Moving to 2020 YRT/Viva 2016-2020 Strategic Plan Update 5 | Moving to 2020 YRT/Viva Strategic Plan Update

Moving to 2020 is YRT/Viva’s 2016-2020 Figure 3: Viva Network Expansion Plan Strategic Plan that sets the direction for changes in the YRT/Viva network. As York Region grows, YRT/Viva service must adapt North VIVA NETWORK to the population it serves, and adjust where EXPANSION PLAN MAP and how transit services should be provided in order to improve public transit in York Region. As YRT/Viva moves through the GTA Rapid Transit Integration phase of the Transit Life Cycle, service will undergo significant network expansion and improvements that will better integrate transit services within York Region and the GTA. 5.1 | Viva Network Expansion Plan Service reliability and travel times across the Viva network will be improved by implementing the Viva Network Expansion Plan (VNEP). The VNEP objectives are to enhance rapid transit service through construction of dedicated rapidways, and to expand the rapid transit network through implementation of new service. Enhanced © Lucidmap Inc. 2015 and new/restructured services are planned along , Major Mackenzie Drive, Leslie Street, Jane Street, and Highway 7. The Viva network in 2020 is shown in Figure 3. The timing of rapidway construction and service changes to the Viva routes are summarized in Figure 4. REGION YORK ANNUAL2017 SERVICE PLAN 67 2017 Annual Service Plan

Figure 4: Network (Yonge Street) From 2017 to 2018, Viva blue will continue current operation of two branches along Yonge Street, with one branch operating between Finch GO Bus Terminal and Newmarket GO Bus Terminal, and a second branch operating between Finch GO Bus Terminal and . Viva blue “A” operates in peak directions during weekday rush hours only, running southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon, between Newmarket GO Bus Terminal and Finch GO Bus Terminal, bypassing Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. By 2019, rapidway construction on Yonge Street will be complete. Viva blue will operate in rapidways between Highway 7 and 19th Avenue/Gamble Road, and between Mulock Drive and Davis Drive. (Highway 7 East) In 2017, Viva purple will continue current operations between York University and Markham Stouffville Hospital, along the completed rapidways on Highway 7 between Bayview Avenue and Warden Avenue. Upon opening of the Spadina Subway extension, Viva purple will be restructured to operate between Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and Markham Stouffville Hospital. will be restructured to serve Highway 7, west of Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. Existing Viva purple service between York University and Richmond Hill Centre Terminal will be replaced by a conventional service, the York University Shuttle. YORK REGION TRANSIT REGION YORK ANNUAL2017 SERVICE PLAN 68 Grove andRichmond Hill Centre Terminal. be restructured to operate between Martin extension, the York University branch will Road. UponopeningoftheSpadinaSubway between Edgeley Boulevard andBowes completed rapidways onHighway 7 West, and Promenade Terminal, alongthe will operate betweenMartinGrove Road extension, anewbranch of Viva orange Prior totheopeningofSpadinaSubway and Downsview Subway Station. branch operating between York University York University, withaweekday rushhour operations betweenMartinGrove Road and extension, Viva orange will continue current Prior totheopeningofSpadinaSubway Viva orange (Highway 7 West) Enterprise Boulevard. and Highway 7/McCowan Road, along to operate betweenFinchGOBus Terminal In 2020, Viva pinkwill beextended eastward Bayview Avenue and Warden Avenue. completed rapidways on Highway 7between Terminal andUnionville GOStation, alongthe current operations betweenFinchGOBus From 2017to2019, Viva pinkwill continue (Yonge andHighway 7East) when construction iscomplete in2018. Stouffville HospitaltotheCornell Terminal purple will alsobeextended from Markham Boulevard branches atall othertimes. Viva between theHighway 7andEnterprise weekday rushhours, andwill alternate operate only ontheHighway 7branch during be addedalongHighway 7. Viva purplewill Enterprise Boulevard, anewbranch will While thecurrent branch operates along Town Centre Boulevard andKennedy Road. operate twobranches ofservice between By 2018, Viva purplewill berestructured to measures, andcurbsidevivastations. operate inmixed traffic with transit priority and RichmondHill GOStation. The route will day between Metropolitan Centre Drive corridor. will operate all along theJaneStreet andMajorMackenzie In 2019, anewservice will beimplemented Drive) Viva silver (JaneStreet/Major Mackenzie vivastations. with transit prioritymeasures andcurbside Street. The route will operate inmixed traffic Drive betweenLeslieStreet and Yonge Mackenzie Drive, andonMajorMackenzie between DonMills Subway StationandMajor operate all day service onLeslieStreet Mackenzie Drive corridors. will operate alongtheLeslieStreet andMajor In 2020, Viva green will berestructured to Road, duringweekday rushhours only. Subway StationandHighway 7/McCowan current operations betweenDonMills From 2017to2019, Viva green will continue Drive) Viva green (LeslieStreet/Major Mackenzie Highway 50andFinchGOBus Terminal. Terminal, withabranch operating between Highway 50andRichmondHill Centre orange will beextended tooperate between Edgeley Boulevard to Yonge Street. Viva completed rapidways onHighway 7from In 2019, Viva orange will operate alongthe Moving to2020 YRT/Viva 2016-2020Strategic PlanUpdate

