Service Improvements for 2004 March 2004 Service Improvements for 2004 - 3 - Table of contents Table of contents Summary...........................................................................................................................5 Recommendations .............................................................................................................6 1. Planning transit service..................................................................................................7 2. Recommended new and revised services .....................................................................11 122 GRAYDON HALL – Extension to Roywood Park .................................................................................................................. 11 79 SCARLETT RD – Revised service on St. Clair Avenue ........................................................................................................... 11 320 YONGE – Extension to entertainment district....................................................................................................................... 12 Additional periods of service on present routes.......................................................................................................................... 13 61 AVENUE RD NORTH – Evening and weekend service to Highway 401............................................................................ 13 20 CLIFFSIDE – Sunday and holiday evening service............................................................................................................ 13 191 HIGHWAY 27 ROCKET – Sunday and holiday service..................................................................................................... 13 131 NUGGET – Saturday, Sunday, and holiday late evening service .................................................................................... 14 134 PROGRESS – Saturday service to Centennial College..................................................................................................... 14 190 SCARBOROUGH CENTRE ROCKET – Evening, Saturday, and Sunday service ................................................................. 14 123 SHORNCLIFFE – Off-peak service via North Queen Street ............................................................................................. 14 53 STEELES EAST– Sunday and holiday service to Markham Road...................................................................................... 15 60 STEELES WEST – Monday-Friday midday and Saturday daytime service to Highway 27 ............................................... 15 3. Previous recommendations not yet introduced.............................................................16 192 AIRPORT ROCKET, 58 MALTON, 307 EGLINTON WEST – Extension to Pearson Airport new terminal................................ 16 143 DOWNTOWN/BEACH EXPRESS – Extension on Kingston Road ............................................................................................ 16 58 MALTON – Saturday service to Westwood Mall.................................................................................................................... 16 92 WOODBINE SOUTH – Revised service south of Queen Street................................................................................................. 17 4. Proposals examined and not recommended ................................................................18 Bartley Drive – New service ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Downtown Express service from Humber Loop ........................................................................................................................ 18 32 EGLINTON WEST – Express service........................................................................................................................................ 19 Emmett Avenue – Revised service............................................................................................................................................. 19 31 GREENWOOD – Service to Eastern Avenue............................................................................................................................ 19 35 JANE – Express service via Shoreham Drive ......................................................................................................................... 20 47 LANSDOWNE – Extension to the waterfront south of Queen Street........................................................................................ 20 Lawrence East/Markham Road – New overnight service........................................................................................................... 21 Morningside Heights – Revised service ..................................................................................................................................... 21 116 MORNINGSIDE – Service via Milner Avenue ....................................................................................................................... 21 Old Finch Avenue – New service............................................................................................................................................... 22 79 SCARLETT RD – Express service ............................................................................................................................................ 22 85 SHEPPARD EAST – Express service ........................................................................................................................................ 23 95 YORK MILLS – Extension to Island Road .............................................................................................................................. 23 Additional periods of service on present routes.......................................................................................................................... 23 9 BELLAMY – Sunday evening service.................................................................................................................................. 23 42 CUMMER – Monday-Friday midday service from Kennedy Road to Middlefield Road .................................................. 24 32 EGLINTON WEST – Off-peak service on Emmett Avenue ................................................................................................ 24 12B KINGSTON RD – Off-peak service via Brimley Road .................................................................................................... 24 132 MILNER– Monday-Friday midday service ..................................................................................................................... 24 60 STEELES WEST – Off-peak service to Highway 27 .......................................................................................................... 24 134 PROGRESS – Sunday daytime service to Centennial College ......................................................................................... 24 24A VICTORIA PARK – Evening, Saturday, Sunday and holiday service via Consumers Road............................................ 24 TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION Service Improvements for 2004 - 4 - Table of contents 5. Post-implementation reviews of new services ..............................................................25 108 DOWNSVIEW – Saturday late evening service ...................................................................................................................... 25 35 JANE – Revised routing on Murray Ross Parkway ................................................................................................................ 25 131 NUGGET – Sunday evening service...................................................................................................................................... 25 63 OSSINGTON – Revised routing at King Street ........................................................................................................................ 26 53 STEELES EAST – Monday-Friday evening service to Markham Road.................................................................................... 26 Appendices .....................................................................................................................27 Appendix A – Service changes, 2002-2004 ............................................................................................................................... 27 Appendix B – Services with poor financial performance, 2003-2004........................................................................................ 29 Appendix C – Ridership and cost statistics for bus and streetcar routes, 2003-2004 ................................................................. 34 Glossary..........................................................................................................................37 Index of service changes by city ward ..............................................................................38 Index of streets, routes, and locations..............................................................................40 TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION Service Improvements for 2004 - 5 - Summary Summary This report on Service Improvements for 2004 presents a Two of the recommendations would improve service comprehensive evaluation of proposals for new and improved without additional operating costs. By making these changes, transit service which have been received from customers, City more