York Region Transit Mobility Plus, or Mobility Plus, is a

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service operated by

York Region Transit York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road. YRT operates 65 full-time rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva ...

(YRT) in

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, Canada, for the

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using specially equipped

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es.

History

Mobility Plus was created in 2001 following the merger of the various transit agencies in York Region into YRT. Most of the mobility system was inherited from

Vaughan Transit York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road. YRT operates 65 full-time rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva bu ...

and

Markham Transit York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road. YRT operates 65 full-time rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva bu ...

(Mobility Bus and Taxi Scrip), who operated similar systems since the 1980s.

Services

YRT Mobility Plus operates in a similar manner to the

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's (TTC)

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service and makes connections to other operators in

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such as the TTC,

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(

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, and

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. Fixed routes are the Community Bus routes, a concept borrowed from the

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

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bounded by Toronto-Mississauga boundary, Steeles Avenue West,

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and Highway 401. This is the case due to previous contract by

Fleet

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

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- 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

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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

External links