Mississauga Transitway
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The Mississauga Transitway is a proposed bus-only roadway in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, spanning most of the city from Winston Churchill Boulevard to the junction of Highways 401 and 427 in the city of Toronto. Proposed in the 1970s, the plan has evolved over time. In the 1990s, a serious proposal intended to build a transitway from Ridgeway Road at the very western edge of the city, to the westernmost station of Toronto's proposed Eglinton West subway.[1] After this line was cancelled, the proposal was revised to its current state.
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[edit] Route
The plan now calls for a dedicated transitway from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Erin Mills Parkway, where the buses would then use dedicated shoulder lanes on Highway 403 to reach the City Centre terminal. From there, a dedicated transitway would parallel Highway 403 to Cawthra Road, and then follow Eastgate Parkway to Eglinton Avenue East, and Eglinton to Highway 427.
The transitway would likely be served in a manner similar to Ottawa's Transitway, using a mix of express routes and local routes. Because the transitway is not planned to run near any of Mississauga Transit's secondary terminals (terminals other than Square One), it is likely that branch routes would also travel in mixed traffic to reach their destinations, like the current route 110.
[edit] Expansion
The current plan cites possible expansion opportunities such as heading west into Oakville via Highway 403 or Highway 407, as well as heading to Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in the east. It may also be extended to reach the proposed multimodal transit terminal at Kipling station on the TTC's Bloor-Danforth subway line via Highway 427 and Dundas Street West.
[edit] Stations
The BRT stations would consist of platforms, pedestrian walkways, Kiss & Ride areas and Park & Ride lots.
The following is a list of proposed stations (west to east)[2]:
- Winston Churchill
- Erin Mills
- City Centre
- Central Parkway
- Cawthra
- Tomken
- Dixie
- Tahoe
- Etobicoke Creek
- Spectrum
- Orbitor
- Renforth
There will be local and express services, with some buses stopping at all stations, and others stopping only at selected major stations.[2]
[edit] Buses
The transitway would use a mix of standard and articulated buses travelling at 80 km/h.
[edit] Funding
The project will be funded as part of the Government of Ontario's MoveOntario 2020 plan, with both the federal and provincial governments contributing up to a total of $173 million. [3]
