General BC Transit Discussion

[Busmanic92]

https://biv.com/article/2023/06/bc-government-taps-veteran-mediator-resolve-fraser-valley-bus-strike?amp

 

Bains says Ready will have up to 10 days to bring the sides together and come to terms of an agreement, but if one can't be reached in that time, Ready can issue recommendations on how to end the strike. 

[madog222]

115 battery electric buses to be purchased.

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B.C. Transit says it will purchase up to 115 battery-electric buses and install 134 charging points around the province, thanks to an almost $400-million joint investment by the provincial and federal governments.

 https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/bc-transit-lands-funding-for-115-battery-electric-buses-7330500

[2102]

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/looking-for-a-used-double-decker-bus-old-oc-transpo-buses-up-for-auction-1.6608957

At this rate, BCT may wanna look at buying these

[SidneyTransitfan]

On 10/19/2023 at 4:54 PM, 2102 said:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/looking-for-a-used-double-decker-bus-old-oc-transpo-buses-up-for-auction-1.6608957

At this rate, BCT may wanna look at buying these

Somehow I doubt BC Transit will express any interest in these. The only reason 1201-1203 ended up as 9529-9531 was because they were virtually identical to the existing fleet while only being five years old. These are double that age and would require different body parts to both existing fleets (2000s and 2020s), particularly on the front end.

Even then, it took nine months for all three of those buses to be repainted and entered into service after their arrival in September of 2012, and they didn't even change the interior layout to match the existing fleet, which is what most of us assumed why it was taking so long. It'd be better in the long run for BCT just to buy another fleet of newbuilds.