Gsgeek540 Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/18/2020 at 11:52 AM, armorand said: Unless the 23 is extended further north/south, or if Elon Musk decides to drop a gigafactory in Seton or something, theres not really much reason to keep 60 footers on these routes, is there? The industrial parks are a 24/7 operation that usually run multiple set shifts. When i was signed on a 73 back in the day, my 23:00 trip would often be standing room to Whitehorn. The recent increases to service on the 23 and 43 are much to do with the ridership in the industrial parks. Very few people ride the 23 from end to end. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Looking at T55, the 1, 3, and 301 seem to have lost their artics to random routes like the 10, 11, 37, 60, 61, 71, 159. Also the MY got its artics back I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, yvarushin said: Looking at T55, the 1, 3, and 301 seem to have lost their artics to random routes like the 10, 11, 37, 60, 61, 71, 159 More than likely due to the snow dump that's happening later on today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, TechSpotlight said: More than likely due to the snow dump that's happening later on today. Ahhh you are so right! Good thinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Good luck to all the operators on here today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, Blake M said: Good luck to all the operators on here today Gee thanks! Never mind working in this weather getting out of my stall was a challenge. Currently there is a 60 km/h Ctrain slow order in effect. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, LRT said: Gee thanks! Never mind working in this weather getting out of my stall was a challenge. Currently there is a 60 km/h Ctrain slow order in effect. Haha. Yeah my neighborhood route, 138, which was supposed to start service nearly two hours ago has yet to see service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 If anyone needs to use transit today despite the weather, the cancellations page at Transit55 is worth consulting. https://transit55.ca/calgary/cancelledtrips Do take the disclaimer in mind: Route 414 is still marked as cancelled until mid afternoon, for example, but T55 also shows a new bus showing up to run the route as of a few minutes ago. Also: I think the Calgary Transit/Transit apps take these cancellations into account when showing departures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Fan Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 8020 and 8233 have been stuck on Applewood Dr within a couple of meters of each other since this morning. Both have wound up perpendicular to the roadway in their attempts to break free. Unless there's been other buses brought in doing short turns bypassing Applewood, haven't seen any 87 (or 67) service on T55 all day. Edit: Managed to snag a few pics, excuse the quality, i'm no photographer hah. Operators are both gone and both just sitting abadoned now. Poor dude was at the nearby stop hoping a bus would miraculously appear. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Sandstone was a disaster... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 A lot of Nova LFSs out right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 A couple of buses stranded in Tuscany … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 6:19 AM, LRT said: Gee thanks! Never mind working in this weather getting out of my stall was a challenge. Currently there is a 60 km/h Ctrain slow order in effect. That explains why my first trips back on transit were a little slower than usual. I've been driving to and from work since April, and because of my back alley was impassable due to snow, I decided to take transit to work downtown... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 4 hours ago, downbeat said: A couple of buses stranded in Tuscany … 8423 was also still stranded on Rocky Ridge Road just near Tuscany Station as of yesterday evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 To all those who celebrate Christmas … best wishes of the season to you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Here’s another new Transit information board at a major bus stop — this is the NE corner of 1 St. SW and Stephen Avenue, by Good Life Fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Harper Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Solar powered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, downbeat said: Here’s another new Transit information board at a major bus stop — this is the NE corner of 1 St. SW and Stephen Avenue, by Good Life Fitness. My only issue with these is that they're placed in the downtown core...the only place on those maps where there's no specific station locations or even labeled stations. No inset map or anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Oh dear … someone was run over by a bus at the 36 St/17 Ave S.E. transitway station on Monday. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/woman-run-over-by-calgary-transit-bus-police-seek-witnesses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Fan Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, downbeat said: Oh dear … someone was run over by a bus at the 36 St/17 Ave S.E. transitway station on Monday. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/woman-run-over-by-calgary-transit-bus-police-seek-witnesses Don't all the Max Purple stations have CCTV cameras they could review? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 11 hours ago, Transit Fan said: Don't all the Max Purple stations have CCTV cameras they could review? That definitely rings a bell … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 If anyone ever tells you no one's using transit right now, please show them this: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/teachers-transit-drivers-among-those-upset-at-exclusion-from-vaccine-list Quote “We have 80, 90 and sometimes over 100 reported overloaded buses every day during a week, and even some on the weekend. So that’s 60, 70 people standing on the bus at one time with either no air circulation or negative air circulation into the driver’s station." It really sucks that people who need transit most are getting the short end of the stick due to ridership changes, the resulting loss of revenue and the necessity for transit to save money. I know funds are tight at transit (and everywhere else) but I do hope some way is found to alleviate these overloads. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Update: New maps have been posted in the information boards outside Suncor Energy and GoodLife Fitness. They contain excellent information for bus transfers … and the whole area officially has a name: it's the 1 St SW Transit Hub! I wonder if a few more maps could be put up at other major time points within this transfer hub, namely 5 Ave. EB at Bow Valley Square, 6 Ave. WB across from Intact Place and SB 1 St. at Brookfield Place. (Interestingly, there are no express routes on the maps … but the Bowness BRT is still shown.) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 Noticed a couple of items in the news this morning. Here’s one about overloaded buses, staffing shortages and the overuse use of overtime: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/transit-union-buses-recall-drivers-1.5929515 And here’s another about how COVID-19 is directly affecting drivers: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/covid-anxiety-a-constant-for-frontline-calgary-transit-workers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyC62 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 New article today on stepped-up mask enforcement on transit: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/city-cracks-down-on-transit-covid-19-mask-violators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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