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Cornell Terminal Table 8: VNEP Annual Operating Cost and Fleet Projections The is being constructed Peak Fleet Annual Hours Annual Cost near Highway 7 and 9th Line in Markham. Route Difference Difference Difference ($) The terminal is being built to facilitate 2017 connections between YRT/Viva routes and orange (Martin Grove future connections with Durham Region 6 36,169 $3,616,900 Transit and GO Transit bus service. The to Promenade) facility will act as the eastern terminus for Sub-Total 6 36,169 $3,616,900 YRT/Viva routes. 2018 In 2017, route alignments will be reviewed purple (to Richmond -10 -44,971 -$3,372,825 to restructure service into the terminal. Hill Centre Terminal) Detailed service plans will be included under orange (Martin Grove the 2018 Annual Service Plan. to Richmond Hill -1 2,498 $187,350 Centre Terminal) Construction Mitigation During construction of the rapidways along purple (Hwy 7 branch Highway 7 West in Vaughan, and along Yonge between Town Centre 0 0 $0 Street in Richmond Hill and Newmarket, Blvd and Kennedy Rd) YRT/Viva services will be monitored to Sub-Total -11 -42,473 -$3,185,475 ensure contiuned reliability. 2019 Management of construction impacts may orange ( 5 46,599 $4,659,900 include the following measures: to Hwy 50) >> Operational adjustments in construction corridors silver 10 59,066 $5,906,600 >> Operation of additional fleet along Sub-Total 15 105,665 $10,566,500 construction corridors to maintain 2020 frequency >> Adjustments to scheduled travel times to green 3 24,697 $2,469,700 reflect on-street conditions pink (extension to 2 4,564 $456,400 McCowan Rd) Implementation schedule, fleet requirements, and annual difference in hours Sub-Total 5 29,261 $2,926,100 and cost for VNEP are shown in Table 8. Grand Total 15 128,622 $13,924,025 As of July 2016 YORK REGION TRANSIT REGION YORK ANNUAL2017 SERVICE PLAN 70 Table 10. difference inhours and costs are shown in Table 9. Additional fleet, andannual Proposed route changesare shown in service frequency, andeaseof fare payment. integration will focus onroute directness, along, andconnecting to, thesubway. The restructured toprovide integrated service extension, the YRT/Viva networkwill be Upon openingoftheSpadinaSubway Centre Station), alongwith York University. 407 Station, andthe Vaughan Metropolitan stations (, Highway connections tothethree newsubway routes will berestructured tosupport York Region and . YRT/Viva bus crossing themunicipalboundary between transit service intotheRegion, seamlessly This extension bringshigh-capacity, frequent in Figure 5. Metropolitan Centre in York Region, asshown from Downsview Stationtothe Vaughan Subway northwards by 8.6kilometres 2017, extending the existing Spadina planned tobeoperational by year-end The TTC SpadinaSubway extension is Strategy 5.2 Subway |Spadina Transit Figure 5:SpadinaSubway Extension

JANE ST. VAUGHAN METROPOLITAN PIONEER VILLAGE STATION INTERCHANGE RAPID TRANSIT CENTRE STATION STATION

HYDRO CORRIDOR k e e r C k c a l B FINCH WESTLRT SHEPPARD AVE. HIGHWAY 407 STATION UNIVERSITY HYDRO CORRIDOR Moving to2020 YRT/Viva 2016-2020Strategic PlanUpdate FINCH WEST YORK STATION STEELES AVE. KEELE ST. HIGHWAY 407 UNIVERSITY VIVA RAPIDWAY STATION YORK

DOWNSVIEW KEELE ST. PARK STATION WILSON AVE. DOWNSVIEW PARK CN / GO FINCH AVE. STATION WILSON WILSON YARD HIGHWAY 7 (CURRENTLY DOWNSVIEW)

