austin_medic Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 To be honest I don't know why they don't just send the Major Bennett into Lansdowne Place inbound and outbound, minimal time/length would be added to the route, assuming it only served the food court stop, and could give it some ridership that it otherwise wouldn't have, although it could also poach riders from the Monaghan route. The Lansdowne route is already too long and far to busy to accommodate shoppers, while the Major Bennett barely has enough riders to warrant running a 40 foot bus on its route, especially during offpeak hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 4 hours ago, austin_medic said: To be honest I don't know why they don't just send the Major Bennett into Lansdowne Place inbound and outbound, minimal time/length would be added to the route, assuming it only served the food court stop, and could give it some ridership that it otherwise wouldn't have, although it could also poach riders from the Monaghan route. The Lansdowne route is already too long and far to busy to accommodate shoppers, while the Major Bennett barely has enough riders to warrant running a 40 foot bus on its route, especially during offpeak hours Guess you could turn off High Street at the entrance where the Monaghan comes in and then back out where there the lights are (I guess you could call it the Keg Entrance). It be looping a bit but only a few dozen metres. Don't know if there would be enough slack in the timetable to allow it though. Major Bennett is quiet passenger wise but it's still got distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Second Fleming route started running today, hopped on and it went straight up Sherbrooke to Brealey to the college, could see the intersections near elementary schools it passes as being problematic for its schedule (although the Fleming Lansdowne has a similar issue with traffic, not really the fault of the route tho). The traffic gets backed up very far, could lead to potential delays. seems it serves all the regular stops along Sherbrooke, there's no express only stops along the way which I guess is better, less confusing for people. Route maps for the College Routes and the highschool routes have also been put up on their website, http://www.peterborough.ca/Assets/City+Assets/Transit/Images/High+School+routes+and+schedules.pdf http://www.peterborough.ca/Assets/City+Assets/Transit/Images/Fleming+Lansdowne+Route.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Seems the new replacement for Gary Noakes is shaking things up already. He's implemented a system where supervisors are now having work rotating weekends and split shifts and it's not sitting well with some. One supervisors who's been with transit for many years has handed in their notice. Sounds like this guy could be just the broom Peterborough transit needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Finally somebody to take out the trash. 46 minutes ago, Marc said: Seems the new replacement for Gary Noakes is shaking things up already. He's implemented a system where supervisors are now having work rotating weekends and split shifts and it's not sitting well with some. One supervisors who's been with transit for many years has handed in their notice. Sounds like this guy could be just the broom Peterborough transit needs. I hope he doesn't end up like Gary Noakes where he just has his head stuck in the sand, believe the guy before Noakes had the same issue. Seems to be a recurring theme in Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 Apparently the driver's health and safety committee wants to do air quality tests on all of the buses, at the garage, and at the bus terminal. With all the plastics the nova's use I wouldn't be surprised if they don't like what they find. Regardless doubt the levels would be high enough to warrant any action being taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 On 9/9/2017 at 4:21 PM, austin_medic said: hope he doesn't end up like Gary Noakes where he just has his head stuck in the sand, believe the guy before Noakes had the same issue. Seems to be a recurring theme in Peterborough. Talking to a few drivers and they seem to like what they've seen so far and think he's going to give things a much needed shake up. Have heard that under Noakes the supervisors were getting fulltime pay for part time work (doing 4 hours a day) and had gotten quite comfortable with that arrangement. Having to work full time to earn their pay check isn't sitting too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahrp24 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 It appears that the last couple Orion VIs are being auctioned off on GovDeals.ca now. https://govdeals.ca/index.cfm?fa=Main.AdvSearchResultsNew&searchPg=Classic&inv_num=&category=00&kWord=&kWordSelect=2&sortBy=ad&agency=5511&state=&country=&locID=&timing=bySimple&locationType=state&timeType=&timingWithin=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Speaking of buses going to the scrappers, going past the works yard on the weekend noticed one the handivans sittings there without any Peterborough Transit decals. Friends who use the van service haven't heard of any units being delivered (new vans had been rumoured/promised for 3 years now) so does that mean the vehicle in question is going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 the ghost van was sitting at the end of the line when I went by the yard Thursday. Looks like it was one of the older models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 On 9/24/2017 at 11:59 AM, austin_medic said: the ghost van was sitting at the end of the line when I went by the yard Thursday. Looks like it was one of the older models. Seems the oldest vans in the fleet will be going in the near future and replaced by new ones. No increase in capacity - simply replacing the old with the new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Caught a new nova bus out in service tonight. It does not follow Peterborough Transit's current numbering scheme, it's numbered 7617 and has numbers on its rear bumper too. Was on the Ashburnham route. Had new bus smell even from the outside. Would assume this batch is the replacements for the Orion VIs that got sold recently. Would assume starting next year our first gen novas will be on the way out the door. Probably some of them are expansion units for community bus service when the 30 footer is broke/needs maintenance. Will keep my eyes peeled for that 30 foot bus we're getting sometime this month as well. