The TTC has rolled out nearly 50 additional buses to routes across the city that have been deemed busy and overcrowded to further encourage physical distancing between passengers and curb the spread of COVID-19.
“In order to reduce customer volume and allow for better physical distancing on buses, the TTC will provide a minimum of 47 extra buses for early AM and AM peak service on higher volume routes,” Stuart Green, spokesperson for the TTC, Wednesday morning.
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Toronto's transit system is also asking customers, when possible, to consider delaying non-essential trips until after 8 am and to continue to practise physical distancing at bus stops and aboard all TTC vehicles.
According to Green, these are the routes to which a number of buses are being added during the peak morning commute:
Green says the TTC will also now have 14 supervisors assigned to key positions throughout the system to direct additional buses to where they are needed most on high ridership routes.
"This is redeployed service and an increase in operator availability. This is a work in progress and we will monitor," added Green.
And while the TTC previously said that ridership is down as much as 60% across all its services, many morning bus routes are still overcrowded, drawing criticism from the public.
Last week, the TTC identified nine bus routes as “very busy” before 7 am on weekdays.
