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2015 Annual Service Plan 6 | Viva Network Expansion Plan 2015 Annual Service Plan 6 | Viva Network Expansion Plan Figure 5: York Region 2031 Transit Network 6.1 | Objective The Viva Network Expansion Plan (VNEP) is a document identifying rapid transit services and infrastructure elements planned for implementation from 2015 through 2020. The VNEP has two objectives: to enhance rapid transit service by utilizing vivaNext rapidways, and to expand York Region’s rapid transit network by implementing new service. The VNEP initiatives will: > Expand rapid transit service in York Region > Increase transit ridership > Decrease transit travel time > Improve schedule reliability > Increase transit network connectivity The VNEP service and infrastructure initiatives are consistent with the rapid transit corridors identified in the York Region 2031 Transit Network. 6.2 | York Region Future Transit Network The 2009 York Region Transportation Master Plan Update’s 2031 Transit Network map identifies transit corridors in which transit demand is projected to increase due to population and employment growth. Figure 5 shows the Master Plan’s 2031 Transit Network. The rapid transit network consists of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operating in mixed traffic with YORK REGION TRANSIT REGION YORK PLAN SERVICE ANNUAL 2015 transit priority measures, BRT in dedicated 130 lanes, Light Rail Transit (LRT), and subway and commuter rail. Figure 6 shows the vivaNext construction projects scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019. Figure 6: vivaNext Funded Rapid Transit Infrastructure Open Rapidway Rapidway Construction (2011-2014)* Rapidway Construction (2011-2015)* Rapidway Construction (2012-2016)* Rapidway Construction (2014-2018)* Rapidway Construction (2015-2019)* Future Rapid Transit Highway 9 Spadina Subway Ext Proposed Yonge Subway Extension Terminals GO Transit Rail Lines ension Green Lane (2011-2016)* Bristol Highway 27 Davis Drive Parkside- Longford East Gwillimbury Main GO Station Highway 50 Eagle Southlake Mulock AURORA Newmarket GO Station Huron Heights Savage Western Gateway Leslie Highway 427 Green Lane NEWMARKET Hwy 404 Highway 27 Orchard Heights Wellington Martin Grove Davis Drive Golf Links Kipling RICHMOND HILL Wellington St. E. Aurora Rd. Henderson Islington Highway 407 Helen Bathurst Street Highway 404 Pine Valley Bloomington Highway 400 Ansley Grove Regatta Bloomington Rd. Weston Jane Street King 6.3 | * Subject to change Metropolitan Vaughan Commerce Map not to scale TORONTO Yonge Street Bayview Avenue Centre Jefferson WHITCHURCH- The vivaNext construction program and Rev. 02 / 2014 Viva Network Expansion Plan Creditstone Heritage STOUFFVILLE VAUGHAN 2015 Annual Service Plan 19th-Gamble Stouffville Rd. the proposed VNEP service initiatives are Area Hwy 407 Keele Highway 7 Bernard complementary. Most Viva service is currently Elgin Mills Pioneer Village provided by BRT operating in mixed traffic with Dufferin Crosby Bathurst Richmond Hill Centre Major Mackenzie York University transit priority measures. The VNEP initiatives Centre Weldrick Leslie Street Promenade support the construction of the three rapidways Highway 404 Finch West Steeles Avenue Atkinson 16th-Carrville Major MacKenzie Drive Bantry-Scott Highway 7 along major corridors, the extension of the Downsview Park Bayview Langstaff Spadina Subway into York Region, and the Finch Avenue / Longbridge Chalmers - South Park Yonge Street Royal Orchard Valleymede Cornell Terminal, as shown in Clark West Beaver Creek MARKHAM Leslie Steeles Sheppard East Beaver Creek West Kennedy Road Cummer/Drewry Allstate Parkway Woodbine Finch t e Station e Montgomery tr S Town Centre Blvd. ie l s Sheppard Avenue e L Cedarland MARKHAM d Warden a o R s Enterprise ill M Don Kennedy 14th Unionville GO Station Bullock Leith Hill Esna- Denison McNicoll McCowan Seneca Hill Steeles Galsworthy Don Mills Main St. Markham Station Highway 407 Figure 7 Wooten Way Markham Stouffville Hospital TORONTO Bur Oak Steeles Avenue Cornell . 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Viva blue ‘A’ operates between the Newmarket GO Bus Terminal and the Finch GO Bus Terminal, bypassing the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. Viva blue ‘A’ operates southbound during the weekday morning rush hours and northbound during the weekday afternoon rush hours. In 2018, construction of the Yonge Street rapidways from Highway 7 to 19th Avenue/ Gamble Road and from Mulock Drive to Davis Drive is scheduled for completion. Viva blue will then operate within these dedicated lanes. Markham Stouffville Hospital as Viva orange and Viva pink (Highway 7 East) Viva yellow (Davis Drive) the Spadina subway will then serve passengers Viva pink currently operates during weekday Construction of the Davis Drive rapidway is travelling to York University. Following completion rush hours between the Finch GO Bus Terminal expected to be complete in 2015 and Viva of the rapidway, Viva purple service will be and Unionville GO Station along Yonge Street, yellow will be introduced shortly thereafter. modified in two phases: Highway 7, Warden Avenue and Enterprise Viva yellow will operate from the Newmarket > Phase 1–2017: Viva purple will operate a new Boulevard. It is proposed that Viva pink will be GO Bus Terminal along Davis Drive to a newly branched service along Highway 7 between extended eastward in 2020 to operate from constructed bus loop at a carpool lot located at Town Centre Boulevard and Kennedy Highway 7/McCowan Road to the Finch GO Bus Davis Drive and Highway 404. Road. The new branch will operate during Terminal via Enterprise Boulevard and Unionville Viva purple (Highway 7 East) the weekday rush hours, and alternate GO Station. Viva purple currently operates between Markham trips between Highway 7 and Enterprise Stouffville Hospital and York University along Boulevard branch during the non-rush hours, Highway 7, Bathurst Street, Centre Street, and on Saturdays and Sundays/holidays. Keele Street. In 2014, construction of the Highway TRANSIT REGION YORK PLAN SERVICE ANNUAL 2015 > Phase 2–2018: Viva purple will operate 133 7 East rapidway between Highway 404 and between Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and Warden Avenue is expected to be complete. In the Markham Stouffville Hospital. long-term,
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