York Region Transit Mobility Plus

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 Wheel-Trans 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 Wheel-Trans and makes connections to other operators in Toronto, GO Transit, Mississauga Transit, Brampton Transit, and Durham Region Transit.

Fixed routes are the Community Bus routes, a concept borrowed from the Toronto Transit Commission's Wheel-Trans community routes:

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.[1]

Fleet

YRT Mobility Plus operates a mix of 60 different vehicles:

Product list and details (information from YRT)[2]
Make/model Description Fleet size Year acquired Year retired Notes
Ontario Bus Industries Orion II Disabled access Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle 6 1988, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2000 2003 from Newmarket Transit, Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit
Overland Custom Coach Ford ELF (E450 Super Duty Chassis) Disabled access Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle 16 2003 Active Similar to vehicles used by the TTC
Ford E350 based buses Disabled access Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle
Chevrolet Venture vans Disabled access Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle Operated by contractors (Dignity Transportation Inc, Royal Taxi, Mobility Transportation Specialists Inc, Wheelchair Accessible Transit Inc and World In Motion Transportation Inc) on behalf of YRT
ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX Low floor bus 6 2005 Active Services Community Bus routes only
Vehicle Production Group MV-1 Disabled access Assessible low floor cab 2 2015 Active Inspector vehicles and can be used to transfer Mobility patrons[3]
Disabled access Denotes wheelchair-accessible 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 Chevrolet Impala 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.

See also

References
  1. "York Region Transit: Mobility Plus Service Implementation - Educational Institutions" (PDF). York Region Commissioner of Transportation and Works. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011.
  2. "YRT's & viva's Fleet Rosters". York Region Transit. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011.
  3. http://mobilityplus.yrt.ca/en/news/resources/MP_News_Spring_2015_web.pdf%5B%5D
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