LRT

Jeff makes a good point though... It’s an experiment.. Even though there are incentives it still comes out of the taxpayer wallet. It is simply not financially viable.

The amount of changes that have happened with the current order, slashing the amount of buses originally sought after has been concerning and is a topic in the next municipal election. There’s a real possibility that a new municipal government might kibosh the whole electric bus idea and stick with CNG and or diesel.

If we get them…

Just spotted in Edmonton

Based upon the federal grant of $325m and the $165m grant through the zero emission transit fund of a grand total of $490 million dollars if I do my math correctly that works out to be almost $1.9m per bus if 259 buses were purchase (which also includes charging infrastructure) NOW the number of buses have dramatically dropped to 120 units with the same budget meaning that each bus will cost approximately cost $4 million each. This does not make financial sense considering that a natural gas unit costs approximately $400,000 - $500,000… there goes the cost efficiency.. this makes no sense whatsoever… Somebody is getting rich here and this should cause for great alarm.

So 259 buses down to 120 I’m sure these Novas will be amongst the favourite of the operators.

New arrival today

Well damn… I had no idea

Future Green line tunnel that’s already built? I noticed this tunnel a few years ago and always wondered if this was built for the green line? You can see it from my Highfeild Blvd

They tested double decker buses from Victoria in Calgary and articulated buses from Edmonton years back. They went with the articulated buses due to the low bridge heights. Sherwood Park uses double-decker buses between Sherwood Park and downtown Edmonton

I already beat you to it I spotted it on Monday in VP.

This is extremely off-topic, but I will post this here since we’re talking about it.

Looks like the page has been updated. Funding has been pulled. https://www.calgarytransit.com/plans---projects/electric-bus-pilot-project.html EDIT looks like I already posted this My memory!

Hard no on Phoenix

8078 a VP bus now?

I hate guessing, but this is purely an educated guess. Those buses are pretty much intact (interior and exteriors) from what I could see and would be a shame to see them go in that shape…

FYI… (not sure if this has been mentioned) I don’t think those buses stacked outside of Anderson are going for scrap. I’m pretty sure they are surplus and they’re going to be sold off. 7856 is done it’s pretty stripped down.. body panels cut up and looks like it was inspected for corrosion at the frame level. Driver’s area is pretty bare. The entire dash is gone windshield is missing and other windows removed.

I believe there is somewhere… it would be in the billions of dollars to construct an underground tunnel beneath 8th ave.. from what I remember, there are dozens of utilities and even basements that would be in the way. From what I understand, it’s a massive space.

Amazon Prime… ships tomorrow

We must be getting close to a few remaining Series 7 consists. Seen one series 7 3 car consist this week and judging by the fleet numbers, they were high numbered original series 7 cars. I’m guessing there might be 5 unrefurbished cars left.

Want to see bus shortages? Wait till the deep freeze sets in.. Coincidentally enough, when was the last refurb? Are they still refurbishing these things??

Oh, I understand now. Route 7 by chance?

Buses show up early all the time.. the problem is leaving early. Yes most of the time… also there could be schedule changes on a new sign up

One of Peter’s shots of 8004 when it was brand new on the 57