The Squishy Bus Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Hey there, all! I am going to visit Ottawa in a bit, and I was wondering, does OC Transpo or any of the Quebec agencies, do they still offer paper transit vehicles like the O Trains, and the paper buses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBrick1 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 OC should still have the 2012 version of the Enviro500 and the Citadis Spirit. I think they got rid of the Hybrid after they got retired. I don't know if they still have the LINT 41's. I just don't know where you'd get them, as I got them by emailing. Hope you do get them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 OUFFF. Spotted a Nova on Katimavik running as the 88 Terry get snagged by the municipal money maker (Speed Camera - posted 40 km/h zone). What happens to OC drivers snagged by automated enforcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiting for 30 Minutes Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 8 hours ago, Loud-Invero said: OUFFF. Spotted a Nova on Katimavik running as the 88 Terry get snagged by the municipal money maker (Speed Camera - posted 40 km/h zone). What happens to OC drivers snagged by automated enforcement? They get ticketed and progressively disciplined. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 13 hours ago, Waiting for 30 Minutes said: They get ticketed and progressively disciplined. Are you able to elaborate on possible punishments a driver may face? I know if you get into an at-fault accident, you have to take the 6-week training course again (at minimum wage), but that's all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZümmyZüm Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 12 hours ago, Loud-Invero said: Are you able to elaborate on possible punishments a driver may face? I know if you get into an at-fault accident, you have to take the 6-week training course again (at minimum wage), but that's all I know. Internal discipline is never shared, but I have no idea where you got that 6 week training at minimum wage part. Imagine if you made a mistake at your job and your employer said “go back to training and btw im taking away half your wages”? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiting for 30 Minutes Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 13 hours ago, Loud-Invero said: Are you able to elaborate on possible punishments a driver may face? I know if you get into an at-fault accident, you have to take the 6-week training course again (at minimum wage), but that's all I know. 1 hour ago, ZümmyZüm said: Internal discipline is never shared, but I have no idea where you got that 6 week training at minimum wage part. Imagine if you made a mistake at your job and your employer said “go back to training and btw im taking away half your wages”? Progressive discipline may include written warnings, suspension(s), and termination. The retraining at minimum wage after an at-fault collision is not true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBrick1 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 OC did a 50th anniversary for their branding! https://www.octranspo.com/en/news/article/celebrating-50-years-of-oc-transpo/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCIBUS Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Not sure exactly when it happened, but the rear red strip portion changed from what yo see in the pic to one you saw prior to the KFC/Maple Leaf paint scheme. OC Transpo was moved to the almost rear of the bus and the rear portion of the red stripe was some what slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsbuspage Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 19 hours ago, MCIBUS said: Not sure exactly when it happened, but the rear red strip portion changed from what yo see in the pic to one you saw prior to the KFC/Maple Leaf paint scheme. OC Transpo was moved to the almost rear of the bus and the rear portion of the red stripe was some what slightly different. It didn't take long. Paul Bateson took this photo of 7301 in July 1973: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzhao Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 OC Transpo at the May 11 Transit Commission meeting dedicated a section of its report to some upgrades they were planning to roll out to the API, supposedly to improve user experience on transit apps and the like. Does anyone know if they've released extra details anywhere about what exactly they're doing on that front? Not a developer myself, so I probably wouldn't understand the exact technical details, but I'm more curious about if this is going to be more about improving back-end system reliability or if users are going to see a noticeable improvement in any field, for example the current issue I'm noticing with tracked buses constantly falling off the map for no reason or rubber-banding back to a specific spot along the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiting for 30 Minutes Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 15 hours ago, wowzhao said: OC Transpo at the May 11 Transit Commission meeting dedicated a section of its report to some upgrades they were planning to roll out to the API, supposedly to improve user experience on transit apps and the like. Does anyone know if they've released extra details anywhere about what exactly they're doing on that front? Not a