Express691

On 9/30/2024 at 3:08 PM, KawarthaTransiteer said:

The search function on the wiki is very finicky now and requires you to type all of the capitals in a page title to see any pages after a space (eg: if you want to search up a Hamilton Street Railway page, you have to type 'Hamilton' instead of just 'hamilton' and such to see any pages).

This is also a problem on the visual editor. Linking certain pages has become quite cumbersome with the case sensitivity. In addition, when searching up key words instead of the first phrase in the title, hardly anything shows up. 

6 minutes ago, Jeffrey Ngai said:

Hello,

Please rename the following pages:

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Coast_Mountain_Bus_Company_Seabus to Coast Mountain Bus Company SeaBus (was renamed in the past, but the redirect seems to be broken now)

Mods: For this one, note the capitalization on SeaBus

Other than that, the other changes are pretty much in accordance with CMBC’s move to the stacked sign format for some routes.

4 hours ago, Gucci said:

They are city buses not surburban coaches

doesn’t really matter; they’re still enviro500s

https://www.translink.ca/news/2024/september/commercial broadway skytrain station escalator replacement

The main escalators from platforms 3-5 (Expo Line) are undergoing replacement as of 2 weeks ago.

However, this evening I saw that they had installed a red fence along the north half of the station between platforms 3 and 4. I have a hunch that this is to deter people from using inbound trains to walk between platforms 3 and 5.

I think a long-term solution is needed. What you do is close platform 3 entirely (inbound platforms on the original station) and have platform 4 overtake the entire station area. In fact this might be better than the current setup in place since 2019, an inverted side-platform at that. I also think the south side of platform 5 is underutilized.

To *NOT* cross post this sighting onto three possible threads, 23205 has seemingly logged into an R1 (but is still inside HTC)

19:33 it actually happened LMAO

23205 is the first BEB on a RapidBus route and the first to operate in Surrey

I feel like none of y’all know how to spot 40ft buses on RapidBus/99.

Trippers are never special, this is where people keep getting kicked out of the ballpark

all-day/weekend runs are ehhhh. There should be enough artics to run weekends (and by default, all-day runs) but hasn’t been the case recently.

18300/24100 are more rare on R1/R6 than 9400s.

R3 40ft buses are never special because the ridership never warrants it.

R2, LFR sightings have been happening less lately

For planned trolley-diesel substitution, post in the trolleys thread

For snow-related stuff, post in general sightings.

(sheesh this thing is at the bottom)

Due to a crane issue at VCC Clark station, Millennium Line is truncated at Broadway Stn. The 84 is also extended to Broadway Station.

1 hour ago, TransitCurling said:

Can someone enlighten me about why these units need to be replaced so quickly?

These are box truck chassis that are only really supposed to last 300k miles on the odometer. In other words, 5-7 years. At that point it’s more economically viable to replace the bus instead of sending it in for an engine overhaul. 

24518 starts in PCT

on that note it’ll be a bit worse this afternoon with up to 10 40ft units across all of R1/R4/R6

You can look it up, just dont post anywhere

2018s have also started to go; 18517/18 sitting inside VTC for decommissioning

these were test units for the Bowen island pilot

On 9/21/2024 at 12:21 AM, Express691 said:

Handydart: 

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 has made a tentative agreement with TransDev.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/handydart-workers-tentative-agreement-1.7330457

Ratification to follow in a few days

Deal has been ratified

Probably the only time ever we will see a diesel-artic on the 84.

Each day 8108 lives on, it’s on borrowed time

24 minutes ago, Busmanic92 said:

Why are we bringing up an old thread? We've got enough of those discussion threads this all could go into. 

Unlike you newbies talking about prefixes, D60LFs, and license plates, cross-region transit options is actually a discussion worth talking about.

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2024/09/shonta-campbell-art/ 

127-128 wrapped for Orange Shirt Day

On 12/1/2023 at 4:56 PM, Express691 said:

This is a COMBINED thread since there will only be 15 units that will ever be mentioned here.

Capital budget mentions 6 double deckers for 2025 to replace the nine 2008 Orion V units. I say 2026 only because of the rate at which new buses are coming in later than originally planned.

https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/about-translink/governance-and-board/board-of-directors/board-minutes-and-reports/2023/december/23-12-06-public-board-meeting.pdf

RFI is posted to the Ariba page: It lists the delivery of the last unit to take place no later than the end of Q4 2026

Eastside 10k has 4 and 7 diesel today.

This thread had been used for tracking trolley dieselization,  so

SeaBus operations went sideways this afternoon/evening. A loading dock issue at Waterfront resulted in a 2-3 sailing wait; this was compounded by Car Free Day near the shipyards area

Never got around to this BUT a post in the dedicated Solaris thread points to a (possible) procurement consortium made up of North American trolleybus operators partnering with Solaris.

As I comprehend this would/could be Dayton, SF, KCM, and TL.

Someone has to dig up that presentation by MUNI

Handydart: 

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 has made a tentative agreement with TransDev.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/handydart-workers-tentative-agreement-1.7330457

Ratification to follow in a few days

Would be funny if we just made the cptdb wiki a subscription service that cost $3.99 to use per year//something like airfleets.com or what have you

Id argue the appearance on the straight 99s are slightly less common than the 99s that come off R5/44 etc. Some of these 1-2 round trips from boundary get a hodgepodge of different units

6 hours ago, Gucci said:

So 8108 is going on the retirement line right?

Apparently not

We should be avoiding mechanical issues when considering what to post here, regardless of route/bus

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