MiWay

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Slogan	my destination. my route. mi way.
Founded	1969
Headquarters	3484 Semenyk Court
Locale	Mississauga, Ontario
Service area	Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Toronto, (Vaughan seasonally)
Service type	Public Transit
Routes	60 local 8 limited-stop/express 35 school 1 TTC-contracted
Stops	3850+[1]
Hubs	27 (8 outside the city)
Depot(s)	2
Fleet	443 buses
Daily ridership	108,350 (2011)
Annual ridership	32.8 million ( 5.9%) (2011)[2] (approx. 49 million boardings)
Fuel type	Diesel, Hybrid
Operator	City of Mississauga
Chief executive	Geoff Marinoff
Web site	www.miway.ca

MiWay (formerly known as Mississauga Transit), is a public transport agency serving Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The city's Transportation and Works department is in charge of its operation.

MiWay only operates buses and, as part of the Greater Toronto Area, connects to commuter rail with GO Transit. The system also connects with Brampton Transit to the north, Oakville Transit to the west, York Region Transit to the northeast, and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to the east, including the Islington and Kipling subway stations on the Bloor–Danforth line. MiWay is a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.

MiWay has broken its annual ridership record to a new high of 32.8 million passengers at the end of 2011. It is projected that it will yield a new ridership record of 33.3 million in 2012.^[2]

History [link]

MiWay was first operated by Charterways Limited as Mississauga Transit Systems with four buses in 1969, but it was acquired by the city's newly formed Mississauga Transit in 1974, incorporating the former towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville. Services began on November 1, 1973.

It later acquired routes formerly operated by others, such as;

• TTC's 74 Port Credit bus, in February 1976, that had operated on Lakeshore Road from Long Branch since 1935. This succeeded a former interurban railway, dating back to 1892 as the Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company.
• Gray Coach Lines, and later GO Transit, also served intercity routes on Dundas Street, and Hurontario Street, both being provincial highways before the construction of present freeways such as Highways 401, 403, 410, and 427.
• Malton is still served by TTC's 58 Malton bus. Local services in Malton were provided since 1969, and expanded after 1973.

Mississauga Transit was renamed MiWay on October 4, 2010. New MiWay-branded hybrid buses entered service, with orange MiLocal buses on local routes and blue MiExpress buses on express routes. Advertisements were placed on buses and shelters in September 2010 to introduce users to the new branding. Older buses using the old logo would continue to be used until they are decommissioned. Service levels did not change with the rebranding.^[3]

The reason for the company's new name is twofold: "Mi" could be interpreted as standing for Mississauga, and it is also a homophone of "My", suggesting possession.

On December 1, 2011 the last high-floor bus retired, making the transit system 100% low-floor and fully accessible.

Facilities [link]

Major [link]

Other terminals and junctions [link]

Mississauga Transit bus #0702, parked at Sherway Gardens while serving the 4 Sherway Gardens route.

MT service booth and platforms at Islington Subway Station

GO Transit stations [link]

A Mississauga Flyer D800 bus (type now retired) meeting a TTC bus at Long Branch Loop in 1987.

Services [link]

Routes [link]

