South Bayview will see a slight decrease in rush hour service on the 11 Bayview, 28 Davisville, 34 Eglinton East and 81 Thorncliffe Park bus routes beginning early in 2012. It appears that other local lines such as 88 Leaside will not be affected. In addition to the decreases at rush hour, the TTC says it will decrease the frequency of service at other times on the 34 Eglinton East route. In this case the buses will be more crowded than at present and that waits will be somewhat longer. The decreases will begin to occur on Monday January 9, 2012 for rush hour and on Sunday, January 8, 2012 for the general changes. In all, 52 bus routes across the city will be affected as part of a plan to help meet the City of Toronto’s objective to time budgets. The TTC describes the rush hour cutback this way: “[T]he TTC is reverting to the “loading standards” it used for buses and streetcars before 2004. This means, for example, that it will adjust the service capacity for buses from an average of 48 to 53 passengers during the busiest hour on that route. Since the TTC estimates that it will attract about 503 million riders next year, it will have enough buses and streetcars on the road to meet next year’s ridership demand if it uses the loading standard from before 2004. This will save the TTC $15 million next year.” TTC GPS app
