Editing Line 1 Yonge–University (section)

===Busway===
{{Main|Yonge Street Rapidway}}
Given the wait for the Richmond Hill extension, there were plans to construct [[Viva Rapid Transit|Viva Bus Rapid Transit]] bus lanes along Yonge Street from Finch Avenue to Highway 7.<ref name="Metrolinx-2014-04-23">{{cite web |title=York Region vivaNext Rapidways |url=http://www.bigmove.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TBM_ProjectsInProgress-York-Region-vivaNext-Rapidways.pdf |work=[[Metrolinx]] |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424044035/http://www.bigmove.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TBM_ProjectsInProgress-York-Region-vivaNext-Rapidways.pdf |archive-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> However, by April 2014, the plan was scrapped in favour of only constructing the busway north of Highway 7.{{cn|date=July 2023|reason=Source needed for date}} A group in York Region had lobbied for the plan's cancellation due to concerns about a loss of treed boulevards and private property when widening Yonge Street for bus lanes through [[Thornhill, Ontario|Thornhill]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/1422958-don-t-count-on-yonge-subway-just-yet/ |title=Editorials – Don't count on Yonge subway just yet |via=Yorkregion.com |newspaper=[[The Newmarket Era]] |date=August 15, 2007 |access-date=June 6, 2016 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140251/https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/1422958-don-t-count-on-yonge-subway-just-yet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The revised busway opened in December 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=YRTViva |number=1339635960749977601 |title=As of this Sunday, Dec. 20, Viva blue 🐳 riders can travel along the new corridor on Yonge.}}</ref>