Transportation in Markham, Ontario
The city of Markham in Ontario, Canada, offers a complex transportation infrastructure.
[3] As Pickering Airport remains unbuilt, tenants and users will need to find an alternate site.
It is operated privately by Markham Airport Incorporated and owned by the Thomson family.
This sign is located on busy road where it is narrow enough that motorists and cyclists have to share a lane.
The Markham Council proposed a final draft of the "Cycling Master Plan" in 2007.
In 2005, York Region Transit launched Viva, which operated in parts of Markham on Yonge Street and Highway 7.
The passenger is entitle for a free ride on the subway or RT or streetcars, or TTC bus routes operating within Toronto.
The new Cornell Terminal which will be located on Rose Way near Ninth Line and Highway 7 is approved and construction began by Summer 2018 and to be completed by late 2019 which will result in major restructuring routes in Markham.
[7] This new bus terminal will replace the transit hub along Church Street at Country Glen Road.
Most Vivastations are blue, but several stops have a bronze design referred to as "vivavintage" in order to better suit the historic areas, especially along Yonge Street in Thornhill.
Viva bus lines operate using a separate fleet of blue NovaBus and Van Hool buses.
Viva is also considering extending its route into the fast-growing community of Cornell in eastern Markham.
The para transit services offers transport in York Region and some trips within Toronto.
The line operates only at rush hour and uses tracks owned by Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency.
Milliken (Steeles Avenue & Kennedy Road) was located in Markham from 1982 to 2005, but it is now relocated beside Splendid China Tower in Toronto.
GO's Richmond Hill line cuts through Markham, but there are no stops located within the city.
CPR is mainly located in the southeastern end of the town with a single line (Havelock Subdivision).
In terms of road systems, Markham is strongly influenced by its southerly neighbour, Toronto.
Like Toronto, Markham inherits a grid-like road network, funded by three levels of government.
Highway 404 serves as a major expressway linking Markham, Newmarket, and Toronto downtown.
Prior to the 1998 massive downloading, the Ontario government also funded Highway 11 (now York Regional Road 1, locally known as Yonge Street).
Downloading the highways to the York Region government allow road conditions to be better, and thus more inviting to visitors.
Ever since the downloading, the York Regional government has not suggested a renaming of the road, therefore, it is still named as "Highway 7", although the road is more of an urban thoroughfare, with frequent traffic light stops, numerous bus routes, automobiles, and traffic congestions.
However, as any proposed name is expected to be applied along the entire road across the region, that designation would be problematic due to Highway 7 shifting southward to the west in Vaughan to follow the same baseline as 14th Avenue.
Majority of the main routes are urban "county" roads funded by York Region.
Major roads that are funded by Markham are favourited by motorists for travelling within the city.
In case of the customer has no transponder, the camera takes a photo of the vehicle's licence plate, and a video toll charge will apply.
Highway 407 primarily serves Markham from Yonge Street to York-Durham Line.
The entire length of Steeles Avenue (East) within Markham boundaries (Yonge Street to York-Durham Line) is under the jurisdiction of the City of Toronto government.
