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1» Calendar: Buses, streetcars detour during King / Parliament construction today
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:44:44 -0500

The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 65 Parliament route and streetcars operating along the 503 Kingston Rd tripper, 504 King and 508 Lake Shore routes during a project to replace the streetcar tracks, switches and curves at King Street East and Parliament Street.The detours continue until Monday, October 4.Read Transit Toronto’s September 5 post for more information.


2» Calendar: Some Exhibition Place detours continue this week
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:31:45 -0500

Buses operating along the 29 Dufferin, 316 Ossington overnight and 329 Dufferin overnight routes continue to operate with revised service at Exhibition Place, while event crews dismantle the remains of the Canadian National Exhibition.Regular service resumes on Saturday, September 11.Read Transit Toronto’s August 13 post for details.


3» Calendar: Watermain construction in the Beach affects TTC bus service today
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:18:34 -0500

TTC buses operating along the 64 Main route detour around construction on Wineva Avenue.Read Transit Toronto’s September 5 post for details.


4» Calendar: TTC detours buses during bus loop construction at Middlefield / , McCowan / and Warden / Steeles
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:30:38 -0500

TTC buses operating along the 130 Middlefield and 353 Steeles East overnight routes detour at Middlefield Road and Steeles Avenue East. Read Transit Toronto’s September 1 post for details.TTC buses operating along the 129 McCowan North and 302 Danforth Rd - McCowan overnight routes detour at McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue East. Read Transit Toronto’s September 5 post for details.TTC buses operating along the 68 Warden and 324 Victoria Park overnight routes detour at McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue East. Read Transit Toronto’s September 5 post for details.


5» Calendar: "Frosh" activities at Casa Loma Campus affects TTC service today
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:50:55 -0500

Kendal Avenue is closed, affecting service along the TTC’s 127 Davenport route.Read Transit Toronto’s September 5 post for details.


6» Calendar: Get your TTC post-secondary student ID card today
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:11:47 -0500

TTC contractors are visiting George Brown College’s St. James Campus and Ryerson University today to take photographs and issue identification cards for students.You can’t buy the TTC’s monthly post-secondary student Metropass for $99 unless you get the ID card. You can buy the pass at any TTC subway station.


7» Steeles / Warden construction affects TTC buses, September 8 to 12
      Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:49:43 -0500

The TTC and York Region Transit are rebuilding five bus loops just north of Steeles Avenue East in Markham during the next few weeks.The TTC is detouring various routes while work proceeds. (It’s already detouring buses operating along the 130 Middlefield and 353 Steeles East overnight routes during work at the loop on the east side of Middlefield Road north of Steeles East and buses operating along the 129 McCowan North and 302 Danforth Rd - McCowan overnight routes during work at the loop on the east side of McCowan Road.)This time: the loop on the west side of Warden Avenue.The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 68 Warden and (probably) 324 Victoria Park overnight routes while the loop is closed, starting tomorrow, Wednesday, Septem


8» Part 1 -- miWay revises service, September 6
      Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:34:48 -0500

Starting today, Labour Day, Monday, September 6, miWay (the new name for Mississauga Transit) is ending summer service and resuming regular service along several routes.It’s also resuming extra service to carry passengers to and from senior and high schools, colleges and universities.And, as it continues its campaign to rebrand itself under the miWay name, it has redesigned its website.This part of the post describes how miWay is: introducing a new route;


9» Part 2 -- miWay revises service, September 6
      Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:50:32 -0500

This part of the post describes how miWay is: adjusting the schedules of current routes; and making other changes to current routes.Part 1 of the post describes how miWay is: introducing a new route; increasing service along a current route; decreasing service along a current route; increasing the frequency of service along current routes; resuming extra service to colleges and universities; and resuming service to high schools.


10» TTC detours buses, streetcars, starting September 7 during King / Parliament construction
      Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:14:29 -0500

For about four weeks, starting Tuesday, September 7, the City of Toronto is closing:King Street East, both lanes, between Power and Berkeley Streets andParliament Street, both lanes, between Adelaide and Front Streets Eastfor the next phase of a major City / TTC project to rebuild the roadway, install new sidewalks and curbs and replace the streetcar tracks and switches along Parliament Street between Gerrard and King Streets East this summer and fall.(The City has already closed the southbound lanes of Parliament between Dundas and King Streets East.) While the roadways are closed, City and TTC work crews will replace the switches, curves and tracks at the complicated intersection of King and Parliament, and replace sidewalks and curbs on King Street East.Work on the project