Passengers waiting to get on the Liberty Village Express bus on Oct. 6, 2014. 680NEWS\/Carl Hanstke <\/p>\n
The alternate transit option for people who live in Liberty Village has been cancelled. <\/p>\n
A bus, dubbed the Liberty Village Express, was supposed to run on Monday as an alternative to the chronically busy 504 King streetcar. <\/p>\n
The luxury coach, which went from Liberty Village to Union Station, did a trial run last fall, but the organizers told the CBC that after consulting with a lawyer, they decided not to do it again as it may violate city transit rules. <\/p>\n
The crowd-funded project was launched by Toronto start-up company Line Six. who felt residents in the area were being under-serviced by the TTC. <\/p>\n
Residents in Liberty Village have complained of overcrowded streetcars on King Street. The 504 King streetcar is the busiest of the TTCs surface routes and carries about 60,000 riders a day. <\/p>\n
Bus route of the Liberty Village Express. SOURCE: ridelinesix.com <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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