Building transit in Mississauga

There are many ways to travel in and through the City of Mississauga offered by various organizations. The City operates and maintains MiWay transit, city roads, sidewalks, cycling and pedestrian trails. Building a
transit-oriented City is a strategic priority for the City of Mississauga. Building regional connections to encourage transit use and offering active transportation options are important to the City’s future.

Local transit and cycling

MiWay 5 and Transit Improvements | @MiWayHelps
Since January 2016 MiWay has been rolling out service improvements as part of the MiWay Five Transit Service Plan that moves Mississauga’s transit system from a design that radiates from the city centre to a grid network that will allow for more frequent buses along main corridors. MiWay 5 is a five-year service plan (2016 – 2020) built with community feedback to set the stage for more transit expansion and a new light rail line along Hurontario Street.

Mississauga Transitway | @MiWayHelps
When fully complete in 2017, the 18 kilometre transitway will have 12 stations beginning at Winston Churchill Boulevard in the west and ending at Renforth Drive in the east. The Mississauga Transitway will make it faster and easier for commuters to travel to, from and through Mississauga and across the region.

Cycling Master Plan
The City of Mississauga has 400 kilometres of on-road bike lanes, boulevard multi-use trails, off-road trails as well as roadways that have posted bike route signs that are “bicycle friendly.” Through the Cycling Master Plan, the City plans to develop more than 900 kilometres of on and off-road cycling routes in the next 20 years.

Planning studies and Environmental Assessments (EA)

Credit River Active Transportation Bridges Class EA
The City of Mississauga, in partnership with the Region of Peel, will be undertaking a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study and a Detail Design assignment with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to identify the preferred locations for two active transportation crossings in the area of the Credit River and the QEW. This project would provide the City and the Region of Peel the opportunity to advance a key multi-modal initiative to deliver these critical links along the hydro corridor trail, which is ultimately envisioned to traverse the City of Mississauga from Halton Region to the City of Toronto.

Creditview Road EA (Bancroft to Old Creditview Road)
The City of Mississauga has recently completed a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study including preliminary design for the section of Creditview Road from Bancroft Drive to Old Creditview Road. The study was undertaken to investigate the need for additional north-south capacity and traffic management improvements.

Dundas Connects
The City of Mississauga is developing a long-term, future-oriented Master Plan for the Dundas Street Corridor. The plan will shape the future look and feel of Dundas, focusing on transit, land-use, and public space.

Lakeshore Connecting Communities
The study will build on recent planning studies to develop a design for the Lakeshore Road corridor from building face to building face that supports all modes of transportation, connects people to places, and moves goods to market. The study will also evaluate rapid transit alternatives east of Hurontario Street as well as extending rapid transit into the Port Credit area.

Mavis Road EA (Courtneypark Drive to north of Highway 407)
The City of Mississauga, in partnership with the Region of Peel, has begun a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study for Mavis Road from Courtneypark Drive West, in the City of Mississauga, to Ray Lawson Boulevard, in the City of Brampton, to address existing and future ‘multi-modal’ transportation conditions.

Mississauga Moves | Transportation Master Plan
In this time of rapid city building, technological innovation and cultural change, the Transportation Master Plan will serve as a policy framework and action plan. It will show what we know about how Mississauga moves and will lay out the City’s long range strategy for investment in and stewardship of transportation infrastructure and services.

Square One Drive Class EA (Confederation Parkway to Rathburn Road)
The City of Mississauga has started studying the extension of Square One Drive, from Rathburn Road West to Confederation Parkway, as part of a study called a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA).

Regional planning

Missing Link
The Ontario Provincial Government has announced a policy of providing two-way, all-day service on existing GO Transit rail lines. For the Milton and Kitchener lines, this is prevented by the presence of heavy freight rail traffic. The Missing Link is a package of rail improvements that would allow for substantially expanded two-way, all-day service on the Milton and Kitchener GO Transit lines by relocating heavy freight rail elsewhere.

Metrolinx and GO Transit