When: Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 9 p.m. to end of Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The route may resume regular routing before August 19, pending weather conditions and event teardown activities.

Viva purple A will not operate on Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16. Customers can travel on Viva purple along Highway 7 or Route 8 - Kennedy along Birchmount Road.

Where: 

  • Kennedy Road, from Highway 407 to Castan Avenue
  • Enterprise Boulevard, from Main Street Unionville to Andre De Grasse Street
  • University Boulevard and YMCA Boulevard

Why: Honda Indy

Routes affected: Viva purple A

Detour:

Eastbound buses will service temporary stops on the rapidway west of Birchmount Road and detour north on Birchmount Road, right on eastbound Highway 7 and back to regular routing on Highway 7 east of Kennedy Road.

Eastbound stops Andre De Grasse (9864) and University (9745) will be missed.

Westbound buses will follow the reverse routing.

Westbound stops Kennedy (9748), University (9744) and Andre De Grasse (9863) will be missed.

Alternative stops:

Eastbound

  • Temporary stop on the Enterprise Boulevard rapidway west of Birchmount Road
  • Stop 9884 on Highway 7 at Main Street Unionville

Westbound

  • Stop 9862 on Highway 7 at Kennedy Road
  • Temporary stop on the Enterprise Boulevard rapidway west of Birchmount Road

Detour Map:

Viva purple A detour map Honda Indy

Please plan ahead and allow yourself extra travel time. For trip planning assistance, contact us at 1-866-668-3978.