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Ya me too, maybe 8-12 more would be good. 701 and 702 are way over-used on the tunnel. They should have never started using them on that route and kept it 40ft 24/7. Almost all of the runs are crush-loads and the buses(30ft) aren't designed to take the kind of punishment they're going through. If you listen to the engine it's REALLY working hard, more than it should. Feeder routes like the 5, 3 West, 3, and maybe some other routes at certain times of the day are perfect for them. The tunnel route is a high volume route that should be strictly 40ft. It's only gonna have more people taking it with they new International Transfer with DDOT and SMART. Even they use 40ft downtown.

BTW how's the movie coming along?

Sweet, that's what I need to do. My camera only has like 10-20 seconds because I have it on the highest quality, and my moms has like 3 minutes. That's the camera that I used for the Lauzon Pkwy TRAFFIC video. I was thinking of doing one going down Dougall/Ouellette on the 1C Express.

Oh ya, I rode 412 and 499 today, and they definitely don't have any kind of lifts for wheelchairs, or any spots on the buses for any. One day I'll bring a camera on and take a video, maybe when it goes on EC Row too. There's hardly anything on Transit Windsor on youtube, if we all(CPTDB members from Windsor) make some videos for them there will be tons.

If anyone wants good tasting fast-food, come down to Windsor. Every place is good(tasting that is), and they're EVERYWHERE. Honestly I think Windsor has the record in Canada for having the most restaurants(and maybe gas stations) per capita. For great restaurants, go to Erie street and pick any one, they're all like....6 star :angry: In fact, all of our restaurants are really good, and it's not hard to find one. You can't drive a couple blocks without hitting one.(on another note) My caf food is sooooo bad. They deep fry everything, even the chicken in the CHICKEN WRAPS! I'd say that 80% of all the stuff in my caf is deep fried, but it all tastes good. Makes me wonder why A LOT of students in my school are obese, or even in Windsor.

Just curious Ashton, when and where did you take that picture of the Orion 7NG(new generation)? Also do you have any more pictures of it? Would you be able to email it(and/or them) to me?

I went to where they are building the downtown bus terminal today, and they are definitely building it, as the WHOLE area is all dirt now with excavators and stuff everywhere. It's the grassy area(or was grassy) next to the parking garage for Hilton(I think) between Chatham st. and Pitt st.

Funny how Windsor's Huron Church is on the list at #17 when the road itself is actually pretty good. It's all those damn trucks heading up to the bridge that put it on the list. 10-12 block traffic jams are a daily average, I KID YOU NOT.

I just uploaded a video on Youtube that I took today of Lauzon Parkway from my window. It's just traffic going by between Tecumseh Road and EC ROW Expressway. I used Windows MovieMaker to have a song playing in the background(a REALLY good one I might add). So sit back, watch the traffic(3 buses there too), listen to the music and relax.

That's what I'm thinking too. I'm sure they can use 2-3 more routes(3-4 routes total) in Lasalle and maybe 1 express route down Huron Church or something. I can list a lot of routes/expresses/school extras that we should have..lol. My school for the 3 has to wait 25 minutes for each bus going in each direction. They used to have extras for our school but I don't know what happened. Same goes with St.Clair and the U, they should each have a lot of buses there as extras and express/charters.

That's the closest one IMO.

No, those should be NABIs iirc, I dont think anyone has any D60LFRs yet. The closest would be LAC MTA with the New Flyer D60LF BRT.

I just found a page on the net that said the tunnel route projected ridership for 2005 was 210,000, and 220,000 for 2006(budgeted). And overall ridership for 2005 was 5,950,000(projected) and 6,500,000 for 2006(budgeted). I also read some where that TWs daily ridership was around 12, 000, but I can't see that, I think it would be way more than that. And one of my drivers said that TW was supposed to have 2 routes in Lasalle ready to start this past september and it still never happened. I dont know what council's and the board's problem is, honestly, its rediculous.

The creepy part is that on my website I've had a page called My Projects for the longerst time, and 2 things that I put on there are 2 things that the city wants to do/is doing. Those being making an expressway/tunnel directly from the 401 right across the border to Detroit, somehow linking directly to the highway network, and the transfer exchanges between the 3 biggest transit systems in the area(TW, DDOT, SMART). Check my site for the other stuff I put, and let's see if they come true. I think someone is using my site for reference, hehehe.

Ya that is what I meant lol..thanks. So it's for 14 eh? The driver I know said he already has pictures or drawings of what they're supposed to look like.

Ya that's what I was thinking. I still didn't get an email yet. I guess when VIVA was testing their van hools in york when they first got them, this driver was there driving them around!

What's this about Go buying 15 double deckers? One of my drivers(one that is also a driver for various buses that get tested throughout all of Canada as a side job) was telling me that GO ordered 15 double deckers(dont know from which company) and that it was supposed to go through on last Friday(the one just before the friday that just passed). I already emailed the driver but I got no response yet. He said he was gonna call the company to see if the buses got the go ahead from GO or something, to see if it's official.

I see the new Greyhounds every day in the morning in my way to school, Mostly Canadian but my 1st American today. They all have the new silver dog livery on the sides, and most of them have the red/blue stripes on the top along the length of the buses. I can start taking down fleet numbers starting tomorrow, as I also see a lot of older buses too. I usually see a new bus(2006) and an old one(70s-80s) every morning.

I remember the last time I was in London there was a lot of buses use by them, mostly orion 1s and classics that I remember. I was wondering what other buses they use and how many. I've been to their site and it doesn't help because that part isn't on yet. Also is it(the bus part of aboutown) considered a 'transit' system like the LTC(same function)? I never heard of them till a few years ago i my last visit and I wanna know what they use, how many, and what routes they have. Thanks in advanced.

Just added 9 photos to the site, mostly interior shots of 702(ez rider). In a couple seconds im gonna upload the rest of the videos.

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Ok, I just uploaded 8 more videos to youtube. I'll do the rest tomorrow, there will be 7 tomorrow. I will have around 30 videos all together on youtube.

NYC MTA borrowed an AG300 from AC Transit in 2003. Unless this is different and they did order some, but I doubt it. Look at the number...2106. If this were new it would more than likely be 2101. If they ever did order van hools, someone on here would have posted it a while ago.

Just added 61 pictures to windsorpoliceandtransit that I took today. Check it out...some of the pictures are of 701 and 702 together at the Downtown bus terminal. More updates to come tomorrow on the site and also 18 videos, many of them Transit Windsor buses.

Ok, I'm going downtown in maybe 30mins to an hour to take pictures of the buses and crowds for the World Series Game (Tigers vs. Cardinals). If anyone else is going post on here and maybe we can meet up. I made this decision at the last minute so sorry if It's a little late for anyone. If you post here and I'm already gone(and you still want to meet up), my pics are on my website(windsorpoliceandtransit) and I'll be wearing blue3 jeans and a leather jacket. I'll talk to you guys later and I'll post pics later as well.

Ok I added a bunch of links on my site today and there's still a whole bunch more that I want to add. I should have pictures tonight as I'm going out tonight.

That's what I'm gonna be working on today. I'm gonna be adding a whole bunch of links to my site.

Hey can you add a link of my site onto your site? thanks. http://www.windsorpoliceandtransit.piczo.com

Hey great work so far. Can you add a link to my site on yours? http://www.windsorpoliceandtransit.piczo.com thanks. Love the 2nd pic on the front page BTW.