developer myself, so I probably wouldn't understand the exact technical details, but I'm more curious about if this is going to be more about improving back-end system reliability or if users are going to see a noticeable improvement in any field, for example the current issue I'm noticing with tracked buses constantly falling off the map for no reason or rubber-banding back to a specific spot along the route. We're moving to a formal relationship with the Transit app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCCheetos Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 5/15/2023 at 8:07 PM, wowzhao said: OC Transpo at the May 11 Transit Commission meeting dedicated a section of its report to some upgrades they were planning to roll out to the API, supposedly to improve user experience on transit apps and the like. Does anyone know if they've released extra details anywhere about what exactly they're doing on that front? Beyond a formal relationship with the Transit app, the data that OC Transpo publishes will now follow a standardized format that is easier for apps to consume, and also happens to provide more useful forms of information. For example, OC Transpo's API currently allows you to get the next three buses that are set to arrive for each route at a given stop. This is an intuitive API based on the way that real-time data is typically used, but it's actually very limiting since it only gives a user a very small window into the real time data. The GTFS-realtime standard offers a more "global" view of the transit network. It offers three types of feeds: trip updates, service alerts, and vehicle positions. Unlike with the current API where an app effectively asks OC Transpo "can I see the next few trips for this stop?", GTFS-rt basically gives access to every (active) trip update, every service alert, and every vehicle position all at once in a single API request. There are also additional properties contained in the GTFS-rt standard that allow more information to be fed through the feed, like if a trip is cancelled for example. Edit: to put it another way, the GTFS-rt format would make it trivial for a seasoned software developer to make a map that shows the real time location of every vehicle on the road. On 5/15/2023 at 8:07 PM, wowzhao said: Not a developer myself, so I probably wouldn't understand the exact technical details, but I'm more curious about if this is going to be more about improving back-end system reliability or if users are going to see a noticeable improvement in any field, for example the current issue I'm noticing with tracked buses constantly falling off the map for no reason or rubber-banding back to a specific spot along the route. My understanding is that the raw data that OC Transpo gets (from their dispatching systems) is reasonably good, but the server that all that data is being fed into that generates the actual API responses is "antique garbage". In the commission meeting they said that they had made some efforts to improve the responses that were being served and anecdotally I have seen an improvement recently, specifically in regards to rubber-banding. So in addition to a better data format, the (software) infrastructure that powers the API will also be getting an upgrade which should hopefully translate into better data quality overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud-Invero Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Found this on Reddit and couldn't help but laugh. Someone please help Julian Doucet's inner demon coming out of him at Lyceé Claudel Station... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 On 5/12/2023 at 10:58 AM, Waiting for 30 Minutes said: Progressive discipline may include written warnings, suspension(s), and termination. As in the federal government, where I work. On 5/14/2023 at 3:15 AM, MCIBUS said: Not sure exactly when it happened, but the rear red strip portion changed from what yo see in the pic to one you saw prior to the KFC/Maple Leaf paint scheme. OC Transpo was moved to the almost rear of the bus and the rear portion of the red stripe was some what slightly different. The Transpo was after Transpo 72, a public transit exhibition in Washington, DC in May-June 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsnider001 Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Anyone know why the 85 is so bunched up on weekends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZümmyZüm Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 3 hours ago, bsnider001 said: Anyone know why the 85 is so bunched up on weekends? Traffic crossing into Gatineau destroys the schedule. You have the Chaudiere bridge closed and with Champlain bridge down to 1 lane each way people decide to flood the portage bridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiting for 30 Minutes Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 On 5/21/2023 at 12:57 PM, bsnider001 said: Anyone know why the 85 is so bunched up on weekends? 21 hours ago, ZümmyZüm said: Traffic crossing into Gatineau destroys the schedule. You have the Chaudiere bridge closed and with Champlain bridge down to 1 lane each way people decide to flood the portage bridge This weekend is also the busiest weekend of the Tulip Festival, which creates lots of delays on Preston Street and near Dow's Lake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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