Weekend service will run 7-days-a-week by mid-2016
The TTC meeting scheduled for Monday, June 22, 2015, will address a report from Mitch Stambler, head of strategy and service planning. It calls for the adoption of an enlargement of the 28 Bayview South bus service into a seven-day-a-week route which would effectively end the absence of service on Bayview Ave between Moore Ave and the business district at Bayview and Millwood. The so-called “TTC dead zone” on Bayview has been a source of complaint by south-end residents for many years. The proposed 28 Bayview South service will be the first full-time buses to be seen on that portion of Bayview since the construction of the Yonge Street subway in the 1950s. The 88 Leaside heads east on Sutherland on its outbound route to South Leaside and Thorncliffe Park.
SERVICE WILL START IN MID-2016
The new 28 bus route cannot be started until mid-2016 because an additional delivery of buses is needed. But when that is in place, it will permit residents of Moore Park, Bennington Heights and the Crestview apartments bus access to the business district. All neighbours on adjoining streets like Southvale, Leacrest, Astor, Bessborough and Rolph will be well placed to use this service. On the Davisville Village side of Bayview, shoppers heading north and south (say to Loblaws) will find the 7-day-a-week service of use. The TTC stop outside Hasty Market and Gymboree at Bayview and Moore will be a busy transfer point between the 88 Leaside and the 28 Bayview At the north end riders will be able to shop and visit medical and dental services or they may transfer to the 11 Bayview for destinations further north like Leaside High School and Sunnybrook Hospital. The South Bayview Bulldog has communicated with many families, including seniors, who wanted to be able to go to their preferred business district by TTC. The work of Ward 26 Councillor Jon Burnside has helped to get this matter focused at the TTC and it was under his auspices that the TTC decided to review service on Bayview Ave. There is a clear benefit for the merchants of South Bayview and their BIA. Members might wish to get their name on lighted bus signboards (it only makes sense).
What is the proposed route for this new 28 Bayview bus? From your article it sounds as though the bus will operate between Bayview and Moore in the south and somewhere in the Bayview shopping district in the north. Where will this bus turn around to change direction?
Hi Christine,
It is our understanding that the Bayview 28 South route will remain the same. The TTC states that the expanded “New service will be operated all day from Monday to Friday, and in the evening on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays. With this change, service on this route will operate all day, every day. Because this change requires two additional buses in the peak periods, it will be implemented in mid-2016, once additional buses are available.. Regarding the route, the TTC Staff Action Report on this topic states that the “28 BAYVIEW SOUTH route will be operated starting in 2016, providing all-day, every-day service on Bayview Avenue south of Davisville Avenue to the Evergreen Brick Works. This change will eliminate the gap in service on Bayview Avenue, and will provide improved travel opportunities for customers along Bayview Avenue.” Please visit the TTC website for more detailed route information. Thank you for your comment Christine & thank you for reading The Bulldog!