Davis Drive Rapidway

Davis Drive Rapidway
Overview
System Vivanext
Operator YRT/Viva
Began service 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)[1]
Route
Locale York Region, Ontario
(Newmarket)
Start Newmarket Terminal
End Southlake
Stations 4
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The Davis Drive Rapidway is a Canadian bus rapid transit system in Newmarket, Ontario that is under construction. The rapidway was open for service on November 29, 2015.[2] The Viva Yellow service uses the rapidway. [3] The project cost C$261,000,000,[4] of which $250 million was for construction and $11 million for land acquisition.[3]

The 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) Davis Drive rapidway extends from Yonge Street in the west to the Southlake Regional Health Centre in the east.[3]

In November 2009, pre-construction activities, such as utility relocation, planning and geotechnical investigations began for the Davis Drive rapidway. Additional pre-construction activities, such as soil testing, archaeological assessments, building demolition, and removal or relocation of light poles and signs continued through to the end of 2010.

The route required expropriation of land from 133 property owners, most involving "slivers of land".[3] Twenty-two lots of land were purchased, and 34 property owners had not yet settled as of March 2015.[3] Before construction, the heritage Union Hotel building had to be moved.[3]

System construction is complete, but landscaping and streetscaping will be completed in May 2016.[5]

Stations

The stations have a glass canopy and enclosed waiting area. For accessibility, the platform is level with bus floors. Stations are equipped with Presto card readers and electronic signs reporting real-time bus schedules.[5]

Station[2] Opened City / Town Service
Newmarket Terminal November 29, 2015 Newmarket Viva Yellow
Parkside-Longford November 29, 2015 Newmarket Viva Yellow
Main November 29, 2015 Newmarket Viva Yellow
Southlake November 29, 2015 Newmarket Viva Yellow
Huron Heights TBA Newmarket Viva Yellow
Leslie TBA Newmarket Viva Yellow
Highway 404 November 29, 2015 Newmarket Viva Yellow

References

  1. Viva Yellow begins running on Davis Drive rapidway Sunday
  2. 1 2 "Project Map". vivanext. York Region Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved January 2015. Rapidway Construction (2011-2015) Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Javed, Noor (29 March 2015). "Newmarket bus lane project driving supporters away". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. Simon, Chris (16 April 2015). "Newmarket's Davis Drive project expected to continue into 2016". Newmarket Era. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 Persico, Amanda (29 November 2015). "Viva Yellow gets rolling on Davis Drive in Newmarket". Newmarket Era. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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