23 Dawes

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 Hi friends! Today's route is the 23 Dawes, which operates with one branch:

  • 23 Dawes: Main Street Stn to St Clair
This route, despite its short length, is very busy.


The Route

Northbound buses depart Main Street Stn via Main and Danforth. Shortly after, the buses turn northeast onto Dawes. From this point until Goodwood Park is low-density, but the homes are quite close together. At Goodwood Park are the first set of apartments on the route. Both Crescent Town and Park Vista are home to other high-rises. The rest of Dawes has a mix of uses, with some of each low, medium and high density, as well as commercial uses. The apartment towers tend to get shorter the further north you travel. At the end of Dawes, the buses loop clockwise through low-density areas via Ferris, Rexleigh, St Clair and Victoria Park. Buses wait for their time in front of 195 Rexleigh, which is the only apartment tower in this section.

Sights to See
  • Dentonia Park
  • Taylor Creek Park
  • Taylor Creek Trail
Subway Connections
  • Main Street
Commuter Rail Connections
  • Danforth
Frequency and Ridership

The 23 Dawes operates frequently. On weekdays, service is every 10' at all times, besides the late evening, when it operates every 15'. Saturday service is every 10', besides early mornings (every 13'), and late evenings (every 15'). On Sundays, service is between every 10' and every 15' for the most part, but late evening service is every 30'.

On weekdays, the 23 carries 5,800 people. 3,800 people take the route on Saturdays, and 3,200 on Sundays.

Thoughts

This is one of the few routes that I don't have any serious changes for. While it would be nice if it went further north in order to make connections, like it did prior to 1968, the route connects to the 24 Victoria Park which is very frequent. This route takes a lot of the ridership on St Clair from the 70C O'Connor, so I'm curious if it would be worthwhile extending this route to Warden Stn, meaning that St Clair, Rexleigh and Ferris would have bidirectional service. This would also facilitate transfers to a number of routes, but I'm not convinced that this would be worth it.

My one complaint for the route is Sunday late evening service being every 30'. I think they should just add the second bus during this time, as it would mean the route operates every 15' or better at all times.

Future

This route will likely remain unchanged, like it has since 1972!

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