OC Transpo/STO Fan Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Oc4526 said: To my knolage The 2nd Gen Novas (0201 through 0910) were delivered with an active ramp and wheelchair spot but were deactivated/removed before entering service. Not sure why ? It was because the ramps were faulty in the second gen 2002-2009 LFSs. It wasn't until the third gens (0911 and up) where they moved the ramp to the front and improved the reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 4:33 PM, Oc4526 said: If my memory serves me 0701 & 02 share the same seat patern. With 0703 -onwards haveing the standard blue coloured seats. 0703 has the same seat upholstery as 0701 & 0702 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 The foliage at Lincoln Fields Station (along Carling) has been removed. Is this for Stage 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCCheetos Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 30 minutes ago, Loud-Invero said: The foliage at Lincoln Fields Station (along Carling) has been removed. Is this for Stage 2? Yes. Trees have also been cleared near Pinecrest and Iris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 I must say, the should really reorganize the routes at PDO. now that all the local routes extend to Blair, there's no reason they should be scattered everywhere (in the westbound direction). For example, the 35 goes to Blair but most people wait for the 39 Blair where the convenience store is, yet the first bus to Blair is the 35 so the bus is held up because people are so use to waiting at that stop for the downtown routes with the former 91/95, that they're running across the whole station just so they hope to catch that bus to get to Blair. They should make all Blair routes serve where the 39 currently serves so that way people who are clueless as to schedules don't have to run to make their bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, Loud-Invero said: I must say, the should really reorganize the routes at PDO. now that all the local routes extend to Blair, there's no reason they should be scattered everywhere (in the westbound direction). For example, the 35 goes to Blair but most people wait for the 39 Blair where the convenience store is, yet the first bus to Blair is the 35 so the bus is held up because people are so use to waiting at that stop for the downtown routes with the former 91/95, that they're running across the whole station just so they hope to catch that bus to get to Blair. They should make all Blair routes serve where the 39 currently serves so that way people who are clueless as to schedules don't have to run to make their bus. I actually brought this up mid October. 2A has always been for service that runs westbound on the 174, 2B has always been for routes that leave the station westbound and turned south onto Place D’Orleans Drive, and 2C has always been for routes that travel westbound on Jeanne D’Arc Blvd from Champlain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCL Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Loud-Invero said: I must say, the should really reorganize the routes at PDO. now that all the local routes extend to Blair, there's no reason they should be scattered everywhere (in the westbound direction). For example, the 35 goes to Blair but most people wait for the 39 Blair where the convenience store is, yet the first bus to Blair is the 35 so the bus is held up because people are so use to waiting at that stop for the downtown routes with the former 91/95, that they're running across the whole station just so they hope to catch that bus to get to Blair. They should make all Blair routes serve where the 39 currently serves so that way people who are clueless as to schedules don't have to run to make their bus. 2 hours ago, Enviro_1203 said: I actually brought this up mid October. 2A has always been for service that runs westbound on the 174, 2B has always been for routes that leave the station westbound and turned south onto Place D’Orleans Drive, and 2C has always been for routes that travel westbound on Jeanne D’Arc Blvd from Champlain.. I've complained about this via Twitter to OC Transpo, but no response. Fact: Route 33 Blair and 37 Blair are suppose to service Stop 1C - the off-only stop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 So I know the Inveros no longer sport LED headlights, but what about front door lights on the outside? I saw what I believed was 4423 today at Lincoln on the 85 Gatineau and noticed it had LED lights on outside of the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Loud-Invero said: So I know the Inveros no longer sport LED headlights, but what about front door lights on the outside? I saw what I believed was 4423 today at Lincoln on the 85 Gatineau and noticed it had LED lights on outside of the front door. They all have LED porch lights outside (waist height lights when standing on the road beside the bus. The style of the lights has been changed over the last few years on many of the buses, possibly due to part availability. One odd ball is 4496 which has LEDs inside at the rear door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Enviro_1203 said: They all have LED porch lights outside (waist height lights when standing on the road beside the bus. The style of the lights has been changed over the last few years on many of the buses, possibly due to part availability. One odd ball is 4496 which has LEDs inside at the rear door. 4438 also has LED lights at the rear doors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 While I was banned, someone had asked when the original Baseline was closed down. I don't remember where it was posted nor the person who asked it... Anywho, here is the direct quote from a wayback machine archive. Quote Baseline Station Construction On Thursday, October 1, Baseline Station will be moving to make way for construction of a new Algonquin College. Future plans call for