The 11 Bayview bus route is one of 32 TTC routes that will be given more buses because of crowding. The changes were made beginning today (Sunday, December 5, 2013) to routes that include the 504 King (streetcar) and the 41 Keele. Four bus routes will be changed to accommodate LRT construction on Eglinton and increase service reliability, the TTC said in a release. The 72 Pape bus will be split into two routes. The 72 will run from Pape Station to Commissioners and Cherry streets then connect with a new route, the resurrected 172 Cherry Street, which will operate from St Andrew and King stations. The 97 Yonge will split into north and south sections. The northern section will run between Steeles Avenue and Lawrence Station. The southern section will run from York Mills Station to Davisville Station, with peak period service to Queens Quay
Fixing the Bayview Ave dead zone (Part 3)
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Regular commentator Susan J. has kindly offered an opinion on the lack of bus service between the south end of South Bayview and the shopping district at Bayview and Millwood. She asks whether it might be possible to run the 28 Bayview rush hour bus down to Moore Ave. There is reason to think about this, even though the 28 is at present merely a Monday to Friday rush hour service. It comes from Davisville Station and turns north at Cleveland Street and then east on Belsize Dr. where it typically waits for passengers beside the Royal Bank at Belsize and Bayview. It then turns back down Bayview to return to Davisville Station. We wish there were handy statistics on just how many passengers the 28 carries because it does seem from a casual observation to be a very heavily used route. All of which is to say that if there is any potential excess in TTC facilities and personnel it would be ideal to add a limited service route out of St. Clair Station and have it short turn as does the 28. The easy part of fixing the dead zone is that it does not require a service which runs very frequently. There is no rush hour element nor does it have to run more than eight or ten hours a day. Most residents of Moore Park, Bennington Heights and the neightborhoods of south Leaside might find that a service which ran on a one hour headway from 10 am to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday would be ideal. The new GPS driven service known as NextBus.com permits passengers to organize their time in a way which was never previously possible and thus work around bus times in a very effective way. Thanks to Susan J. for prompting these thoughts and we invite all readers to add their ideas by writing to us at news@bayview-news.com
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Let’s fix the TTC dead zone on Bayview (Part 2)
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We wrote about the TTC “dead zone” on Bayview Ave early in January and now Carol Burtin-Fripp of the Leaside homeowners association has written elsewhere outlining a proposed solution for the absence of bus service between Bayview/Moore and South Bayview’s downtown shopping district to the north. Ms Burton-Fripp says her plan is to move the Yonge Street base for the 11 Bayview bus from the Davisville station to St. Clair station. The 11 (and sister route 11C) would then travel a similar route to the 88 South Leaside bus but continue on up Bayview past Sutherland. This is an inventive idea and no doubt one that many in the south end of South Bayview would applaud. It might be not so welcome to many riders who make their homes along and off of Davisville Ave. (including the apartments south of June Rowlands Park). Ms Burton Fripp recalls that in the 1990s there was discussion of possibly altering the route of the 88 bus to pass through the South Bayview business district. This was an idea published in January by The South Bayview Bulldog. The South Leaside bus could then turn east at Millwood Ave. or Parkhurst Ave. and find its way back to the present route ultimately servicing Wicksteed Ave. Ms Burtin Fripp says she has asked John Parker (Ward 26) to consult the TTC about it. This is a public service and brings credit on her. Previous post.
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A fix for the TTC dead zone on Bayview Ave.
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Reader Michael Bell has raised the long-standing issue of the TTC “dead zone” on Bayview Ave between Sutherland Dr. and the “downtown” intersection of South Bayview at Bayview and Davisville Ave. Vast numbers of residents in Moore Park, Bennington Heights and surrounding streets have no direct bus connection to the shops and services of the business district which is their preferred destination. The dead zone strikes when the 88 South Leaside buses heading eastbound to Thorncliffe Park turn at Sutherland Dr. In fact there are alternate lines, 88 South Leaside and 88A South Leaside. They both follow Sutherland but they split at Millwood. The 88A route goes east to Overlea Blvd and 88 goes back to McRae Drive and heads out to Wicksteed Ave. These are useful routes, but we wonder why the 88 route can’t be adjusted to serve the shoppers of Moore Park and Bennington.Heights. If, for example, the 88 continued up Bayview past Sutherland, it could stop at South Bayview’s downtown and then turn right on Millwood and resume its route along McRae at Trace Manes Park. This solution seems feasible to we laypersons at the South Bayview Bulldog, but if it’s not there must be a fix of some kind to the dead zone. The only way south end residents can now take The Better Way to South Bayview is to ride the westbound 88 South Leaside bus to the St. Clair station, transfer to the northbound subway and then catch the 11 Bayview bus at Davisville Station. share this story
Cyclist hit by bus at Bayview-Roehampton
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A man on a bicycle was struck by a TTC bus in at Roehampton and Bayview yesterday. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. The CBC reported that the cyclist was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. It’s not clear what happened although he area around Bayview and Eglinton Ave E. is extremely busy with cars, trucks and buses.
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South Bayview bus routes hit by cuts
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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
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South Bayview bus lines remain unchanged
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Cutbacks to certain local bus routes announced Friday will have no impact on the important South Bayview lines. These are the Bayview 11, which passes through South Bayview heading north from the Davisville station and south from Steeles Ave. As many riders will know, the No 11 goes into Sunnybrook Hospital as does the short turn Sunnybrook bus No. 11C. The rush hour service No. 28 to Bayview Ave at Belsize Dr. remains untouched. And the busy South Leaside lines, 88 and 88A, which find their way from St. Clair station to Thorncliffe Park, also remain untouched. The affected lines are 56 Leaside which will see service end at 10 pm each day Monday to Friday and at 7 pm Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. There will be no service west of Laird Drive to Eglinton Station Sunday or holiday daytime. The No. 74 Mount Pleasant service will end at 7 pm every day. And the No. 103 Mount Pleasant North service will end at 10 pm on Sundays and holidays. 