Bus lanes are working in Toronto

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The city of Toronto, Ontario, and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) released the first dashboard report regarding its RapidTO priority bus lane implementation program. In short, the bus lanes are working and delivering faster trip times and more reliable service.

The RapidTO program is part of TTC’s 5-Year Service Plan & 10-Year Outlook and includes six heavily used corridors with proposals to implement priority bus-only lanes. The first of these was completed in November 2020 from Brimley Road to the University of Toronto for the Eglinton Avenue East routes.

The C$4 million (US$3.21 million) project converted 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) to High Occupancy Vehicle lanes – with a red surface treatment – that are reserved for TTC buses, Wheel-Trans buses and bicycles 24 hours a day.

When compared to October 2019 baseline data:

* Transit travel times have decreased up to six minutes during peak morning periods and up to five minutes during afternoon peak periods;

* Reliability of all four routes improved on average by 12 percent with the 116 Morningside route improving by 19 percent.

“The data shows that RapidTO bus lanes are working. It is encouraging to see increased reliability and faster transit travel times on the routes that benefit from our RapidTO bus lanes. I look forward to seeing the results of future dashboards as the reopening continues and transit ridership increases along with traffic volumes,” said Toronto Mayor John Tory. ......................(more)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/infrastructure/article/21232441/bus-lanes-are-working-in-toronto

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