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  1. Mark Walton
    I had that one on a trip today; seems I no longer have to land my card on it just-so.
  2. Mark Walton
    A variation on arbitration is "final offer selection": the arbitrator/board picks one final offer over the other, no cherry-picking between the two.
  3. Mark Walton
    And on both sides of those doors for artics and DDs.
  4. Mark Walton
    With 9001-9055, the 1990 D40s. They had only a single light positioned right over the then divider between the 2 doors. When either or both were open, the light was blocked! A good idea, but poorly carried out. The 1992 D40s, and everything later, had 2 lights, one centered over each door; that model was adopted for retrofits though not for 9001-9055.
  5. Mark Walton
    What is SLF?
  6. Mark Walton
    A somewhat emotional take on Westboro: Westboro bus shelters, scene of tragic 2019 bus crash, demolished | Ottawa Citizen
  7. Mark Walton
    Not that there isn't precedent for stations named for adjacent educational institutions. Ottawa has uOttawa and Carleton. Montreal has Berri-UQAM, Guy-Concordia, and Longueuil-Université de Sherbrooke. Calgary and Edmonton both have University stations; Calgary also has SAIT-AUA-Jubilee. KW's ION has U Waterloo and (Sir Wilfrid) Laurier-Waterloo Park.
  8. Mark Walton
    More precisely, it would have been one of 7501-7545. Those were a continuation of 7401-7460, with fairly wide windows in the back door. Starting with 7551-7570, which were a 20-bus addition to that order, GM went to narrower windows in the back door.
  9. Mark Walton
    Successor to CFMO in 1992; now BOB-FM.
  10. Mark Walton
    Whatever became of plans floated about 10 years or so ago to move the bus terminal to or near the VIA station?
  11. Mark Walton
    This seems to be VIA's track record in labor relations the last few rounds:
  12. Mark Walton
    I didn't notice the MTO sticker. The bus looked OK to me, maybe because it was a rebuild. It got me to Kitchener safely and on time, so I really can't complain.
  13. Mark Walton
    BSA position is now filled.
  14. Mark Walton
    Is that contraption a rail-grinding train?
  15. Mark Walton
    All but 2 MR-90 cars apparently destined for preservation will be scrapped: Les trains de l’ancienne ligne Deux-Montagnes seront mis à la ferraille | Radio-Canada.ca
  16. Mark Walton
    True, and Pontiac-built buses of that vintage originally had the GMC front nameplate. I guess 751's original one was lost and no others were available?
  17. Mark Walton
    What if anything does the R signify?
  18. Mark Walton
    The GM badge is early 80s vintage; the original was GMC.
  19. Mark Walton
    The other day I was on an Invero (didn't notice the #) with the new reader. I had to try it several times, and apparently land my card just-so, to get a green tap.
  20. Mark Walton
    Does TL have an app analogous to Calgary Transit's myFare, or plans to roll out such an app?
  21. Mark Walton
    Will they repeat that for Bluesfest, which starts July 7?
  22. Mark Walton
    Could be.
  23. Mark Walton
    I hope they put the new readers on both sides of the middle and rear doors of articulated and double-deck buses, to speed up tapping=on.
  24. Mark Walton
    "Sorry, this page isn't available. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. Go back to Instagram."
  25. Mark Walton
    GRT still hasn't replied; by now they probably won't.
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