York Region Transit Mobility Plus is a program that offers transit services, known as ''Mobility Plus'', to the disabled using specially equipped buses. Mobility Plus is York Region's equivalent of the Toronto Transit Commission's

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service.

History

YRT Mobility Plus was created in 2001 following the merger of the various transit agencies in York Region. Most of the mobility system was inherited from Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit (Mobility Bus and Taxi Scrip), who operated similar systems since the 1980s.

Services

YRT Mobility Plus operates in a similar manner to

and makes connections to other operators in

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, Mississauga Transit, Brampton Transit, and Durham Region Transit. Fixed routes are the Community Bus routes, a concept borrowed from the Toronto Transit Commission's

community routes: * 520/521 Newmarket Community Bus * 522 Markham Community Bus * 589/590 Richmond Hill Community Bus York Region Mobility Bus can operate service to and within Toronto bounded by Toronto-Peel boundaries, Steeles Avenue West, Yonge Street and Highway 401. This is the case due to previous contract by Vaughan Transit.

Fleet

YRT Mobility Plus operates a mix of 60 different vehicles: :'' Denotes

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vehicles'' YRT MP also contracts out services to taxi companies to operate car and minivan based services: * Royal Taxi * Mobility Transportation Services * Scarborough City Cab YRT MP also operates an unknown number of Toyota Camry or

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in the fleet. Together they provide 29 taxis and 19 minivans to the MP fleet. YRT leased 3 minivans to the contracts to complete the non-bus fleet.

References

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External links

Official Website
York Region Transit Paratransit services in Canada

History

Services

Fleet

See also

References

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