Mississauga Transitway

Mississauga Transitway

Dixie Station and Transitway
Overview
Locale Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Operation
Began operation November 17, 2014[1]
(Central Parkway – Dixie)
Operation will start 2016
(Tahoe – Renforth Gateway)
(Erin Mills – Winston Churchill)
Operator(s) MiWay
GO Transit
System map

Renforth Gateway
 Orbitor
 Spectrum
 Etobicoke Creek
 Etobicoke Creek
 Tahoe
 Dixie
 Little Etobicoke Creek
 Tomken
 Cawthra
 Central Parkway
 Cooksville Creek
 Rathburn at City Centre
 Square One Bus Terminal

 Highway 403

 Credit River
HOV lanes and
bus bypass shoulders

Erin Mills

 Winston Churchill

 Legend 
 MiWay and GO Transit stop
 MiWay stop
 future BRT stop

on-street BRT branches

The Mississauga Transitway is a bus rapid transit system (BRT) under construction 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 Drive at the very western edge of the city, to the westernmost station of Toronto's proposed Eglinton West subway.[2] After this line was cancelled, the proposal was revised to its current state. Construction started in November 2010;[3][4] the first stretch of the transitway between Hurontario Street and Dixie Road opened on November 17, 2014,[1] with the rest of the project targeted for opening in 2016.[5][6] The transitway will be shared between MiWay (formerly known as Mississauga Transit) and GO Transit.

Routes and Operations

The plan calls for a dedicated transitway from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Erin Mills Parkway, where buses would then use dedicated shoulder lanes on Highway 403 to reach the City Centre terminal. From there, a dedicated transitway parallels Highway 403 to Cawthra Road and then follow Eastgate Parkway to Eglinton Avenue East, and Eglinton to just west of Renforth Drive.

Bus services along the transitway will operate similarly to Ottawa's Transitway, using a mix of express routes and local routes. Because the transitway is does not directly connect to any transit hubs other than the City Centre Terminal, branch routes travel in mixed traffic beyond the ends of the transitway to reach outlying termini.

The transitway will be shared by GO Transit and MiExpress buses for inter- and intra-city travel, respectively. The two agencies will use a mix of standard, articulated, and double-decker buses travelling at 80 km/h between stations, and 50 km/h in the stations. MiWay buses stop at all transitway stations, while GO Transit buses will only stop at certain designated stations.[2]

MiWay

As of November 2014, MiWay operates three routes along the corridor, with service Monday to Saturday from 4:30 AM to 10:30 PM. A fourth route, 110 University, will serve the transitway once the western segment is built, approximately in 2016.

Route Service Type Terminus Service Span
21 Explorer Local City Centre Transit Terminal Skymark Hub (Renforth BRT Station) rush hour
107 Malton Express Express City Centre Transit Terminal Humber College September - April: Mon - Fri
Westwood Mall Bus Terminal September - April: Saturdays
May - August: Mon - Sat
109 Meadowvale Express Express Meadowvale Town Centre Bus Terminal Islington Subway Station Mon - Sat
110 University Express Express City Centre Transit Terminal Clarkson GO Station all week
University of Toronto Mississauga (short turn)

GO Transit

GO Transit is currently not using the transitway. However, it is planning to eventually divert some of its routes to serve the transitway. Such routes may include the following:

Route
19 Oakville / North York
25 Waterloo / Mississauga
29 Guelph / Mississauga
45 Mississauga / York University
46 Oakville / York University
47 Hamilton / York University

Stations

The BRT stations will consist of platforms, pedestrian walkways, Kiss & Ride areas and Park & Ride lots. All stations will be wheelchair-accessible () and will have heated waiting areas, similar to Züm.[7]

The following is a list of stations, from west to east:[8]

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Open
Under Construction
In Planning
Station Opening GO Transit Stop Park and Ride Kiss and Ride Bus Access Notes
Winston Churchill 2016 X 335 spaces X X
Erin Mills 2016 X 335 spaces X X
City Centre 1997 X 210 spaces X
  • inter-regional transit terminal
  • connection to Züm Main
  • connection to future Hurontario-Main Street LRT
Central Parkway 2014 X
Cawthra 2014 60 spaces X
Tomken 2014 X
Dixie 2014 X 170 spaces X X
Tahoe 2016
  • originally Fieldgate.[2]
Etobicoke Creek 2016
  • originally Fieldgate North [2]
Spectrum 2016
Orbitor 2016
Renforth Gateway 2016 X X
Kipling 2019 X TTC only Shared with TTC X

The Renforth station, to be located one block west at Commerce Boulevard, is currently planned to feature an indirect multimodal interchange with the TTC's proposed Eglinton Crosstown line. The interchange will feature a full-service below grade BRT station, but only at-grade median surface stop for the LRT, requiring transferring passengers to cross Commerce Boulevard and descend a set of stairs to access the BRT.[9]

There will be local and express services, with some buses stopping at all stations, and others stopping only at selected major stations.[8]

Funding and construction

The project, estimated to cost $259 million,[4] is 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.[10] Construction is divided between Metrolinx (via GO Transit) and the City of Mississauga: the former is responsible for the transitway's western segment (between Winston Churchill and Erin Mills), a small portion of the eastern segment (between Hurontario and Cawthra) and Renforth Gateway Station, while the city is in charge of the rest of the project.[6] Construction on the eastern segment began in November 2010,[4] while Metrolinx launched construction of the western segment in November 2013.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mississauga opens 4 Transitway stations". CBC News. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Mississauga Transitway". Transit Toronto. 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Rapid - Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit News" (PDF) 3. Mississauga. Fall 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Joseph Chin (2010-11-19). "City breaks ground on BRT station". Mississauga News. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  5. ↑ Tess Kalinowski (2014-05-06). "Key transit projects facing delays". Torstar Network, via Mississauga News. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Mississauga Transitway Project". GO Transit. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  7. ↑ http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/miway/brtstations
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Rapid - Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit News" (PDF) 1. Mississauga. Spring 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  9. ↑ http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/eglinton_crosstown_lrt/pdf/2009-11-20_display_panels_part1.pdf
  10. ↑ "Mississauga Receives Federal Funding for Bus Rapid Transit Program". City of Mississauga press release. 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  11. ↑ Louie Rosella (2013-11-29). "Phase 2 of Mississauga Transitway begins". Mississauga News. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

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