It later acquired routes formerly operated by others, such as; In the late 1990s, a growing number of Mississauga Transit buses using Burnhamthorpe Road in Toronto to reach Islington subway station were causing congestion while not serving local Toronto residents along the route.
[5] The reason for the company's new name is twofold: "Mi" could be interpreted as standing for Mississauga, and it is also a homophone for "My", suggesting possession.
[citation needed] A separate transit service for the disabled called Transhelp is operated by the Peel Regional Municipality.
Schedules and trip planning are available via Triplinx, a Metrolinx-provided tool for transit services in the GTHA.
[14] Since July 29, 2019, riders can also use their Presto cards to pay both their MiWay and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) fares on TTC-operated bus routes 52B and 52D.
Credit and debit cards including those loaded on mobile wallets are accepted on the Presto reader as of August 11, 2022.
[15] Children ages 0 to 12 can ride all MiWay bus routes fare-free by travelling with an accompanying fare-paying customer (as is with GO Transit and the TTC).
Children travelling alone, even though they can ride fare-free, must tap in with their "child" Presto card when boarding.
[6] MiWay offers two programs exclusively for Presto cardholders: MiWay also offers discounted adult transit passes to employees of the members of Smart Commute Mississauga[22] and Smart Commute Pearson Airport Area.
Their fleet consists of Ford Escape Hybrids with the MiWay corporate logo and "Transit Enforcement" written on all sides.
[27] On June 8, 2023, a MiWay bus was involved in an multi-vehicle collision that killed one person and injured 8 others.
Video evidence showed the bus running into a lane of cars waiting at a red light from behind.
Currently being repainted into MiLocal Livery MiLocal livery [citation needed] Miway has plans to introduce express service on Eglinton Avenue, and additional possible service on Mavis Road and McLaughlin Road, which are all facing sharp increases in ridership.
There are also plans to replace service on Churchill Meadows Boulevard and Lisgar Drive with a new route.
[35][36] Mississauga will be served by a 19 km light rail transit (LRT) route on Hurontario Street, running north from Port Credit GO Station and extending beyond the city limits into Brampton to terminate at Steeles Avenue.
[37] The line will link Port Credit, the City Centre, and the south end of Brampton in response to increasing congestion and anticipated high growth in the corridor.
The Dundas Street bus rapid transit line is an on-street route that is tentatively proposed to run along the Dundas Street corridor between Kipling Subway Station in Toronto and Ridgeway Drive in west Mississauga and continue west to Waterdown via Oakville and Burlington.