Day: March 11, 2026

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7 Bathurst Update: Data to February 2026

This article updates previous posts on service quality on the 7 Bathurst Bus with data added to February 2026.

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This route had small changes in transit priority in Fall 2025 with removal of parking on the south end of the route during selected periods, and removal of three stops both ways between St. Clair and Eglinton. Although TTC cites stop removal as a travel time saving, this depends on two factors: how often buses actually stop at them, and whether there is a traffic signal that can add to the delay of stopping and falling out of the general traffic flow. None of these stops had signals.

Meanwhile 7 Bathurst is also supposed to be part of the TTC’s pilot to reduce bunching and gapping. That project began in March 2025 on several routes, but was scaled back to peak periods in October.

The tracking data show little effect of the changes which were quite limited in scope. Headway reliability remains a major problem from both ends of the line, and even worse midway along the route. There is also a very large difference between off-peak and peak travel times affecting many parts of the route, not just the portion south of Eglinton.

Improvements are needed both to deal with peak period congestion delays, but also to improve the reliability of vehicle departures and spacing on an all-day basis. With the results to date, it is hard to believe that substantial new ridership will be attracted to the line especially with its chronic problem of irregular headways.

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