York University Busway

York University Busway
The Hydro Corridor Busway.
Overview
System	TTC Bus System
Operator	Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Began service	2009
Routes
Routes	196 York University Rocket, 199B Finch Rocket, Viva Orange
Locale	Toronto, Ontario
Start	Downsview Station
End	York University
Stations	4

The York University Busway is the collective name for a series of bus lanes and bus only roadways leading from Downsview station to York University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is used by the Toronto Transit Commission's 196 York University Rocket and York Region Transit's Viva Orange bus rapid transit routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The busway was constructed to address over-crowding and reliability issues on the route 196 York U Rocket.

The busway increased the average speed of route 196 by 41% from 23.3km/h to 32.8km/h, making it the third fastest TTC route at rush hour, after the Scarborough RT and route 192 Airport Rocket. It is now faster than any of the subway lines. Due to the savings in time from using the busway, service frequency on route 196 was increased from every 2 minutes 15 seconds to every 2 minutes while reducing the number of buses operating on the route from 20 to 16.

Going north from Downsview station to York University, the segments are as follows:

Total Length: ~6.5 km

The busways consist of a single lane in each direction with barriers along the side. The busway within the hydro corridor has Ontario Tall Wall barriers and the busway within York University has guardrails. Where busways intersect with minor streets, traffic signals are equipped with transit signal priority allowing buses to pass through without stopping. To facilitate left turns from the curbside bus lanes on Dufferin Street to the hydro corridor busway, there is a jughandle controlled by traffic signals.

The busway in the Finch hydro corridor is officially named "York University Busway", but the busway within the York University campus is unnamed. In TTC route descriptions, the busway within York University is referred to as "busway" (i.e. Buses turn north on busway...) and the busway in the Finch hydro corridor referred to as "busway on hydro corridor."