Route		Direction and Termini				Accessible	Availability
1	Dundas	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To Ridgeway Drive		all week
1C			To Islington Subway Station via University of Toronto Mississauga		To South Common Centre via University of Toronto Mississauga
3	Bloor	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To City Centre		all week
4	Sherway	EB	To Sherway Gardens To Islington Subway Station Early AM only via Huron Park, Trillium Health Centre, and Dixie Outlet Mall	WB	To Westdale Mall via Trillium Health Centre and Huron Park		Mon - Sat
5	Dixie	NB	To Cardiff Boulevard via Dixie Outlet Mall	SB	To Long Branch Loop via Dixie Outlet Mall		all week
5B			To Meyerside Drive via Dixie Outlet Mall				peak hours
6	Woodlands	EB	To City Centre	WB	To Westdale Mall		all week
7	Airport	NB	To Westwood Mall via Toronto Pearson International Airport	SB	To City Centre via Toronto Pearson International Airport		all week
8	Cawthra	NB	To City Centre	SB	To Port Credit GO Station		Mon - Sat
9	Meadowvale	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	To City Centre		all week
10	Bristol	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	To City Centre		all week
11	Westwood	NB	To Westwood Mall	SB	To Islington Subway Station		all week
11A			To Westwood Mall via Darcel Avenue		To Islington Subway Station via Darcel Avenue		Mon - Sat
11B			To Westwood Mall via Nashua Drive		To Islington Subway Station via Nashua Drive		peak hours
12	Rexdale	EB	To Bergamot Avenue	WB	To Westwood Mall		peak hours
13	Glen Erin	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Sheridan Centre, South Common Centre, and Erin Mills Town Centre	SB	To Clarkson GO Station via Erin Mills Town Centre, South Common Centre, and Sheridan Centre		all week
14	Lorne Park	EB	To Port Credit GO Station	WB	To Clarkson GO Station		Mon - Fri (no peak hour service)
14A					To Southdown Industrial via Clarkson GO Station		peak hours
15	Drew	EB	To Westwood Mall	WB	To Hurontario / 407 Park and Ride		Mon - Fri (no midday service)
16	Malton	CCW	To Westwood Mall				Mon - Sat
16A		CW
17	Timberlea	NB	To Kamato Road	SB	To Islington Subway Station		peak hours
18	Explorer	NB	To Westwood Mall	SB	To City Centre		peak hours
19	Hurontario	NB	To Hurontario / 407 Park and Ride via City Centre	SB	To Port Credit GO Station via City Centre		all week
19A			To Britannia Road via City Centre				Mon - Sat
19B			To Cantay Road via City Centre				Mon - Fri
19C			To Heartland Town Centre via City Centre				Saturdays only
20	Rathburn	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To City Centre		all week
22	Finch	EB	To William Osler Health Centre via Humber College North Campus	WB	To Westwood Mall via Humber College North Campus		all week
23	Lakeshore	EB	To Long Branch Loop via Port Credit GO Station	WB	To Clarkson GO Station via Port Credit GO Station		all week
25	Traders Loop	CW	To Matheson Boulevard				peak hours
26	Burnhamthorpe	EB	To Islington Subway Station via City Centre	WB	To South Common Centre via City Centre		all week
27	Matheson	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	To Islington Subway Station		peak hours
28	Confederation	NB	To City Centre	SB	To Trillium Health Centre		all week
29	Park Royal	NB	To Erin Mills Town Centre via Sheridan Centre, South Common Centre and Credit Valley Hospital	SB	To Clarkson GO Station via Credit Valley Hospital, South Common Centre and Sheridan Centre		Mon - Sat
29A			N/A		To Meadow Wood Road via Clarkson GO Station, Sheridan Centre, South Common Centre and Credit Valley Hospital		three trips per weekday
29B			To South Common Centre via Sheridan Centre and Homelands Drive		To Clarkson GO Station via Homelands Drive and Sheridan Centre		Sundays and holidays
30	Woodbine	EB	To Woodbine Centre	WB	To Westwood Mall		Mon - Fri (no peak hour service)
31	Folkway	NB	To Sawmill Valley Drive via South Common Centre, and clockwise loop along Folkway Drive	SB	To Sheridan Centre via South Common Centre		Mon - Sat
32	Lisgar GO	NB	To Lisgar GO Station	SB	To Trelawny Circle		peak hours
34	Credit Valley	EB	To City Centre via Credit Valley Hospital	WB	To Erin Mills Town Centre via Credit Valley Hospital		all week
