Williamv Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 The HEA system was completely down this morning with all buses showing "No GPS." I often wonder whether the cleaning woman kicks the plug out overnight or if somebody just isn't paying attention. Could it be they are finally attempting to add the numbers of the new buses that went into service in December? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 On 2/20/2017 at 7:03 AM, Williamv said: The HEA system was completely down this morning with all buses showing "No GPS." I often wonder whether the cleaning woman kicks the plug out overnight or if somebody just isn't paying attention. Could it be they are finally attempting to add the numbers of the new buses that went into service in December? Highly likely that it's a negative on the new fleet numbers. Server blackouts such as those are rare. When it happens, all fleet numbers are knocked off the HEA. Seems as though that the HEA is recovering fairly nice from that mishap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 I'm eyeing on some new revitalized seat cushions on Kalihi's DE60LFs. Currently saw them on 134. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Another rough day for the HEA system. The only buses appearing this morning were 29-footers and 35-footers. As the hours passed, some 40-footers and 60-footers were added, but still many missing as of this post. I am wondering why this always seems to happen on Sundays and holidays. I also wonder if there is a more serious problem, preventing new buses from being added to the system. The latest HEVs started revenue service on December 1, more than 3 months ago. It has never taken this long before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just saw one of the 500-series buses traveling eastbound on the discontinued Route 231 near Kahala Mall today. Must've been a mistake on the operator. I wish I took a picture of it, but the moment was so brief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Buses 23 (route 416) and 21 (route 71) are showing on the HEA today. 958-965 and 664-673 (x666) also appear to be coming on line. Hope that means we will be able to track the next rollout of new buses soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted April 7, 2017 Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 Bus #244 is in service on route 54 today. That means: 1. More 200s are being transferred to Middle Street (239-245?). 2. More 670s are about to hit the streets, possibly up to 680. 3. More 300s are heading for The Great Transit Center in the Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusDude808 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 I have noticed that majority of the OTS Fleet are Gillig Advantage's (20, 50, 60, 200, 500, 600 and 900 series) and I am assuming the next 300 series will be advantages as well. I kinda wish OTS could change it up a bit and go for a Gillig's BRT Plus, 40-Foot New Flyer Xcelsior's or Nova LFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 10 hours ago, BusDude808 said: I have noticed that majority of the OTS Fleet are Gillig Advantage's (20, 50, 60, 200, 500 and 600 series) and I am assuming the next 300 series will be advantages as well. I kinda wish OTS could change it up a bit and go for a Gillig's BRT Plus, 40-Foot New Flyer Xcelsior's or Nova LFS. Might also consider buying some Novabus artics instead of always New Flyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusDude808 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 4 hours ago, Williamv said: Might also consider buying some Novabus artics instead of always New Flyer. I would love to have NovaBus Artics in the fleet, but I highly doubt that OTS will go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I can't see OTS go for the Novas for a second time. Not too sure about the standard LFS, but the LFSA is out of the question, since they rely solely on New Flyer to make the articulated buses. OTS also had a run-in with NovaBUS on the ADA noncompliance issue with the LFS models back in 2010-2011. I also can't see them go for Gillig BRTs, or just any BRT models in general. If anything, the standard Low Floor is the most dominant choice for the transportation company (due to its durable design and build, and the cost compared to New Flyer's 40' XCelsior line), save for some minor design changes over time. The 40' variants of the XCelsior might come at second place for the future fleet, but it's a slightly unlikely decision for the company to make. In other news, a survey is being conducted for the restructuring of Routes 85 and 85A, potentially adding two new routes for other communities on the windward side of the island. Those routes are 86 (Kokokai/Aikahi) and 87 (Kailua). The survey is also backed by the DOT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 On 4/13/2017 at 4:54 PM, Rotidua said: In other news, a survey is being conducted for the restructuring of Routes 85 and 85A, potentially adding two new routes for other communities on the windward side of the island. Those routes are 86 (Kokokai/Aikahi) and 87 (Kailua). The survey is also backed by the DOT. Woo! A welcome survey. If nothing else, it could at least result in better/clearer designations for Route 85... which is really two separate routes. The two "branches" have almost nothing to do with each other... TheBus isn't shy about using letter suffixes (even when those are scantly related to each other -- 88 and the phantom 88A are distant relatives at best!)... wonder why "the 85s" escaped separate designation. Never seen anything quite like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 I have ridden those buses before The reason the buses were not on GPS because it was Presidents' Day and they had to fix the GPS to weekend schedule. Cool pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only1Moore Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Looks like they're testing out the 600s on Kalihi routes. Just saw 629 on Route 8 this evening (May 4, 2017). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 After a long Friday, I rode on 170 back home and found that the rear section Alpha-brand LED display has been removed. It's pretty much the first time that I see this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Bus 187, out of service for about a year, is operating today on route 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 I have seen #801 & #802 with the destination sign on the left front side window. Here is some of my videos: https://m.youtube.com/watchv=CfsUs02bTZM I saw on the GPS. And it had Express on it when I was on Route C with it! That's fun! When I rode it, it made super fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Oh wow . I have heard about this before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 I hope I can make a video of #170 with the different back sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainoa3 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Do any other routes beside 40 have overnight service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotidua Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 46 minutes ago, kainoa3 said: Do any other routes beside 40 have overnight service? There may be a few routes where their last runs are around the midnight - 1:00 A.M. range. The very latest that I can recall is the 42, where its last (also very late compared to other routes) run arrives at Ewa Beach Transit Center at around 3:00 A.M. Other than that, the 40 is pretty much a 24-hour route. A good number of routes do start very early in the morning (around 4:00 A.M.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 107 has finally been repainted. That leaves 102, 104, 105 and 106 as the only articulated buses in their original rainbow colors. As far as I know, 522 is still the only repainted bus among the 2003 Gilligs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 I have ridden on #20s , #522 , and the New #600s before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Daisy D 19 Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 When did #873 use E? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alika.valdez1234 Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Bus 187 is back in service! The reason why the bus was not running for while is because the electrical wire problem between the articulation of the bus, it was defected. There was three main power wires that was defected. The whole bus couldn't turn on. But I'm glad that the mechanics figured out the problem after a while and fixed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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