captaintrolley Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 24 % spare IS ridiculous. You'd think they had unreliable trolleys in their fleet or something, rather than those 'oh so reliable' diesels. And it's about time there were a law for yielding to buses entering traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus wiz Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I was wondering if the 200's are out just for the rush hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 They are supposed to be booked out for peak hours only, but every once in a while one sneaks out for a full shift. Especially if a lot of 4000's are in the shop (and / or on charters) and they need to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus wiz Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 When is the next bus order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 27, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/news/2012/ets-uses-smoke-to-test-lrt-tunnel.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 3, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Does it REALLY make sense to tweet this? CityofEdmonton 2012 senior annual passes will be on sale starting Mon. March 5 at ETS Customer Service Centre in Churchill LRT station #yegtransit 2012-03-02 3:15 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 3, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Also, there are some posters up now at the University of Alberta for spring/summer U-Pass featuring a Glaval on route 313. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Does it REALLY make sense to tweet this? CityofEdmonton 2012 senior annual passes will be on sale starting Mon. March 5 at ETS Customer Service Centre in Churchill LRT station #yegtransit It's part of the 'It's All About Me' attitude. The City tooting its own horn because seriously, no one is going to toot it for them. I doubt if any Seniors are on Twitter - and those that are, are probably on top of everything anyway. Then again- the twittering children and grandchildren reading this may offer a timely reminder to their grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 5, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/02/29/new-board-created-to-fast-track-lrt-decisions?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_facebook&utm_campaign=New+board+created+to+fast-track+LRT+decisions+%7C+Edmonton+%7C+News+%7C+Edmonton+Sun#.T1J7z0Id60I.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 10, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 6001 was on the 33 this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Does it REALLY make sense to tweet this? CityofEdmonton 2012 senior annual passes will be on sale starting Mon. March 5 at ETS Customer Service Centre in Churchill LRT station #yegtransit 2012-03-02 3:15 PM It's part of the 'It's All About Me' attitude. The City tooting its own horn because seriously, no one is going to toot it for them. I doubt if any Seniors are on Twitter - and those that are, are probably on top of everything anyway. Then again- the twittering children and grandchildren reading this may offer a timely reminder to their grandparents. Wait you are unhappy that ETS used Twitter to reach seniors? And you really believe that seniors aren't on Twitter? Or is that a joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 21, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Appeal+court+decision+allows+Shuttle+keep+operating/6332823/story.html?cid=dlvr.it-twitter-edmontonjournal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I thought the Sky Shuttle always picked up in the city. They had changed it recently from fixed routing to apponted pick ups to make it more efficient. Wait you are unhappy that ETS used Twitter to reach seniors? And you really believe that seniors aren't on Twitter? Or is that a joke? I ddn't mean to give the impression of unhappiness. Having spent 4 years selling annual passes to seniors, I can say for a fact that a very small percentage of the seniors that purchase annual ETS passes are tech-saavy. There may be a few seniors on Twitter, and kudos to them. However, most (at the moment) are not. However, in the not too distant future, there will be more seniors on Twitter, as we all get older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 23, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Forgot to mention in the March 19 Metro newspaper they mentioned the NB bus lane on 97 Street is going to be extended to Northgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Since there is not much postings in edmonton, ill post here. I noticed today at Central that they have extended the loading area of the one side platform farther back past the one wall. exit only spot and very tight as well as a 5 car markers have gone up. ETS is preparing to setup for 5 car trains it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Since there is not much postings in edmonton, ill post here. I noticed today at Central that they have extended the loading area of the one side platform farther back past the one wall. exit only spot and very tight as well as a 5 car markers have gone up. ETS is preparing to setup for 5 car trains it looks like. Jeeze, 5?! Haha thats insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 After the five car train finally gets past two or three broken down trains, the capacity is needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 27, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/1135084--ets-bus-route-to-edmonton-airport-takes-off-april-29 Route 747... witty. (Replacing C-Line, route 590) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.metronews...es-off-april-29 Route 747... witty. (Replacing C-Line, route 590) Wait... replacing?! Unless they're making 590 Leduc/Nisku only, to improve travel times. Anywho, good news to get me from the hotel and WEM, to EIA without sprinting to Century Park from halfway across Edmonton! My question is: would ETS run an hourly community shuttlebus service in Leduc to possibly feed 747 or 590? Is it possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 28, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Actually, they updated the article, and it seems to indicate they will be running simultaneously so not replacing (yet). C-Line will probably take a hit though, as they are contracting a 40' bus from ETS to make the trips into Nisku and Leduc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Actually, they updated the article, and it seems to indicate they will be running simultaneously so not replacing (yet). C-Line will probably take a hit though, as they are contracting a 40' bus from ETS to make the trips into Nisku and Leduc... In Winnipeg, routes 67 and 79 cover the same area. During rush hour, 67 runs from Downtown Winnipeg to Charleswood via Polo Park. Mid-day, evenings and weekends, the 79 runs from Polo Park to Charleswood. Maybe they could run 747 from roughly... 9-3pm and 7pm-12:30am, but run the 590 during peak period only. The fares would be the same, so trasferability wouldn't be an issue! Not only that, the 590 would maintain the same passenger count, and multiple buse's will not be needed, especially since the only way the 590 heads out of EIA, is back north to Century Park LRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Since there is not much postings in edmonton, ill post here. I noticed today at Central that they have extended the loading area of the one side platform farther back past the one wall. exit only spot and very tight as well as a 5 car markers have gone up. ETS is preparing to setup for 5 car trains it looks like. Yes, once the NAIT line is running there will be 5-car consists on the main line. In the near term, however, I think this is to accommodate 4-car consists having to stop further back to allow the escalator replacement at Central, as is the case at Churchill now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taras Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 LRT Disruption - Monday, April 2, AM rush hour What was the deal with LRT this morning? Once again, no info on takeets or ETS twitter feed - #fail. Only found this: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/service+resumes+Monday+morning+following+power+fai lure+downtown/6397355/story.html Luckily avoided whatever this was by biking to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 3, 2012 Author Board Admin Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 I heard it was power problems by Churchill. But whatever it was really crippled stuff this morning. My train was jam packed, and there was a motorman swap at Coliseum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Ah yes, didn't I just say the trolley gods were going to give Deadmoronton a real good ass-kicking. Sadly though, this comes at the expense of the patrons who are only trying to get to work /.school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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