With the TTC upgrading the Spadina streetcar right-of-way from now until December, the transit agency is resorting to the next best thing to keep people moving along the route.
Which means transit riders on one of downtown’s busiest routes will have to take one of the replacement buses now added to one of the city’s most congested roads.
With the TTC upgrading the Spadina streetcar right-of-way from now until December, the transit agency is resorting to the next best thing to keep people moving along the route. Which means transit riders on one of downtown’s busiest routes will have to take one of the replacement buses now added to one of the city’s most congested roads. To find out what that means to commuters, the Star’s Mahdis Habibinia took the 3.5-kilometre journey from Bloor Street to the waterfront during the afternoon rush — twice. First by the streetcar while it was still running; then by the replacement bus.
Pedestrians discover the Spadina streetcar is not running.
Spadina replacement buses stack up heading south during rush hour.
The Spadina replacement bus emptied quickly between Adelaide and King once riders heard the driver say it will take 45 minutes to get to Front Street, which is only 350 metres.