Guest HAMILTON BUS Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 hopefully the AAs will be up tomorrow for the test run for the 6,7,8 route.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 hopefully the AAs will be up tomorrow for the test run for the 6,7,8 route.. What are you basing this on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAMILTON BUS Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 im just hoping they are because earlier in the thread it was said that they 6,7,8 route will have them running in late october as a tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JN HSR Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Once the system is up and running it`s going to bw weird being on a Nova or one of the 96s that doesn`t have the system installed while they await retirement. Do the Dupont trollies have them installed? I didn't ride one this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 They didn't earlier in the summer. I'm thinking the HSR probably didn't bother since they would be out of service for the entire year until next summer anyway, so there's plenty of time to get around to them if they choose to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JN HSR Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Yeah there's no rush to put them in since their not in service again until summer. Question: how will the system handle the generic route designations such as 'Main & MacNab' or 'King & James' that buses sometimes use. Will the system be able to figure out (via GPS) that a bus is running on Barton St and call out the nearest stop on the system based on direction of travel? Speaking of the destination signs is there a designation for "Main & Wellington?" I caught the rear route display on a bus in the west end today while on a '5C West Hamilton' and it displayed "MNWL." I know that most buses that go out of service downtown travel on Main St E to Wellington St and take the Claremount Access up the mountain there. I've never seen this route designation as all the buses I've seen display either "MOUNTAIN GARAGE" or "Sorry...Out of Service." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 All Stop Announcements Now Being Tested By HSR Ken Mann CHML News 11/16/2009 The city has started testing a new automated stop announcement system on its busses. The result is that voice and visual announcement of all stops on all HSR routes, will be in place by the end of the year. The system was purchased by the city at a cost of three million dollars, and is required to comply with a ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission The DARTS fleet is also getting a major upgrade this fall, with the replacement of 20 of its specialized busses. Ten of them have been delivered, while the others are due to arrive in the coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid0920 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Interesting, the 10 that were delivered were the 2009 ARBOCs with the chevrolet chassis, numbered 410615-410624. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAMILTON BUS Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Today is supposed to be the day that the systems are fully up and running. Still alot of bugs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 ^ the above must be true. Only one out of 5 buses I took today didn't have the AA system activated. 0822's driver on 3 Cannon had taped his schedule over the screen and obviously had the system disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid0920 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 ^ the above must be true. Only one out of 5 buses I took today didn't have the AA system activated. 0822's driver on 3 Cannon had taped his schedule over the screen and obviously had the system disabled. I actually found a 9600 that WON'T retire, that's 9605, it had the AA and Ranger system, but AA wasn't up and running yet. Neither was 0507's AA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 I actually found a 9600 that WON'T retire, that's 9605, it had the AA and Ranger system, but AA wasn't up and running yet. All of the early 9600's (9601-14) will survive this next round of retirements. All others (9615-25) will be retired or have already been retired. I am trying to find out which Novas are being retired (other than 9704,07,09,20 already reported) and hopefully should have that info soon. Also, it is official that 0604 has been written off and will be replaced in the fleet by one of the new 0900's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crazy Hybrid Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Still a lot of bugs and i do not think its 100% active yet maybe 98% Mentor Engineering makes the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 The 9600s and 9700s are primarily used on School Extras, on account of the fact that they don't have the Ranger installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Yah, I was wondering where the Nova's had gone and was about to ask in the main HSR thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crazy Hybrid Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 looks like its starting to work still a few bugs with "Connection to Dispatch Centre Broken" and people forgetting to log off and the system logging people off infact on a daily basis dispatcher will make a all call to everybody reminding them to log off their ranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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