MaT Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/amherstburg-continues-to-look-at-public-transit-1.13225190 Link to post Share on other sites
MaT Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 So some 2020 novas are in service today. 8029 and 8034 on theĀ 4 and 8035 on the 3W. Link to post Share on other sites
Girardin71 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Today not too many 2020 Novas 8033 (Lauzon 10) 8034 (crosstown 2) Ā and transit windows announced a new executive director. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/city-names-new-executive-director-for-transit-windsor-1.13434787 Ā Ā Ā Link to post Share on other sites
Bernie Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Girardin71 said: Today not too many 2020 Novas 8033 (Lauzon 10) 8034 (crosstown 2) Ā and transit windows announced a new executive director. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/city-names-new-executive-director-for-transit-windsor-1.13434787 Ā Ā Ā 8041 was on the Central 3 yesterday, these Nova's are New York built.Ā Link to post Share on other sites
MaT Posted September 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 So talks are still going forward with Transit Windsor service to Amherstburg. https://www.talktheburg.ca/transit at the bottom right there are 3 files, one of them being the proposed route. Now I noticed in the file name it says route 20...could that be a hint of it being named the 20 Amherstburg if it all goes through? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MaT Posted September 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 I forgot to mention that they will be doing open houses for the proposed route from Windsor to Amherstburg(includingĀ transfer stops to the 25 on Front rd in Lasalle). https://windsorite.ca/2020/09/open-house-planned-for-proposed-amherstburg-bus-service/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MaT Posted September 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 well,Ā 11 2020 novas in service today in the city. 615(a hybrid) on the 42 heading down the highway to leamington....fail.Ā And also I seen 425 today with a fresh coat of paint in the smaller 3 inch stripes, looks good! Proof that its gonna stick around for a while longer! Link to post Share on other sites
newflyerinvero Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, MaT said: well,Ā 11 2020 novas in service today in the city. 615(a hybrid) on the 42 heading down the highway to leamington....fail.Ā And also I seen 425 today with a fresh coat of paint in the smaller 3 inch stripes, looks good! Proof that its gonna stick around for a while longer! A hybrid going to Leamington shouldn't be a fail. Availability if buses can always mean whatever's there for a driver to use, ge/she will raise out fir their shift. Link to post Share on other sites
MaT Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 It is a fail cuz its supposed to be stop and go for hybrids, not 52km one wayĀ with 4 stops. Hybrid should have been used on a city route and a diesel used on the highway route.Ā Link to post Share on other sites
PHATMATT51 Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 No more free ride on Transit Windsor buses as of the 19th Ā https://windsorite.ca/2020/10/transit-windsor-fare-collection-to-resume-on-october-19th/?fbclid=IwAR02DschVkCSRn6nqR3dFE5nPE9BTbXtRlhdxzoYtBRbVD7y_lKHbZus3Iw 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Border City Transit Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 Glad that Transit Windsor continues on a track of general growth -- my sense is that COVID is slowing it down, but not stopping it! Excited to see advancements with the new route network. Meanwhile, wtf happened to their fleet? I like their buses... but why are they ad wrapping so dang many? I never like wraps, but those showing up in Windsor are especially bad. They're all composed of low-res photos, amateur photo editing effects, overly detailed text that clashes with doors/window frames, etc. They're really, really poorly designed. They make the whole transit system look tacky. Last time I was at WITT, every single bus was wearing a super-busy, super-ugly ad wrap. I hope they come to their senses. The city is investing in transit -- that's huge. If they want it to succeed, they'll need to make the vehicles somewhat appealing. Transit Windsor's buses have become so ugly that I stopped taking pictures. Even the non-wrapped buses... they cut the yellow+green+blue to almost nothing. It looks particularly sad on the 8000-series Novas. Those should be such beautiful vehicles. Time for a new paint scheme -- or time to adjust the "classic" scheme to better fit these very deserving buses. It inspired me to dig up a couple photos of bright, happy Classics in full yellow regalia: And 411, an original ca 1991 Orion V. This bus and its sister 412 were originally delivered in big yellow. Photos are scarce. I believe they were among the first to sport the "less yellow" look some time around 1997/1998 -- when the very first Nova LFSs came in. All photos taken in Detroit. That's what we call... Border City Transit!Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Girardin71 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Out of the 19 new Novas 2 havenāt since service since delivery,Ā 8027, 8037. What is Transit Windsor doing to these buses delaying them entering service. Also on the tracker they have the Central 3 and the Central 3 Loop. Ā Arenāt theseĀ the same route. Ā They also have smart ride cards that are reloadable but only at the WITT or Transit Centre (garage), they are only 5 or 10 rides.Ā They still have paper tickets and the monthly passes. Ā Ā Link to post Share on other sites
Border City Transit Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just daydreaming... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Girardin71 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Just now in the tracker there is 3 buses on the dougall 6 which usually has 2. Ā Im think that one will be the 42 that leaves St Clair College or that route is really busy right now. Ā Ā Link to post Share on other sites
Seashore_518203 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 4:19 PM, Border City Transit said: And 411, an original ca 1991 Orion V. This bus and its sister 412 were originally delivered in big yellow. Photos are scarce. I believe they were among the first to sport the "less yellow" look some time around 1997/1998 -- when the very first Nova LFSs came in. Here is a shot of 411 taken on December 27, 1991 when brand new. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Border City Transit Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 5:11 PM, Seashore_518203 said: Here is a shot of 411 taken on December 27, 1991 when brand new. OMG, thank you for sharing that. This is proof that a "modern" body style can deftly wear an older paint scheme. Wish we had had more time to enjoy 411 & 412 before they went vanilla. Wow. About twice a year in the early/mid 90s, my grandparents would take me to Downtown Windsor. We'd head straight for Ouellette & Wyandotte on Saturday mornings. While they tended to my grandpa's army pension at Canada Trust, I'd plant myself outside watching bus after bus after bus after bus. I was absolutely captivated. Transit Windsor ran a typical Canadian fleet for the time: Classics and New Looks. With lots of variety among the Classics. Just when I had concluded that Transit Windsor was all "GM" (the extent of my bus knowledge circa 1994), up rolls 411 or 412. I couldn't believe it! A visibly newer, "American-looking" bus in that trademark Windsor yellow! A few minutes later, a 40-foot Orion I (401-410) pulled up. I didn't know what to make of that bus! After these Orion sightings, it become even more fun to watch Transit Windsor. Sorry for the longwinded story. Your photo evoked some very happy memories. Here's a pic from "my favourite intersection" 10-15 years later. A limp, unexciting Orion VI lurching westbound on the Crosstown 2. Wonder what those would have looked like in yellow?! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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