{"id":4171,"date":"2015-06-17T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T20:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2015-06-17T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T20:10:16","slug":"working-hand-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/06\/17\/working-hand-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"working hand-in-hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes the best way to get through big, complex tasks is to split the workload \u2013 divide and conquer. This is especially true with York Region\u2019s transit network, so we work alongside the Transportation Services Department.<\/p>\n

With strategic plans<\/a> in place, the Transportation Services Department plans the overall transportation network, including roads, transit and cycling. They create a Transportation Master Plan<\/a>, which takes into account many factors, including ideas from residents<\/a>, population growth and other statistics, provincial mandates like Places to Grow<\/a>, and environmental protection measures like the Greenbelt<\/a> and Oak Ridges Moraine<\/a>. They also build and maintain roads, and through YRT\/Viva<\/a>, operate conventional YRT transit, Mobility Plus and Viva rapid transit.<\/p>\n

At vivaNext [York Region Rapid Transit Corporation], we put the rapid transit part of the Transportation Master Plan in place. We work with all levels of government to acquire funding for each new project, whether it\u2019s Bus Rapid Transit rapidways, subways, or transit facilities. We design and build these projects \u2013 including details like station locations and designs, sidewalks and lighting.<\/p>\n

As the project manager, we set timelines and manage construction contracts. The rapidways are major infrastructure projects requiring careful scheduling and seamless handovers when each project goes into service. At this end point, the operations are handed over to YRT\/Viva, and the maintenance is done by either York Region or the local municipality, depending on who owns the road.<\/p>\n

At vivaNext we have some projects in place already, more scheduled for the next four years, and a few projects yet to be funded. Along with York Region\u2019s growing population, there\u2019s a growing need for transit. So there\u2019s a lot to do, and we\u2019re working hand-in-hand to get everything done.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a few videos, you can get a glimpse of the transformation of York Region<\/a>, see what York Region\u2019s Transportation Services does<\/a>, or just catch a little excitement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes the best way to get through big, complex tasks is to split the workload \u2013 divide and conquer. This is especially true with York Region\u2019s transit network, so we work alongside the Transportation Services Department. With strategic plans in place, the Transportation Services Department plans the overall transportation network, including roads, transit and cycling. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[943,525,6,7,9,253],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-construction","tag-hand","tag-viva","tag-vivanext","tag-york-region","tag-yrt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}