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TTC 3161 on 85 Sheppard East

5025 is getting a resale this month. https://www.govdeals.com/asset/10/27162 Not sure if 5006, 5033, 5057 and 5119 will be resold.

Theres a picture circulating on instagram of eldorado 1588 with the logos and numbers spray painted over. I dont see any visible damage to the bus. Anyone know if this bus is retired? Seems like quite a new bus to be retired already. Did something happen to this bus that caused it to possibly get retired?

Talk about the 953 losing their artics recently...due to full time 939 and 903 articulation. I honestly feel the 53 Steeles would be a better utilization for McNicoll artics over the 953.

Mount Dennis had a bunch of XDE60 units delivered but no increase in artics assigned. It got to the point where a month ago the 41 Keele was regularly being assigned close to 100% artics (even though it's not scheduled to be an artic route atm) because they had nowhere else to put them. Meanwhile, the scheduled artic routes in the east end were regularly getting 40fts because there weren't enough artics. Moreso Malvern than McNicoll (which had not enough 40ft buses and excess artics, which led to them being burned on RAD buses, shuttles, and on any random route as changeoffs). Partially converting the 129 to artics will help the utilization of the artic fleet, but I'd really like to see the TTC come up with a proper strategy for artic assignments again. Years ago there was a "concept of a plan" for the artic fleet once the XDE60 buses arrived, but it seems that planning has gone by the wayside. Since the increased fleet arrived, some routes not on the original plan mysteriously got assigned artics without much explanation (129, 902), while a number of routes listed to get artics still haven’t (927, 935) and other routes originally using artics had them removed (41, 953). Just seems very haphazard at this point, and some real planning, logic, and explanation would be very welcome here. (Yes, I know we're talking about the TTC here, and no I shouldn't need to lower my expectations any further beyond "basic").

That is pretty cool! One thing I miss about the old site is that you could view a list of all the route numbers and names in one big list. It probably wasn't as useful for the average person but when you're a transit nerd trying to learn and memorize every route in the city, it was pretty awesome. The modern site requires you to know what you're searching for and for you to select a date in which that route is actually running to be able to get to its map and schedule. Lucky for us, we do have the luxury of the transit55 live map nowadays which definitely helps with visualizing all the buses that are running throughout the city at any given time.

Without any routes being converted in the west end, MtD has excess artics. It dues seem like the board has favouritism towards the east end right now with the loss of the SRT. However, I really don’t want routes like the 129B branch going from 15-16min to 28-30min in peak periods after the conversion. I don’t think it’ll last like the 905A didn’t.

I ended up going to the Sitemap page there, and they've done it like a map of the C-train system map, but also in a way that shows different pages within the same categories as branch lines. That's some of the most impressive and cool graphic design I've ever seen anywhere, on a site from 1998.

918 entered service on October 4 on run 47-26. I rode the bus for it's first 47 trip, it's a nice smooth bus, it's even got that new bus smell. I stepped on and all I could smell was factory . (This is also my first forum post/reply I think, hello all)

It looks like Mount Dennis is losing a lot of nova artics. is there a reason?

nice pictures! I assume they are using 1157 as a parts source am I right? Also, 1097 lost its wheel Thursday on the 123. It'll probably get repaired and MVI'd.

Since I did my Safeway run earlier in the week, I decided to go across from the coffee shop to The Butchery for lunch today. Saturdays are when they feature their Award Winning Roast Beef & Cheddar hot sandwich. (I usually miss out on this because I normally go to Safeway on Saturdays). Even treated myself to a Dine In experience, so that the sandwich would be photogenic and not look like a dog-pile after riding home in my back pack. LOL. Butchers Cut Roast Beef, White Cheddar, Red Wine Au Jus, crispy onion topping.

Leases aren’t entirely unheard of.

thank you man, like bro exactly I was posting it quickly so I didn't see the post above mine.

8840 8841 have moved to Arrow 9028 9148 have moved to McNicoll

3259 is at Queensway

9085 9086 have moved to Malvern

8842 8843 8844 8848 8852 8853 have moved to Arrow. Some of these buses are enroute , and some are already at the division.

23206 plate WH 4837

23206 in service

I know Onexbus has been using Tata Consultancy Services for their website but I am not sure if Tata did their bus stops on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RZmH4PoGxCHkWWeb8 Ourbus will want a 10% cut for every fare sold and that will drive you to the dog house. All I know you will need to ask a IT company that does that as most transit agencies, Ourbus and Flixbus have a in-house IT professional. My concern with the fares being charged vs. the population is not enough to sustain your operation. I would say ask the municipality for assisted funding but that would require a tender to be posted which would result in companies like TOK, Transdev, Miller, Coach Canada, PW, Keolis or First ( I may have missed some more) to win because of experience and those companies being self insured. I also hope you have a valid CVOR if that Transit seats 10 or more people, you do not want to end up like Book-A-Ride in addition to not affording insurance. Good Luck, you're gonna need it!

Thanks to politics...

Banned for hypocrisy.

Really? Who in Canada would lease a brand new Motorcoach?

Goodbye NG HEV LFLRV Livery Prototype.