York Region Transit Mobility Plus
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[edit] YRT Mobility Plus
YRT offers transit services, known as Mobility Plus, to the disabled using specially equipped buses. Mobility Plus is York Region's equivalent of the Toronto Transit Commission's Wheel-Trans service.
[edit] History
YRT Mobility Plus was created in 2001 following the merger of the various transit agencies in York Region. Most of the mobility system was inherited from Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit.
[edit] Services
YRT MP operates similarly to Wheel-Trans and makes connections to other operators in Toronto, GO Transit, Mississauga Transit, Brampton Transit and Durham Region Transit.
Fixed routes are the Community Bus routes:
- 520/521 Newmarket Community Bus
- 522 Markham Community Bus
- 89 Richmond Hill Community Bus
[edit] Fleet
YRT Mobility Plus operates a mix of 60 different vehicles:
| Make/Model | Description | Fleet size | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
Ontario Bus Industries Orion II  |
custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | from Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit | |||
| Overland-Ford Ford ELF (E450 Super Duty Chassis) |
custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | ||||
| Ford E350 based buses |
custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | ||||
| Chervolet Venture vans |
custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | operated by contractors (Dignity Transportation Inc, Royal Taxi, Mobility Transportation Specialists Inc, Wheelchair Accessible Transit Inc and World In Motion Transportation Inc) on behalf of YRT |
Denotes wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
