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Brampton Transit/Zum

The first Zum shelter is installed at Queen and Torbram:

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wow that bus stop looks huge! I guess they are expecting a lot of ridership on this route to justify the large shelter. Is it going to have offline payment system like viva?
 
lead82 said:
wow that bus stop looks huge! I guess they are expecting a lot of ridership on this route to justify the large shelter. Is it going to have offline payment system like viva?
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I think the shelter has to be that big because people are already lining up under the shelters for a service that does not launch until sometime in September.....the shelter may not be big enough!!!!
 
hmm, they're pretty ugly - in person too - it looks like a gas station : ) because of the red.
I think the new viva ones will look many times better ...

Looks don't really look much though.
 
gweed123 said:
Maybe they did that on purpose to remind people how much gas they're saving (and how many fewer gas stations they're visiting) by using zum... Or it could just be a really bad styling job.
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I think it is a homage to when gas stations were more like gas stations and less like convenience stores/coffee shops...it is retro/museum/suburban architecture ;)
 
I just hope the shelters will have glass panels. Otherwise they'll be as useless as the VIVA shelters in the winter.
 
Justin10000 said:
I just hope the shelters will have glass panels. Otherwise they'll be as useless as the VIVA shelters in the winter.
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It doesn't look like they're fully enclosed, but there's a fair amount of glass on the one section. However, this rendering is from 2009 and the final design could be different.


New Züm Website has been launched: Brampton Züm
 
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What the heck is up with the name .... ZUM ... if they wanted zoom why didn't they just go with zoom ...
 
trudeau1982 said:
What's the difference between a minor and major station for Zum?
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From the Züm Facebook page: the difference between the two is the size of the stop. A major stop has interior space for a three-person bench and exterior four-person bench and a minor stop has interior space for a two-person bench.

Maybe this is already known, but Züm will start September 20, 2010.
 
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