construction of a new transit station - for bus and light rail - integrated with the college. In the meantime, Baseline Station will be relocated to just west of the existing station. The Park & Ride lot will be unchanged, but the Quickie convenience store cannot be accommodated at the new site. The station can be accessed from the north and south ends, near Navaho and College Avenue, as well as along pedestrian paths from Constellation and Centrepointe. (see diagram below) Further details about the construction phasing and the Southwest Transitway project are available at ottawa.ca. Temporary Detours from October 1-15: Bus routes 118, 155(a.m.), 174, 179, and 186 will be detoured while the bus access road into the station is completed. Route 118 will be available nearby on Navaho at the corner of Woodroffe, as will morning trips on Route 155. In the afternoon, Route 155 will end at Baseline Station. Routes 174 and 186 will remain on Woodroffe Avenue and serve a temporary stop near Navaho. Transfer to Route 179 can be made on Iris Street - just eat of the Transitway - next to Iris Station. On October 16, these routes will return to their regular routing and serve the new Baseline Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oc4526 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 Saw these on 1122. It seems Oc started installing the strap hangers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCIBUS Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 About time!! When your short it's hard to reach the bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB_1024 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 1117 had them installed as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busing_the_34 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Yesterday I saw a "75X Special" twice. Anyone know what that was about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsnider001 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Busing_the_34 said: Yesterday I saw a "75X Special" twice. Anyone know what that was about? I saw an 85X Special at Bayshore Station recently as well, but it still seemed to have Gatineau as the destination, at least on the GPS feed. Not sure why they exist, though. Might be used as an extra or when the final destination isn't known to the operator for that trip? I mean an 85 Gatineau ends at Terrasses, but an 85X might signify it might end before or at Terrasses? Back in the day, they used the X routes to tell passengers the trip was a special branch of a route (i.e.: 97X South Keys vs 97 Airport, 97X Nepean N vs 97 Bayshore vs 97X Tunney's Pasture, etc.). Though, after the service changes in 2011 I recall the X signage to become rarer (i.e.: 97X South Keys was just the 97 South Keys). I have seen on a couple occasions, though, buses signed up as simply X Special... that is a very mysterious route... On 12/2/2019 at 10:48 AM, Loud-Invero said: While I was banned, someone had asked when the original Baseline was closed down. I don't remember where it was posted nor the person who asked it... Anywho, here is the direct quote from a wayback machine archive. That was being built while I was a student at Algonquin, which was between 2010 and 2015. I still remember the 118 (now route 88) having to basically loop around the old station to continue west on Baseline, sometimes at speeds... good times. At the time, the roadway between Baseline Stn and Constellation Cres wasn't built, and Constellation Cres was a literal crescent, joining to Centrepointe Dr at both ends (the southern end of the old crescent is now Gemini Way, as Constellation now ends at Baseline Rd and connects Baseline Rd to the Transitway). I also remember the 118 not getting many articulated buses, but mostly Orion VI and New Flyer D40i buses instead, as the city used what D60LFs they had on the 95 and 97. That changed when they received the D60LFRs and started retiring the Orion VI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 When is the next winter schedule for OC Transpo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 56 minutes ago, STO_1601 said: When is the next winter schedule for OC Transpo? On the bus stop schedules it says January 5th I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 From STO's Facebook Page: STO 7901 has been decorated for the Holidays and is currently sitting in front of the Jean-Proulx facility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oc4526 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, STO_1601 said: From STO's Facebook Page: STO 7901 has been decorated for the Holidays and is currently sitting in front of the Jean-Proulx facility. Its actually part of the 40th Anniversary for 7901. Per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Oc4526 said: Its actually part of the 40th Anniversary for 7901. Per That's the same source that I've already credited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oc4526 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 57 minutes ago, STO_1601 said: That's the same source that I've already credited. I was just clarifying as the Sto (to my knowledge) has never decorated a bus for the holidays. Someone can correct me if im wrong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 What LF's have white rear doors? I know 6355 has them, I could have sworn 6351 as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oc4526 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Is it me or did Oc deactivate the buzzer that would go off when the rear doors on Nova are unlocked? @Enviro_1203 any insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Oc4526 said: Is it me or did Oc deactivate the buzzer that would go off when the rear doors on Nova are unlocked? @Enviro_1203 any insight? Seems they have been. 4629 is dead silent as I rode it on the 42 Blair about 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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