| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | On 2 Oct 2016, 22:05, at 22:05, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: | >On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, William Park via talk wrote: | > | >> I'm thinking about taking public transit to FSOSS2016. I can get to | >> Go Union Station easy. From there, Trip planner says | >> - Union -> University Subway line -> Downsview -> York U | >> - Union -> Yonge Subway line -> Finch -> York U | >> | >> For those living (and taking TTC) in Toronto, which route is least | >> crowded during morning/afternoon rush hours? | > | >Take the University subway. The Finch bus is a long ride. | Not necessarily, especially if you're coming from the east end. There is | now the 199B Finch Rocket that goes express from Scarborough Centre, via | Finch Station, right into to York. West of Dufferin it uses reserved bus | lanes. 1. Evan is an expert since he has lived at York. Is it really faster from Finch than Downsview? 2. The question was about crowding, not speed. 3. I would recommend going through Downsview based on little information 4. There might be a difference between going to York and returning. The bus queues for the return trip have seemed horrible. There is apparently a trick: catch them inbound, a stop before everyone else. I haven't tried this 5. On Scott's advice, I've taken the rocket from the Sheppard station. Perhaps Finch would have been better, perhaps not. 6 This year my starting point is different (St. George station) so I'll probably go through Downsview