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Zortan

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  1. Tbh that's not a high price even at the upper end of that budget - they spend way more on roads, highways etc., which we really don't need to have expanded.
  2. Forgive my ignorance, but what happened to the bus and what did they do to revive it?
  3. I personally feel like it could be done pretty quickly - simply install chargers at major transit hubs - then the buses can either do a range of about 30 miles plus 5-6 minutes of charging during layovers (which may require slight schedule changes but nothing drastic) or they can do 140 miles plus 30 or so minutes (from what I've heard) of charging. This would require more frequent coach changes during routes, but I personally feel like it could viably happen. There are no routes in the Translink network close to 60 miles even (which is less than half of the range), so all routes can easily be operated roundtrip with current battery buses. This would make it pretty easy, and it would be even better when battery technology improves. Currently I don't believe Translink has plans on replacing the community shuttles, but there are definitely options to replace them with battery buses - including many with well over 120 miles of range.
  4. I know this is from a while ago but in response to the electric bus complaints: cities around the world have been using electric buses for years, in pretty widespread use. Heck, even King County Metro has had the Proterras for years, and appears pretty pleased. any issues with the new buses most likely are just due to the fact that they have batteries and motors instead of engines, which is quite a change for the crews operating and fixing them - it requires some learning but will eventually make them much more reliable than their fossil counterparts - fewer moving parts to break and no engine to wear out. And finally, in terms of emissions, Hybrids and CNG doesn’t really cut it. King County Metro has found that on average their hybrids get around 4 mpg, while diesels on average get 3.5. I can’t find a number on CNG at the moment but I believe it’s around 4 MPG as well diesel equivalent. Meanwhile, KCM’s Proterras are getting the diesel equivalent of 20 mpg - 5x better than the hybrids and none of that in GHG emissions. I imagine our XE40s and LFSes get a similar rating - that’s why they’re better for the environment by a long shot. Hybrids and CNG have always been a stopover while we waited for better batteries.
  5. It wasn't going quickly so not a dramatic turn but I still liked it personally. Here's R9686 turning at Bridgeport last Monday.
  6. Hi, I was wondering if there are any past transit maps / timetables, etc. available for the King County Metro system, and if so where I can find them. I'm interested in looking at the past of the Metro and how it has evolved to its current form.
  7. The majority of King County Metro routes, ie all those that are not Sound Transit contracted or RapidRide. Would it be possible to add the regular KC Metro routes into the Wiki? I'm sure this would be a lot of work, but would also provide useful information to all Seattle-area residents.
  8. I'd love to know this as well if anyone knows where to find such information.
  9. Community Transit’s 28107 on route 115 to McCollum Park - shot in Lynnwood, Washington.
  10. Personally, I'm sad to see this. Yes, Bombardier had issues, but that doesn't make them all that incompetent. A huge portion of trains in North American and even Worldwide are Bombardier products, including the good part of the Vancouver SkyTrain and parts of NYC's subway. This is just happening as the management at Bombardier tries to make a cash grab and get out of there - that's why we've seen all their commercial aircraft and now their trains get sold off. Really sad if you ask me.
  11. I mean I guess we will see the logos. Transat will likely have a partial membership to Star Alliance, so it would make sense for them to have the logo by the doors.
  12. I don't think the plan is for AC to kill the Transat name, but rather to keep it as it's generally a well-liked brand. So the A321s, 737s and A330s will likely stay with Transat, although there will likely be a lot of network re-shuffling to avoid rouge-transat competition (or who knows? Maybe rouge will merge into transat).
  13. Only the YUL-Europe routes would require the NMA and for the rest it would be just plain inefficient. There's no point in carriers hauling around a heavier, only slightly higher-capacity plane on short-haul or cross-country routes. The MAX and the A220 can fulfill that job perfectly fine imo. As for YUL-Europe - possibly, although the 787-8 and A330 could also fulfill many of those routes.
  14. I sort of doubt this to be honest. The A350 is smaller than the 777, which isn't even very old (by AC standards, anyway. Remember this is the airline with 30-year-old A320s). Same for the A330neo. They already have a large (and expanding) fleet of the A330ceo. And the likely replacement for those is the 787-8 and -9 in the interest of fleet commonality. In terms of the 777X, I think we could definitely see that as a replacement for the current 777 fleet. 748 and A380 are both very unlikely - just too big and inefficient. And there isn't too much space for the NMA in the current fleet / network.
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    Flair Air

    I would understand this. Swoop is some pretty intense competition, and most people don't want to have to go all the way to YXX from Vancouver to catch a flight so this should give Flair more of an advantage. Especially since Swoop isn't going to come to YVR as they don't want to compete with Westjet
  16. So I don't know everything there is to know about buses, especially non mainstream manufacturers such as those that make community shuttles and the like. However, I was wondering if there are any electric community shuttle - sized buses (so around 15-25 passengers seated, current or future) that people know of. With the recent push towards battery buses in fleets, I'm sort of curious why the community shuttles haven't followed suit.
  17. Zortan

    Flair Air

    Nice! Maybe we'll see a YOW-YVR which would be awesome
  18. Pretending to study for math and physics. Maybe I should start actually working.
  19. Yeah true. However, I imagine they'll continue the route and there's really nothing to replace the 747 with on a route of this length other than a 787. They could do an A330 with a fuel stop but that would defeat the point of operating the flight to begin with. And I doubt they'll cut the route with so little notice, as it's starting up again in June or July.
  20. This thread seems to have died so let's revive it lol. Qantas recently operated the last 747-400ER flight to YVR likely ever. The 744 is still scheduled for this summer, but will likely be switched to 787-9. Sad - end of an era. From what I've heard we've had QF 747s at YVR for decades, so it'll be sad to see it go, although I am looking forward to the 789. Also, Hong Kong Airlines is operating its last YVR flight tomorrow I believe. It was short-lived, that's for sure. My bets are on the airline going bankrupt within the near future. Sorry for the compression in the attached images - I know it's really bad.
  21. Air Canada (Including Express) A319 A320 A321 A330-300 787-8 787-9 777-200LR E190 Alaska (Including Horizon) Q400 737-800 737-900ER Delta (Including Connection) CRJ700 737-800 737-900ER 757-200 Northwest A320 747-200 British Airways A319 A320 767-300ER 747-400 - Will likely be adding A321 / A321neo to this list in March KLM A330-200 Air France 777-300ER Kenya Airways 787-8 Cathay Pacific 777-300ER Emirates 777-200LR 777-300ER A330-200 Air India A319 IndiGo A320 WestJet 737-800
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