondays to Fridays after about 6 p.m.
302 Philip Pocock - Bloor East high-school special
307 Philip Pocock - Bloor West high-school special
315 Rick Hansen - City Centre high school special
314 Rick Hansen - Creditview high school special
321 Stephen Lewis / Joan of Arc high school special
313 Streetsville - Meadowvale high school special
306 Streetsville - Terry Fox high school special
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses resume service along the routes Monday-to-Friday school days.
68 Terry Fox
To better accommodate the longer 18-metre (60-foot) buses that MiWay operates along some routes, it’s relocating stops in City Centre Terminal. Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 4, buses pick up passengers at platform I in the terminal, instead of platform B.
Also starting September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays. Starting Saturday, September 9, it adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Saturdays.
51 Tomken
Starting Tuesday, September 5, MiWay adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays. Starting Saturday, September 9, it adjusts the schedules for buses along the route Saturdays.
110 University express
Since more passengers travel to and from the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus during fall and winter, MiWay is increasing the frequency of service along the route. MiWay says that, by increasing the frequency of service, it will reduce — but not eliminate — overcrowding aboard buses along the busy route.
Starting Tuesday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops between the campus and the City Centre Transit Terminal:
- every 12 minutes Mondays to Fridays during rush hours and early evening.
To support the service increase between the campus and the City Centre terminal, MiWay is “reallocating resources” from the western portion of the route, meaning it’s decreasing the frequency of service there.
Buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops between Clarkson GO Station and the campus:
- every 25 minutes early Monday-to-Friday mornings;
- every 20 minutes during rush hours; and
- every 30 minutes early evenings.
Also starting Septemer 5, MiWay is adjusting the schedules for buses along the route Mondays to Fridays.