TechSpotlight Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Spotted 7716 https://www.flickr.com/photos/technologyspotlight/24158395817/in/dateposted-public/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 28 minutes ago, Blake M said: Ugh my two closest bus routes are moving from a 25 minute frequency to a 37 minute frequency. I wonder if I could protest it at City Hall...... You should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 10 hours ago, TechSpotlight said: Spotted 7716 https://www.flickr.com/photos/technologyspotlight/24158395817/in/dateposted-public/ Have you noticed what is different on 7716 compared to the other 2001 D40LF's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 2 hours ago, BCT-3122-D800-10240 said: Have you noticed what is different on 7716 compared to the other 2001 D40LF's? It's still in the old livery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Blake M said: It's still in the old livery? Nope... something else is unique to that one bus in the 2001 batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 After its refurb the side signals are the old style like the 7500/7600's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Quote https://globalnews.ca/news/3917144/end-of-the-line-for-the-voice-of-calgary-transit/ End of the line for the voice of Calgary Transit For 31 years, she has made sure you didn’t miss your stop on Calgary’s CTrain. Holly McConnell has been the voice on your daily commute, clearly calling out each stop. On Thursday however, Holly made her last stop at the Calgary Transit training department before riding off into retirement. McConnell started with Calgary Transit in 1973, working behind the scenes, handling paperwork and doing payroll. When Teleride was introduced in 1986, Transit needed a friendly voice to talk to its customers and several clerical staff were asked to speak into a tape recorder. “They wanted to see who sounded the best and clearest, and who could pronounce words like ‘Marlborough,'” McConnell said. McConnell made the cut and she became “the voice” for all of Transit’s operations. “It was kind of neat to do it,” said McConnell, adding she wasn’t paid extra for the opportunity. When called upon, McConnell would do her voicing at a sound studio near Transit’s Spring Gardens bus barn. Originally her messages were recorded on tape and would sometimes deteriorate, leading to a lot of teasing from her co-workers. “I used to get a lot of flak from people here who said, ‘You sounded like a chipmunk today,'” McConnell said. McConnell has thanked an endless number of travellers for riding Calgary Transit. Now it’s Calgary Transit’s turn to thank McConnell for her many years of great service. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Such a nice lady! Always happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit geek Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Does this mean CT is going to join the TTC in switching to TTS for future audible broadcasts? That'll be just as, if not more, interesting to see whose voice they choose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Lets not forget Holly hasn't done announcements for over 5 years now... Karen Hutton currently does the announcements on the Ctrain and other properties... check her out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Transit55 today. Merry Christmas everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Merry Christmas! Hope everyone's having a good day (and managing to stay at least somewhat warm.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Is the 74 and 174 big bus during the night again this signup, or is this because of a shortage of shuttle drivers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 This is awesome: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bus-birthday-party-calgary-transit-1.4473767 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 34 minutes ago, 1604 said: This is awesome: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bus-birthday-party-calgary-transit-1.4473767 What a lucky kid! Is he on this board? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Aw, too bad he wasn't around to experience the Classics and GMs rolling round a few years back (for his age at least ). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Fan Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Aww, lucky kid. I wouldn't mind having a birthday party on a bus! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Now that's a birthday party! I guess I'm a bit old for one of those now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Because one of the drive going to washroom, and block all other buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianTransitTycoon Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Chinese Daniel said: Because one of the drive going to washroom, and block all other buses It has happened more than once at Heritage before. Most drivers usually park at their route stop and walk to the washrooms. Just curious, what's the rule for bathroom breaks for bus drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 30 minutes ago, CanadianTransitTycoon said: It has happened more than once at Heritage before. Most drivers usually park at their route stop and walk to the washrooms. Just curious, what's the rule for bathroom breaks for bus drivers? The rule is if you have to go you have to go. Most the time operators park next to the bathroom or as close as they can get to it. Parking at the stop waste a lot of time and a lot of the times there's a line up at the bathroom. For example take a look at McKnight Westwinds the bathroom is almost half a kilometer away from the Bus Loop! Absolutely ridiculous to design it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Here is a photo of #7777 from earlier today. https://www.flickr.com/photos/technologyspotlight/27974884679/in/dateposted/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinese Daniel Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 On 2018/1/17 at 10:25 AM, CanadianTransitTycoon said: It has happened more than once at Heritage before. Most drivers usually park at their route stop and walk to the washrooms. Just curious, what's the rule for bathroom breaks for bus drivers? That route 3 artic drive should park his bus in they are route stop than walk to the washrooms, but he try to Make him self easy, he park his bus middle of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 How is your rant relevant to this forum ? Is it something fans want to see? Does it make you satisfied find faults in the system ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 As a general rule, its best not to post your rants or complaints on the Board (believe me, I know, and I've learned my lesson). Seriously, if you have a problem, just file a complaint with CT. They'll be happy to hear from you; more than the members of discussion here at least. As for the driver taking a break, you gotta do what you gotta do, and as far as I can tell, he's parked off to the side, and not in the middle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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