Starting today, 50 new TTC buses are out on transit routes across the city as part of a $95 million investment approved by city council in 2015.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, Mayor John Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle outlined how the transit investment will improve service on bus routes around Toronto.
“As of today, (24 routes) across the city have new buses on them and increased bus service during peak hour with more to come later in the year,” Tory told reporters Tuesday.
The TTC says the investment will decrease crowding on 24 of the city’s busiest bus routes during peak hours, including the 25 Don Mills, 111 East Mall, and 16 McCowan.
Five routes, according to the city, will get revised schedules to improve service reliability and seven other routes will have additional trips added throughout the week.
“I think it is important to note that thousands of Torontonians use bus service on a daily basis to get to work and to get to school and that’s the investment that was made,” Colle said Tuesday.
“This is still the beginning. We are going to see later in a couple of months, the express buses and those new routes rolled out across the city.”
Reduced peak period crowding
The following 24 bus routes will have service increases during peak periods, Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding and waiting times.
• 6 Bay
• 21 Brimley
• 20 Cliffside
• 25 Don Mills
• 143 Downtown/Beach Express
• 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express
• 125 Drewry
• 111 East Mall
• 195 Jane Rocket
• 83 Jones
• 12 Kingston Rd
• 44 Kipling South
• 102 Markham Rd
• 46 Martin Grove
• 16 McCowan
• 57 Midland
• 65 Parliament
• 66 Prince Edward
• 134 Progress
• 123 Shorncliffe
• 55 Warren Park
• 94 Wellesley
• 112 West Mall
• 89 Weston
Service reliability improvements
The following routes will have schedule adjustments to improve service reliability.
• 20 Cliffside
• 113 Danforth
• 23 Dawes
• 57 Midland
• 85 Sheppard East
Additional Service Increases
Extra trips will be operated at various times of the week on the following routes.
• 61 Avenue Rd North
• 15 Evans
• 42 Cummer
• 47 Lansdowne
• 56 Leaside
• 73 Royal York
• 80 Queensway
-With files from Joshua Freeman
