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Since 2015, there are only 8 daytime bus routes left that do not operate past 10pm 7 days a week. The 115 Silver Hills is one of such routes and one can see why it was left as limited service. The route largely duplicates the 95 and 51, primarily catering to commuters in the upscale Silver Hills.

It's fascinating to see how poorly the 504 B and A services blend even when you take traffic and crowding out of the factor. Sunday midday is a perfect time to watch streetcar ops given the light loading and traffic conditions. Service eastbound runs perfectly in pairs even with no obstructions.

Something something transit priority corridor

Routes 32 and 34 reported 52k combined daily ridership in 2024. Line 5 is reporting 75k (⬆️44% - not including remaining routes 32 and 34 segments) Route 36 Finch West reported 40k daily in 2024 but Line 6 is reporting just 25k (⬇️38% - not including Humberwood segment replaced by route 906)

These Dollarama-quality LRVs have single-handedly marred transit systems across Eastern Canada for nearly a decade. We need to bite the bullet and put the Alstom Citadis Spirit in the bin once and for all for we don't know how much more grief this model will bring our systems in the coming years.

The Habourfront 509 is currently running entirely in its own ROW with no EOL conflict with the Spadina 510 and yet still manages to end up in this state. Traffic, switches, and signals are not the complete story to the problem streetcar network.

Really absurd when two streetcars miss a complete light cycle because neither driver can agree who goes first across the intersection (only one car is allowed to cross a junction at once to prevent collisions)

Tried the new east-west shuttle. The service today was only $5. 15 mins from Cherry to Bathurst is awesome and beats every other mode of transport. Don't think I would pay $15 for this though.

runtime auditing with the greatest sustenance known to man: timmies grilled cheese

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townsley loop

Signage for the new Ontario Science Centre is up on Bay.

Alternative version with subway and light rail included too

Spent a few weeks editing the official GO bus and train maps to create this version. Additionally, bus routes are sorted by corridor and frequency instead of just being based on having train connections or not.

it's exhausting how we can put all the signs down and paint hatches on the road yet 3 iq drivers will still wait for a traffic signal that never turns green because it's an illegal movement.

The beautiful new Portland St cycle lane and the awesome modal filter at Wellington is now active. Looks like the signals at King are still being finalised.

The temporary 311 car might be the first scheduled streetcar service on Bathurst to run all the way to St Clair in decades.

Dufferin station and the Dufferin bus feels like a whole universe apart from where it was same time last year. Bus lanes, exit numbering, e-ink displays, proper LCD programming. They're really hammering out improvements.

So I wrote to my councillor a few months ago asking for improved enforcement of the rush hour King lanes between Dufferin and Bathurst. Let's see if this does anything.

SB Bathurst to EB Adelaide movement needs to be restricted or forced to the curb lane. This small portion of congestion destroys the reliability of the 511 and the credibility of RapidTO.

The number of malfunctional switch motors, including those at relatively recently rebuilt intersections like King/Dufferin, is concerning. It should be rare that operators must crank switches by hand on street in this day and age yet malfunctional switches are present for months or years at a time.

DEMOLISH THE ALLEN SOUTH OF YORKDALE thank you for attending my ted talk

72 buses are currently logged into the Line 2 shuttle between Woodbine and Kennnedy today. Salute to the spare board. Fun fact this is more buses than the entire fleet of some GTHA transit agencies, including Barrie (48), Burlington (64), Brantford (32), Peterborough (60), and Milton (34).

Every time I ride the Long Branch streetcar I'm reminded that despite running in mixed traffic, with no safety systems, no fancy infrastructure, and very basic stops, the service provided is higher quality than Line 6. Why? The service is fast and reliable and that's what matters most to riders.

spam this everywhere in toronto Every property south of eglinton should automatically permit this type of structure

Love that the new LCD design is rolling out to all buses!

all hail the guelph central station bird

sometimes when i be doing running times im so in the zone I forget to eat yes its that serious

the new Markham St configuration already has drivers confused

what the hell r these categories

511 Bathurst PM peak service comparison before and after RapidTO. Headway is 6 mins. NB: Sep 2025 - 35m May 2026 - 33m (-5.7%) SB: Sep 2025 - 38m May 2026 - 33m (-13%) Cycle: Sep 2025 - 73m + 11m LO (15%) (14 cars in service) May 2026 - 66m (-9.6%) + 14m LO (21%) (13 cars in service)

sunday

Run out headsigns are so funny like wdym 509 Harbourfront to Roncesvalles

The danger with centre running transit that we commonly fail to understand in NA. Frequently sold as the default option for faster transit, but engineers and politicians fail to account for the mitigation complexity from larger number of conflict points.

Canadian transit construction costs might be bonkers but projects generally return solid ridership. Meanwhile Los Angeles just spent US $1.5bn on a 15km light rail extension that generated a ghastly 3000 daily boardings across five stations combined.

typical Saturday afternoon traffic in Liberty village we are so cooked for fifa

I'm not a Drake fan but this is hella cool to see in the middle of Downtown Toronto

Forrest Hill

The 1km of bus lane implemented as part of RapidTO Queens Quay East has significantly decreased runtime variability and travel times and increased ridership on route 114. We must roll out RapidTO city wide, no matter the political implication.

Just took line 6 again and did the trip end to end in 33 mins. I'm actually shocked how much better the service is performing vs launch. We didn't hit a single red going EB until Jane and signs turned green for our train several times.

Double parking and illegal stopping on streetcar corridors overnight needs to be heavily enforced. Service on King and Queen at 3am becomes bunched and nearly unusable. Delays cascade into the early morning when customers need reliable service the most, such as shift workers.

being a transit scheduler sometimes im like damn who tf made the schedule for this bus and then I remember it was me

a relic from the past promising an unfulfilled future

Smth interesting about the Line 6 RT/TSP debate is that Viva has a similar setup, with inaggressive TSP and padded schedules. Half the route is also mixed-traffic on congested Hwy 7. Viva purple does its 19km route between 35-62 mins (18-33 km/h) vs L6's 10.4 km route in 42-44 mins (14-15 km/h).

words cannot describe how excited i am for the future of the port lands, especially with WELRT now funded. Bring on Ookwemin Minising!

visit our historic downtown

King + Bathurst

awesome new hybrid buses in burlington, whisper quiet and low emissions. Does 95% of what a BEB does with none of the drawbacks.

Assuming a full 50% cut to Development Charges in Toronto, that would bring DC's back in-line with 2019, just as they started to grow enormously. Combined with last week's HST exemption this hopefully helps unstick the industry. Reminder: if nothing's built, cities get $0 in DC's anyways