Founded 1975 Website TTC — Wheel-Trans | Headquarters Lakeshore Bus Garage | |
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Parent Toronto Transit Commission Service area Toronto (city proper), Toronto Pearson International Airport Service type Door-to-door Paratransit | ||
Wheel-Trans is a specialized accessible transit service in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, provided by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It involves door-to-door accessible transit service for persons with physical disabilities using its fleet of accessible minibuses or contracted accessible taxis. Users must register with the TTC who will typically grant access to those with permanent disabilities or show difficulty in traveling short distances. Wheel-Trans only provides service within the City of Toronto and accepts regular TTC fare.
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History
The para-transit system was created in 1975 as a two-year pilot project contracted to Wheelchair Mobile and operated on behalf of Metropolitan Toronto and the province of Ontario until 1976. Only individuals using wheelchairs were accepted as the original 46 users of the pilot project, and rode at no cost. In 1977 the service was contracted to All-Way Transportation Corporation of Toronto before being taken over by the TTC in 1985.
Service provision
Service is provided by accessible buses and contracted accessible taxi mini-vans. Wheel-Trans is a door-to-door service. Rides can be reserved up to one week in advance by calling the reservation line, by using the automated Ride-Line touch-tone phone service or by using the recently launched Wheel-Trans Online Trip Booking website.
Fleet
Wheel-Trans buses operates as part of the main TTC fleet but do not include wheelchair assessable buses from the regular fleet.
Contracts
Most of Wheel-Trans operations are provided by the TTC, but some of the services are contracted out to private operators.
Assessibility outside of Wheel-Trans
As for 2017, all 1,869 buses are low floor to allow for easy accessible by mobility devices. While all subway trains are accessible, only 35 of the 69 stations have elevators. The SRT cars are not accessible and only 30 streetcars (Flexity Outlook (Toronto streetcar)) are fully accessible and restricted to 3 routes.