Toronto Star | Spadina Bus vs. Streetcar: With streetcar route now closed, we tested both (so you don’t have to) @torontostar | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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.
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.