35	Eglinton	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To Ninth Line		Mon - Sat
35A					To Tenth Line		peak hours
36	Colonial Loop	CCW	To South Common Centre				all week
38	Creditview	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Lisgar GO Station and Meadowpine Boulevard	SB	To Trillium Health Centre via Lisgar GO Station and Meadowpine Boulevard		Mon - Fri
38A			To Meadowvale Town Centre via Lisgar GO Station and Argentia Road		To Trillium Health Centre via Lisgar GO Station and Argentia Road		weekends and holidays
39	Britannia	EB	To Hershey Centre To Kennedy Road peak hours only	WB	To Meadowvale Town Centre		all week
41	Thomas	EB	To Erin Mills Town Centre	WB	To Ninth Line		all week (no peak hour service)
41A			To Streetsville GO Station				peak hours
42	Derry	EB	To Westwood Mall	WB	To Meadowvale Town Centre		all week
44	Mississauga Road	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via University of Toronto Mississauga	SB	To Westdale Mall via University of Toronto Mississauga		Mon - Sat
45	Winston Churchill	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Royal Windsor Drive	SB	To Clarkson GO Station via Royal Windsor Drive		all week
45A			To Meadowvale Town Centre via Sheridan Research Park		To Clarkson GO Station via Sheridan Research Park		peak hours
46	Tenth Line	NB	To Lisgar GO Station	SB	To Erin Mills Town Centre		peak hours
47	Ridgeway Loop	CW	To South Common Centre				peak hours
48	Erin Mills	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Credit Valley Hospital and Erin Mills Town Centre	SB	To South Common Centre via Erin Mills Town Centre and Credit Valley Hospital		all week
49	McDowell	EB	To Erin Mills Town Centre	WB	To Ninth Line		all week (no peak hour service)
49A			To Streetsville GO Station				peak hours
50	Creekbank	NB	To Tech Avenue	SB	To Islington Subway Station		peak hours
51	Tomken	NB	To Cardiff Boulevard	SB	To Stanfield Road		Mon - Sat
51A			To Meyerside Drive				peak hours
53	Kennedy	NB	To Superior Boulevard	SB	To City Centre		Mon - Fri
57	Courtneypark	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Airport Infield	SB	To Islington Subway Station via Airport Infield		peak hours
59	Infield	NB	N/A	SB	To Airport Infield		one trip per weekday
61	Mavis	NB	To Financial Drive	SB	To City Centre		all week
61A			To Sheridan College Brampton				Mon - Fri
62	Cooksville GO	NB	To Burnhamthorpe Road	SB	To Cooksville GO Station		peak hours
64	Meadowvale GO	EB	To Meadowvale GO Station	WB	To Edenwood Drive		peak hours
65	Barondale Loop	NB	To Bristol Road East	SB	To City Centre		Mon - Fri
66	McLaughlin	NB	To Sheridan College Brampton	SB	To City Centre		all week
67	Streetsville GO	NB	To Streetsville GO Station	SB	To Middlesex Gate		peak hours
68	Windsor Hill Loop	NB	To Terry Fox Way	SB	To City Centre		Mon - Sat
70	Keaton	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To Milverton Drive		peak hours
71	Sheridan–Subway	EB	To Islington Subway Station via Sheridan Centre	WB	To Sheridan Research Park via Sheridan Centre		one trip EB, two trips WB per weekday
76	City Centre–Subway	EB	To Islington Subway Station	WB	To City Centre		peak hours
82	Financial	NB	To Creditview Road via Financial Drive	SB	To Islington Subway Station via Financial Drive		peak hours
88	Wonderland	NB	To Canada's Wonderland via Highways 403, 410, 407, and 400	SB	To City Centre via Highways 400, 407, 410, and 403		seasonal
89	Meadowvale–Subway	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Britannia Road, Creditview Road, and Eglinton Avenue	SB	To Islington Subway Station via Eglinton Avenue, Creditview Road, and Britannia Road		peak hours
90	Terragar Loop, Copenhagen Loop	EB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Copenhagen Road and Meadowvale GO Station peak hours only via Copenhagen Road off-peak hours only	WB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via Terragar Boulevard		Mon - Sat
91	Hillcrest	NB	To City Centre	SB	To Cooksville GO Station weekdays only To Dundas Street weekends only		all week
101	Dundas Express	EB	To Islington Subway Station via University of Toronto Mississauga	WB	To Ridgeway Drive via University of Toronto Mississauga		peak hours
