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===Buses===
{{Main|Toronto Transit Commission bus system|List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes}}
[[File:Ttc-300B-pearson.jpg|left|thumb|A passenger boards an [[Orion VII]] [[Toronto Transit Commission bus system|bus owned and operated by the TTC]] in Toronto Pearson International Airport. The TTC operates the third-largest fleet of buses in North America.]]
Buses are a large part of TTC operations today. However, before about 1960, they played a minor role compared to streetcars. Buses began to operate in the city in 1921, and became necessary for areas without streetcar service. After an earlier experiment in the 1920s, [[Trolleybus|trolley buses]] were used on a number of routes starting in 1947, but all trolley bus routes were converted to bus operation between 1991 and 1993. The TTC always used the term "trolley coach" to refer to its trackless electric vehicles. Hundreds of old buses have been replaced with the low-floor Orion VII, and the TTC has acquired many [[hybrid electric bus]]es. The TTC's hybrid buses were first put on the road in 2006;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/documents/minute/f213/1896M-April_23-08.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807055728/http://www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/documents/minute/f213/1896M-April_23-08.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |title=TTC Commission Meetings |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> these were followed by the newer 500 [[Orion Bus Industries|Orion]] VII Next Generation Hybrids in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/10/18/ttc_going_diesel_again_after_hybrid_bus_glitch.html |work=Toronto Star |first=Tess |last=Kalinowski |title=TTC going diesel again after hybrid bus glitch |date=October 18, 2008 |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TTC Funding agreement arrives by Malvern bus |url=http://www3.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Coupler/2008/Coupler_April_2008/Funding_agreement_arrives_by_Malvern_bus.jsp |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=April 2008 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608161820/http://ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Coupler/2008/Coupler_April_2008/Funding_agreement_arrives_by_Malvern_bus.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new order brought the total number of hybrids to over 500, second only to [[New York City]]. Older TTC Orion VIIs from 2001 to 2006 feature the standard "breadbox" style, whereas newer buses, from 2007 onwards, feature Orion's new, more stylish body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orionbus.com/orion/0-867-1232394-1-1234917-1-0-0-0-0-1-10595-584008-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710094044/http://www.orionbus.com/orion/0-867-1232394-1-1234917-1-0-0-0-0-1-10595-584008-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |title=Orion International – ProductsOrion VII |publisher=Orion International |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> With a total of 2,031 buses, the TTC is the third-largest transit bus operator in North America, behind the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] in New York City (more than 5,600) and the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (2,911).

The TTC also runs [[Wheel-Trans]], a [[paratransit]] service for the physically disabled with special low-floor buses designed to accommodate wheelchairs and to make boarding easier for ambulatory customers with limited mobility.

The TTC ordered 153 Nova LFS Artic articulated buses with all newly ordered buses in service by January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kitching |first1=Chris |title=TTC rolls out articulated buses on 7 Bathurst route |url=http://www.cp24.com/news/ttc-rolls-out-articulated-buses-on-7-bathurst-route-1.1601984 |work=[[CP24]] |access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Diana |title=Five things to know about the TTC's new 'bendy' buses hitting the road this winter |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/03/five-things-to-know-about-the-ttcs-new-bendy-buses-hitting-the-road-this-winter/ |work=[[National Post]] |access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> At {{convert|60|ft|m|order=flip}} long, the Nova LFS Artics hold about 112 passengers, compared with 65 on a standard {{convert|40|ft|m|order=flip|adj=on}} bus.<ref name="New TTC Buses 02 January 2013">{{cite web |last=Kalinowski |first=Tess |title=No new lines, but some GTA transit improvements on track this year |date=January 2, 2013 |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/01/02/no_new_lines_but_some_gta_transit_improvements_on_track_this_year.html |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref>

Newer TTC buses have [[USB-A]] ports for passengers to charge their mobile devices.<ref>https://www.blogto.com/tech/2018/07/ttc-new-bus-usb-toronto/</ref>