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 hours ago, austin_medic said: Will keep my eyes peeled for that 30 foot bus we're getting sometime this month as well. Don't hold your breath. The community bus is arriving soon but not going into service for a while yet. have heard a rumor that transit management hasn't finished all the planning even though the thing is several years late (like almost everything else under the current top management). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, Marc said: Don't hold your breath. The community bus is arriving soon but not going into service for a while yet. have heard a rumor that transit management hasn't finished all the planning even though the thing is several years late (like almost everything else under the current top management). Any idea what model of 30 foot they are ordering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 20 hours ago, TTC 9701 said: Any idea what model of 30 foot they are ordering? The staff report specifically quoted "IE Arboc", although what exact model is unknown. Since this is going to be a fixed-route service I'd assume they would pick a larger vehicle, not one of those 12 passenger van types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 3 hours ago, austin_medic said: The staff report specifically quoted "IE Arboc", although what exact model is unknown. Since this is going to be a fixed-route service I'd assume they would pick a larger vehicle, not one of those 12 passenger van types. the ARBOCs can be found here http://www.creativecarriage.com/product.php?prodid=56 They list 4 modems but 3 of them would come under the heading of the "12 passenger van types". they are also low floor/flip out ramp like the old ELF handivans which weren't exactly anyone's favourites. Not sure if the city would been keen to revisit that style again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Spotted another new nova in service, its numbered 7317. So supposedly 5 buses were delivered in this batch, 72-76. also seems they changed the Trent West Bank route as it was too hard to meet the schedule with traffic and too many riders. Fleming Sherbrooke also has problems with overcrowding in the morning rush, although nothing on how the student association and Peterborough Transit is going to address that issue for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, austin_medic said: Spotted another new nova in service, its numbered 7317. So supposedly 5 buses were delivered in this batch, 72-76. also seems they changed the Trent West Bank route as it was too hard to meet the schedule with traffic and too many riders. Fleming Sherbrooke also has problems with overcrowding in the morning rush, although nothing on how the student association and Peterborough Transit is going to address that issue for now. Seems thay are numbered 7217-7617 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 4 hours ago, TTC 9701 said: Seems thay are numbered 7217-7617 Right, they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 66 is no longer restricted to the Trent Express, its been floating around on different routes for the past couple weeks. Since the pilot project for TOBI is over it's has basically been abandoned. It has a lot of issues with long stop names running out of room to display properly. Most of the ads are out of date by now on it as well. New management is making a splash by the looks of it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 anyone else heard of possible strike action by Transit drivers due the city not coming up with a new pay deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Marc said: anyone else heard of possible strike action by Transit drivers due the city not coming up with a new pay deal? I can't see that happening, if it does then there will be a lot of very angry people. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the city decides to try and screw them anyways and ends up losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 22 hours ago, austin_medic said: I can't see that happening, if it does then there will be a lot of very angry people. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the city decides to try and screw them anyways and ends up losing. Looks like a lot of people might get pissed off then. Its now up on the examiner website. http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2017/10/20/peterborough-transit-drivers-could-go-on-strike-oct-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin_medic Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 On 10/20/2017 at 1:45 PM, Marc said: Looks like a lot of people might get pissed off then. Its now up on the examiner website. http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2017/10/20/peterborough-transit-drivers-could-go-on-strike-oct-29 Well I would bet there will be an army of pissed off people outside City Hall if it does happen, anytime transit is getting attacked in any way,by the City, people come crawling out of the woodwork to defend it. The city has a high chance of losing on this if their past flops are anything to go by. Throw money at the problems to make em go away. Same situation here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 22 minutes ago, austin_medic said: Well I would bet there will be an army of pissed off people outside City Hall if it does happen, anytime transit is getting attacked in any way,by the City, people come crawling out of the woodwork to defend it. The city has a high chance of losing on this if their past flops are anything to go by. Throw money at the problems to make em go away. Same situation here. Here is how it works. The strike is due to the new contract made up between the city and the union. The union does not like the contract they threaten a strike and the city threatens a lockout. The city turns around to the media to make the drivers look bad to the public but at the same time the city shoots themselves in the foot if they do a lockout. It is political suicide. Hopefully it goes well with over there. #unionpride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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