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stouffville suntribune thursday june 16 2005 27 the state of m longterm targets in addition to building a rapid transit system the regions transportation master plan includes a number of longterm improvement targets expansion of 60 transits commuter rail services including new services to woodbridge kleinburg and markhams cornell community new 60 transit rail stations at 15 locations 10 potential gateways to the transit network where auto drivers and passengers can conveniently change modes from auto to transit grid network of feeder bus services in urban areas of the region with improved integration of services across the steeles avenue boundary network of rural bus routes connecting the outlying communities to the urban centres and rapid transit services widespread application of transit priority measures in the southern part of the region such as priority at traffic signals already under way queuejump lanes at congested intersections highoccupancy vehicle lanes and reserved bus lanes system of commuter parking lots to facilitate access to the transit and highoccupancy networks and community transit for smaller outlying communities by the numbers when viva the regions new bus rapid transit service begins operation in september the key design features will include 6 number of routes operating during peak periods four offpeak routes later startsqn weekends 7 am saturday 830 am sunday 10 number of minutes between buses during peak service oh each route fiveminute service or better on much of the builtup southern parts of the region m g number of j k minutes between buses during off- peak service on each route with coordi nated transfer connections where rapid transit routes meet intelligent transit sys tems intersection improvements and queue- jump lanes allows viva buses to hold green lights longer arid move through intersections faster sl number of j 9 hours of service weekdays approximately 530 am to 1030 pm with slightly jd a length ih jp- metres of elon- gated buses oh- yonge street routes and 12-metrevehi- cles on other routes v 1 number of kilometres between stops integrated with york region transit net- work with parallel local service on corridors plus feeder routes to most sta tions 400m the amount of fund ing expected from the provincial and federal gov ernments for the second phase of yorks rapid tran sit plan which includes building dedicated transit lanes separating buses from other traffic and 7 ft cio the year a92j york will review implement ing its third phase which could also involve light rail transit onlyonly after a major review of the rapid transit program roy green ii 3 s ajk jbw l satfjt- jialt ss8msys u iv- v- znijm kjzljfiithxg tfi ov a draeger medical athletes world c shineon cleaning molsons export a bushwood golf club golf town pepsi sponsors middleton group tampa taps sports bar great glasses wine not- markham reebok canadian white hill springs home depot adidas yrng peppertree klassics regional chairperson bill fisch helped present the first viva bus at a ceremony at the york region administration building may 30 suntribune file photo rouge valley retirement residence our services include friendship companionship the opportunities for friendship happen every day join us for open doors saturday june 1 8th 11 00 am 400 pm take a tour meet our staff and learn about our retirement community call 9052941114 l rouge valley retirement residence 5958 16 ave markham on a chartwell y seniors housing re1t wwwchartweureitca major mackenzie dr e ia rouge valley 16thave ma employment resource centre jxmcaj fafiemttfo resumes cover letters interview smusi h hi yjf vv job searchfeem i v internet access i if- i j j l jj wgjm- v mm