103	Hurontario Express	NB	To Shoppers World Brampton bypassing City Centre	SB	To Port Credit GO Station bypassing City Centre To Queensway three trips only		Mon - Sat
107	Malton Express	NB	To Westwood Mall via Viscount LINK Station in Toronto Pearson International Airport	SB	To City Centre via Viscount LINK Station in Toronto Pearson International Airport		peak hours
109	Meadowvale Express	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre via City Centre	SB	To Islington Subway Station via City Centre		peak hours
110	University Express	NB	To City Centre via University of Toronto Mississauga and South Common Centre	SB	To Clarkson GO Station via South Common Centre and University of Toronto Mississauga To University of Toronto Mississauga AM peak and midday only		all week
201	Dundas	EB	To Islington Subway Station bypassing University of Toronto Mississauga	WB	To South Common Centre bypassing University of Toronto Mississauga		peak hours
301	Philip Pocock-Tomken	NB	N/A	SB	To Dundas Street		reg. school
302	Philip Pocock - Bloor West	EB	N/A	WB	To City Centre		reg. school
303	Father Goetz - City Centre	NB	To City Centre	SB	To Father Goetz Secondary School		reg. school
304	Father Goetz - Mississauga Valley	EB	To Mississauga Valley Boulevard	WB	To Father Goetz Secondary School		reg. school
305	Streetsville - Falconer	NB	To Silken Laumann Way	SB	To Streetsville Secondary School		reg. school
306	Streetsville - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		reg. school
307	Philip Pocock - Bloor East	NB	N/A	SB	To Islington Subway Station via Bloor Street		reg. school
308	St. Joseph - Eglinton	NB	To St. Joseph Secondary School	SB	To Galaxy Drive		reg. school
309	St. Joseph - Rathburn	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		reg. school
310	Clarkson - Winston Churchill	NB	To South Common Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
311	John Cabot - City Centre	EB	To John Cabot Secondary School	WB	To City Centre		reg. and sum. school
312	Gordon Graydon - City Centre	NB	To City Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
313	Streetsville Secondary - Meadowvale	NB	Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
314	Rick Hansen - Donway	NB	To Bristol Road	SB	To Rick Hansen Secondary School		reg. school
315	Rick Hansen - City Centre	NB	To Rick Hansen Secondary School	SB	To City Centre		reg. and sum. school
316	St. Francis Xavier - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		reg. school
317	Clarkson Scondary - Erindale	NB	South Common Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
318	Cawthra Scondary - City Centre	NB	City Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
319	Port Credit Secondary - City Centre	NB	City Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
320	Cawthra Secondary - Lorne Park	EB	N/A	WB	To Clarkson GO Station		reg. school
321	Stephen Lewis - St. Joan of Arc	NB	To Stephen Lewis Secondary School and St. Joan of Arc Secondary School	SB	To Credit Valley Road		reg. school
328	Cawthra Secondary - Bloor	NB	To City Centre	SB	N/A		reg. school
334	St. Joseph - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		reg. school
335	Allan A. Martin	EB	N/A	WB	To Clarkson GO Station		reg. school
336	Lorne Park Secondary - Clarkson	EB	N/A	WB	To Clarkson GO Station		reg. school
353	Applewood - City Centre	EB	N/A	WB	To City Centre		sum. school
354	Mississauga Secondary - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		sum. school
357	St. Joseph - Rathburn	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		sum. school
358	St. Joseph - Eglinton	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		sum. school
360	St. Marcellinus - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		sum. school
361	St. Joan of Arc - Meadowvale	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	N/A		sum. school
362	St. Joan of Arc - South Common	NB	N/A	SB	To South Common Centre		sum. school
365	Meadowvale - City Centre	NB	N/A	SB	To City Centre		sum. school
366	John Fraser - Meadowvale	NB	To Meadowvale Town Centre	SB	N/A		sum. school
367	John Fraser - South Common	NB	N/A	SB	To South Common Centre		sum. school

