York transit strike causes commuter pain
The mood at bus stations across York region was particularly dreary Monday morning as commuters found themselves caught in the crossfire of a transit strike.
With 85 bus routes affected by the labour dispute, many York Regional Transit and Viva transit riders were running behind the clock and forced to plan alternate routes to work and school.
Kinesiology student Shawn Burokhi had to hop in a cab early Monday morning to make it to his class at York University on time. His regular Viva bus route was disrupted by the labour dispute. “It’s frustrating,” he said. “It cost me $15 to get to school . . . I’ll probably have to take one home too.”
Like many others waiting at the York University bus loop Monday morning, Jillian Grenier was running late for work at highways 7 and 400. The Eglinton West resident,burberry outlet cheap who usually travels by bus to her job at a newspaper, said the strike tacked on extra time and effort to her morning commute.
Mina Rey had to plan an alternate route to work Monday morning after she discovered her bus was cancelled. A nurse at a York-area urgent care clinic, Rey said the strike meant she would be late. “I’m supposed to be at work,” she said, adding that her 20-minute commute was taking much longer.
Kaylee Park, a Ryerson University nutritional sciences student, had to hitch a ride with her mother to get to the Richmond Hill Centre early Monday afternoon. “It’s taking longer than I planned,” she said, adding that the strike would add an extra 30 minutes to her daily commute to downtown Toronto.
Abhi Bangalore arrived at the York University bus loop from Brampton Monday morning to find her connecting bus to work cancelled. “I guess I’ll have to get up earlier tomorrow . . . I hope it doesn’t last,” she said, adding that the transit strike meant extra time and bus transfers to get to her job.
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