The TTC has more than 140 bus routes and also operates 14 bus routes into neighbouring municipalities adjacent to the City of Toronto, and the neighbouring transit agencies operate more than 30 bus routes which connect directly with the TTC subway system or other surface routes. There are also transfer opportunities between several TTC services.
The TTC carries approximately 460 million customers per year, or about 1.5 million passengers on a typical weekday. Our ridership accounts for more than 80% of all transit ridership in the Greater Toronto Area.
The TTC uses a very simple and extremely successful fare system with a flat-fare structure, allowing customers to travel an unlimited distance per trip for one price.
The TTC’s fleet consists of 1730 buses of varying ages and types. The TTC operates a north-south, east-west grid of routes conforming, to the greatest extent possible, with the grid of major arterial roads in the City. All these routes feed a grid of rapid transit routes.
One of the TTC’s most important features is efficient, convenient, and free transfers between all services and modes: this is critical for a grid-based system that feeds riders from surface vehicles to subways for high-speed trips into the downtown core and throughout the network.
The TTC’s conventional or fixed-route services are planned so that the capacity, or supply, is matched to actual observed passenger demand, as recorded through frequent passenger counts, in accordance with vehicle crowding standards, which are, for example: 50 passengers per bus during peak periods; and This results in the majority of TTC services operating at peak intervals of 5-10 minutes, with some service as frequent as every 2 minutes, and off-peak service every 5 to 20 minutes.
The TTC is governed by a nine-member Board of Commissioners which is currently comprised of elected City Councillors. The Board of Commissioners must ensure that service and fare levels are set so that passenger demand is met and budgets are balanced.
Wheelchair-transportation
Wheel-Trans consists of: 135 fully-accessible buses; and contracted accessible and regular taxis. Wheel-Trans carries 1.5 million trips per year, or about 5000 trips on a typical weekday.
Wheel-Trans customers wishing to make trips on this door-to-door specialized service are required to book their trips one day in advance, or they can reserve regular daily trips on a subscription basis.
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