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York Region Transit Mobility Plus, or Mobility Plus, is a paratransit service operated by York Region Transit (YRT) in York Region, Ontario, Canada, for the disabled using specially equipped minibuses.
Mobility Plus was created in 2001 following the merger of the various transit agencies in York Region into YRT. Most of the mobility system was inherited from Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit (Mobility Bus and Taxi Scrip), who operated similar systems since the 1980s.
YRT Mobility Plus operates in a similar manner to the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Wheel-Trans service and makes connections to other operators in Greater Toronto such as the TTC, Brampton Transit, Miway (Mississauga), Durham Region Transit, and GO Transit.
Fixed routes are the Community Bus routes, a concept borrowed from the Toronto Transit Commission's Wheel-Trans community routes:
York Region Mobility Bus can operate service to and within Toronto bounded by Toronto-Mississauga boundary, Steeles Avenue West, Yonge Street and Highway 401. This is the case due to previous contract by Vaughan Transit. [1]
YRT Mobility Plus operates a mix of 60 different vehicles:
| Make/model | Description | Fleet size | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario Bus Industries Orion II  | Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | 6 | 1988, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2000 | 2003 | from Newmarket Transit, Vaughan Transit and Markham Transit |
| Overland Custom Coach Ford ELF (E450 Super Duty Chassis) | Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | 16 | 2003 | Active | Similar to vehicles used by the TTC |
| Ford E350 based buses | Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | ||||
| Chevrolet Venture vans | Custom built wheelchair accessible vehicle | Operated by contractors (Dignity Transportation Inc, Royal Taxi, Mobility Transportation Specialists Inc, Wheelchair Accessible Transit Inc and World In Motion Transportation Inc) on behalf of YRT | |||
| ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX | Low floor bus | 6 | 2005 | Active | Services Community Bus routes only |
| Vehicle Production Group MV-1 | Assessible low floor cab | 2 | 2015 | Active | Inspector vehicles and can be used to transfer Mobility patrons [3] |
Denotes wheelchair-accessible vehiclesYRT MP also contracts out services to taxi companies to operate car and minivan based services:
YRT MP also operates an unknown number of Toyota Camry or Chevrolet Impala in the fleet.
Together they provide 29 taxis and 19 minivans to the MP fleet. YRT leased 3 minivans to the contracts to complete the non-bus fleet.
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