TTC-contracted routes [link]

Toronto Transit Commission routes within Mississauga require an exact cash fare, or MT ticket, transfer or pass or TTC ticket or token, depending on the category that the passenger falls on to. All TTC passes (day, weekly and monthly) are not valid for travel in the Mississauga Fare Zone. There are transfer privileges to and from Mississauga Transit routes. Only one route, 58 Malton, is currently being operated by the TTC on behalf of the City of Mississauga.

Route		Direction and Termini				Accessible	Operates	Extra Fare Required
58	Malton	WB	To Victory Crescent / McNaughton Avenue	EB	To Lawrence West Subway Station		Daily	North of Pearson Airport
58B			To Westwood Mall				Monday through Friday
58C			To Westwood Mall via Pearson Airport				One weekday trip
58D			To Victory Crescent / McNaughton Avenue via Pearson Airport				Weekends only

Bus rapid transit [link]

In 2007 Mississauga received federal funding for its long awaited bus rapid transit (BRT) line, the Mississauga Transitway. This line will be built alongside Highway 403, which passes through the City Centre. It will connect to Toronto and Pearson Airport at its terminus point, Renforth Drive. Completion of the BRT route is expected to take place in 2012. GO Transit will also be using the BRT roadway for its BRT plan.

Light rail transit [link]

The Cities of Mississauga and Brampton propose a light rail transit (LRT) route on Hurontario Street between Port Credit and Downtown Brampton.^[4] This route would link Port Credit, Cooksville, Mississauga City Centre and Downtown Brampton in response to increasing congestion and anticipated high growth in the corridor.^[5]

The LRT will connect to three GO Transit rail lines (Georgetown line at Brampton GO Station, Milton line at Cooksville GO Station, and Lakeshore West line at Port Credit GO Station), and seven rapid transit lines (Lakeshore Rapid Transit, Dundas Rapid Transit, Highway 407 Transitway, Züm Steeles, Züm Queen, Züm Main, and Mississauga BRT).

Accessibility [link]

MiWay operates low floor, wheelchair accessible buses. The last high-floor bus was retired December 1, 2011. A separate transit service for the disabled, called Transhelp, is operated by the Peel Regional Municipality.

Schedules [link]

Mississauga Transit's paper "Ride Schedules" were discontinued in 2004. From 2005 onward all timetables were only available from the system's website.

MiWay provides up-to-date bus schedules via their CityLink telephone service. In November 2005 MT inaugurated a schedule finder on their website, called Click 'n Ride,^[6] with information specific to each bus stop.

Fares [link]

As of January 30, 2012, the cash fare is $3.25 (exact change) for all passengers.^[7] Transit passes are eligible for tax credits by the federal government. Presto cards are being used in the entire MiWay system since May 30, 2011.^[8]

Regular fares:

Other fares:

Presto Programs [link]

MiWay currently offers two programs exclusively for Presto cardholders:

• GO Bus co-fare^[11]: Presto cardholders only have to pay 70 cents when connecting to/from GO Transit buses. The card can also be used to connect to/from GO Trains at a discounted fare. On the other hand, non-cardholders have to pay the regular MiWay fare when connecting to/from GO buses. However, they are still eligible to pay the discounted fare when connecting to/from a GO Train.
• Loyalty program^[12]: When Presto cardholders paid 12 regular MiWay fares in a calendar week, they would be able to ride for free for the rest of the week. GO Transit co-fares and fares paid on other systems will not be counted towards this program. The weekly ride count resets to zero Mondays.

Smart Commute Discount Transit Program [link]

MiWay is also offering discounted adult transit passes to employees of the members of Smart Commute Mississauga^[13] and Smart Commute Pearson Airport Area.^[14] Transit passes are automatically paid by deductions on payrolls.

[edit] Fleet^[15]

Mississauga Transit has an active bus fleet of 443 units: 340 regular 40-foot buses, 67 60-foot articulated buses, and 36 32-foot minibuses. MT only carries fully wheelchair-accessible buses (); however, some routes are still not designated as accessible due to the lack of bus stop pads for safe loading and unloading of disabled passengers.

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  New Flyer Industries D40LF 0309, on 1E Dundas route.

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  1997 New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. All have been retired.

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  Orion V bus at Square One Shopping Centre, which was retired in 2006.

Mississauga Transit Enforcement Officers patrol in white Dodge Chargers a single black stripe and wording Transit Enforcement in black.

Staff [link]

Drivers at MT are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1572.^[16]

Mississauga Transit Enforcement officers are part of the City of Mississauga Corporate Security team and not Special Constables.

References [link]

• Mississauga - An Illustrated History, Roger E. Riendeau Windsor Publications Limited 1985.
• Mississauga Transit - 25 Years With You On Board 1974-1999, David Onodera, Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation 1999.

--contains roster of buses used to 1999.

• Aging bus fleet to be replaced, GTA: Mississauga, Toronto Star, August 24, 2006, R5

External links [link]

Media related to Mississauga Transit at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Peter McLaughlin's Mississauga Bus Drawings
• Drawings and photos of Mississauga Transit buses

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