ALLEN RD. ALLEN WEST STATION DUFFERIN ST. SHEPPARD SUBWAY SPADINA UNIVERSITY- YONGE- EXISTING

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Table 9: Restructured Routes under the SSTS Subway Station Route Restructuring Connection 3 – Thornhill Pioneer Village Restructure to service Pioneer Village Station 10 – Woodbridge VMC Discontinue portion south of Highway 7; restructure to service VMC Station Pioneer Village, Highway Restructure to service Pioneer Village Station, Highway 407 Station, and VMC Station 20 – Jane 407, VMC 22A – King City Pioneer Village Restructure to service Pioneer Village Station 26 – Maple Local VMC Restructure to service VMC Station TTC 35D – Jane VMC Assume service from TTC; restructure to serve lands adjacent to VMC Station 77 – Highway 7 VMC Maintain existing routing; stop on-street at VMC Station New conventional service from Richmond Hill Centre Terminal to York University 101 – York U Shuttle Pioneer Village (as per VNEP) TTC 105 – Dufferin Pioneer Village Assume service from TTC; restructure to service Pioneer Village Station TTC 107 – Keele Pioneer Village Assume service from TTC; restructure to service Pioneer Village Station TTC 165 – Weston Pioneer Village Assume service from TTC; restructure to service Pioneer Village Station 360 – Vaughan Express N/A Discontinue service Viva purple N/A Discontinue service to York University (as per VNEP) Viva orange VMC Discontinue service to York University (as per VNEP) YORK REGION TRANSIT REGION YORK ANNUAL2017 SERVICE PLAN 72 *As ofJuly 2016 Total 360 – Vaughan Express TTC 165– Weston TTC 107–Keele TTC 105–Dufferin 101 – York UShuttle 77/77A –Highway 7 TTC 35D–Jane 26 –MapleLocal 22A –KingCity 20 –Jane – Woodbridge10 – Thornhill 3 Route Table 10:SSTS AnnualOperating CostandFleetProjections*

Peak Fleet Difference 26 -2 5 8 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Annual Hours Difference Moving to2020 YRT/Viva 2016-2020Strategic PlanUpdate 43,364 10,948 22,226 -3,707 -2,284 8,387 6,388 1,066 246 39 25 30 0 Annual CostDifference ($) $4,429,075 $1,094,768 $2,222,600 -$278,025 -$228,400 $838,652 $638,756 $106,645 $24,608 $3,920 $2,510 $3,042 $0

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5.3 | Frequent Transit Network Figure 6: Frequent Transit Network in 2020 YRT/Viva 2016-2020 Strategic Plan identifies the development of a Frequent Transit Frequent Transit Network in 2020 Network (FTN). Customers can expect (15 min frequency or less) reliable services that are so frequent they do not need to use a schedule. Legend All Day The FTN will consist of Viva and Base Rush Hours Only services along key corridors in the urban areas of the Region. The ultimate vision is that the FTN would operate at frequencies of 15 minutes or less, seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., and that it would be complemented by other Local, Express, Shuttle and Community bus services. The Frequent Transit Network will be implemented in multiple phases. The initial phase of the FTN implementation will include Davis Dr 15 minute service during weekday rush hours. The FTN for 2020 is shown in Figure 6. The process for transitioning the existing services to the FTN will involve expanding the current Viva network and redefining base services into a core network of major travel corridors. Routes were selected for inclusion under the FTN using the following factors: route ridership; the relationship of Major Mackenzie Dr the route to the Viva Network Expansion Plan Rutherford Rd th (VNEP); the opening of the Spadina Subway 16 Ave extension; and the Regional Express Rail Hwy 7 (RER) network and connection to GO Stations. Hwy 7 John St / Denison St As VNEP is implemented and Viva service is developed on new corridors, the frequency on base routes will be reduced to remove duplicated service. YORK REGION TRANSIT REGION YORK ANNUAL2017 SERVICE PLAN 74 ^ Peak frequency currently operates at15minutesorbetter As ofJuly 2016 Note: Total Contingency Sub-Total 165 - Weston Rd. North 129A -McCowan North^ 107C -Keele North 105/105B -DufferinNorth^ 91/91A/91B/91E -Bayview^ 88 -Bathurst ^ 85/85C -Rutherford - Warden68B 25 -MajorMackenzie - Woodbine24 20 -Jane(reduction) 16 -16thAvenue 8 -Kennedy^ 4 -MajorMackenzie(reduction) - Thornhill 3 2 -Miliken Route Table 11:Frequent Transit NetworkAnnualOperating CostsandFleetProjections Fleet 27 24 -1 -2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 5 0 6 2 Annual Difference 49,632 45,120 10,926 -1,468 -3,792 4,512 3,765 1,004 3,012 1,780 2,513 9,026 7,028 7,474 3,853 Hour 0 0 0 0 $5,659,449 $5,144,953 $1,092,603 -$146,751 -$379,219 $514,495 $621,225 $165,660 $496,980 $163,585 $409,101 $902,554 $702,800 $739,773 $376,642 Cost $0 $0 $0 $0

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