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Is it just me or have the number of collisions involving MiWay buses increased dramatically in the past few months....

I don't know how well the 44 empties north of Thomas, but it is often overloaded at peak time with UTM students on the portion of the route south of there... has never felt like a route which could accommodate much additional ridership

At first glance, the changes to 9 are unfortunate, as it means there is no more one-seat ride from Churchill Meadows to Streetsville GO/Thomas & Queen Street, which used to allow for a fairly nice connection with 44 at times. (This is particularly useful for U of T Mississauga students).

I suppose the whole McCowan Yard facility will be left to rot after this...

Not sure how many of you folks on here were familiar with how the SRT was operated, but its age has me wondering: was it still operating under automatic control these last few months/years? I noticed flashing red lights on the cars in many videos, and I had heard rumors before that this meant the trains were in manual mode. I have never been able to find much literature on these operations in general (probably for good reasons), so any information that might be out there is appreciated.

Erin Mills station also has some nice angles.

Too bad the 29 no longer serves Erin Mills Station, it was a good shuttle route to use between there and South Common if it came before another bus. I can see why though, it was usually rather empty.

Hmm, you seem to have thought through this a lot more than I have, but it sounds awkward for UTM students, as 110 does not run west of Erin Mills station. If 46 terminates at Winston Churchill station, then commuting to UTM via 46 would now require 2 transfers: one at Winston Churchill to 109 in order to reach Erin Mills, and then another at Erin Mills to 110. Due to the relatively infrequent headways MiWay buses have, transfers are quite costly to commute time in my experience. Perhaps this arrangement could work if 110 were changed to run to Winston Churchill instead of City Centre. This would mean those wishing to commute from CC to UTM now need to take 109 to Erin Mills and then transfer to 110. It might then be useful to align the 109 and 110 schedules such that transfers always "work" between those routes.

Transsee does work still (thankfully) but it's a much more cumbersome experience on a phone compared to other apps. Looking forward to a fix.

Interesting. On Google Maps and the Transit app there no longer seems to be any real-time data.

As of Monday it seems that real-time info is down for MiWay. Any word on when it will be back?

What does it mean when a bus mysteriously appears at stations along a given route, but is not shown on the tracker or the schedule? Example: today a 110 bus showed up at the Erin Mills Transitway station. The bus was labeled "110 University Express" (rear sign "110"). Note that there was no N or S added to the end like there usually would be. The only special message was "ENDS AT UTM" appearing on the front board every so often. The bus made every southbound stop along the way to UTM and then went out of service rather than going north. This is the second time I've seen this happen. Is it a run-as-directed bus like the TTC sometimes uses? Quite curious.

Where did you find this out from? The service changes page didn't mention anything changing about 46.

Agreed, I commute using 46 regularly and I actually switched to taking an earlier bus to avoid the high school crowd. The issue is I'm not sure it is cost-effective to deadhead an articulated bus from one of the other corridors just to serve a single run in the morning and afternoon. Perhaps running more frequent buses at that time is needed instead? Thank you for your insightful comments. I will probably look into this and suggest that some of my peers do the same.

Any word on when we might see articulated buses on route 110, or some sort of adjustment to UTM service in general? I'm a student who also happens to be a transit geek and the current issues I'm seeing on the ground are concerning. 110 normally appears to be scheduled at 15-minute headways but there are numerous times when the buses have bunched together leading to situations like a 5-minute gap followed by no buses for at least 20 minutes. Route 44 appears to be acting as a feeder for Eglinton and Burnhamthorpe from to the campus, which means it is packed to the doors-closed point but then empties out significantly after reaching Eglinton. This is also leading to long lineups at the campus bus stop during peak times which will become very uncomfortable once the weather gets colder. Curious if the more experienced folks here have any insights.