tmustudent9
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Here are the first pictures of 6138 and 6141 from CPTDB. Does anyone know if this is the final paint job or are they going to do more on-site?
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421 harmony
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Also 8470 has now been retired
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Kc_
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Any idea about 8473 . It's not in service since April 16 as per transsee
421 harmony
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Kc_
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8472 is tracking on route 916 as per Transsee
421 harmony
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0115 is now 1015 for some reason
Kc_
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May be they are re-numbering all the leased buses . Even 0110 is now 1010.
Coolibop
Active Member
Some updates in the executive committee agenda are up. Aside from the usual capacity issues (not enough service) and on time performance issues (traffic), there are a few noteworthy items.
First, it's official starting Jun 24, the City of Pickering is partering to provide service to the waterfront only weekends/holidays free of charge. Here are all the upcoming changes:
Second, I don't think I've seen it posted here before... here is the plan for the service increase slated for the fall:
I'll be most interested to see the service hours deployment (last bullet above).
I'm also not sure what the (Pickering) waterfront service will look like. I'm not sure why it is free, and if it will serve all stops in between those locations or act as a shuttle (which I suspect may be the case).
First, it's official starting Jun 24, the City of Pickering is partering to provide service to the waterfront only weekends/holidays free of charge. Here are all the upcoming changes:
Second, I don't think I've seen it posted here before... here is the plan for the service increase slated for the fall:
I'll be most interested to see the service hours deployment (last bullet above).
I'm also not sure what the (Pickering) waterfront service will look like. I'm not sure why it is free, and if it will serve all stops in between those locations or act as a shuttle (which I suspect may be the case).
Northern Light
Superstar
For me, I'd really like to see a focus on 15M service.
Every arterial route with even a whisp of demand should be 15M in peak minimum, 30M minimum at all other times.
But every major route with decent volumes should be 15M off peak from 6am-10:30pm weekdays, and 8am-10:30pm weekends.
I know we won't see that all at once, but I'd like to see tangible progress.
Coolibop
Active Member
Agreed, there is more money needed to achieve...
Another interesting couple of graphs I came across in the agenda shows the lack of funding (I wonder why they dont have update numbers given their push for more money lately...)
They claim large service area + low density are also factors (using graph below as illustration to compare), but I'm not sure that is fair. We should probably only focus on (comparing) urban environments.
Edit: I'd like to see the breakout of rural v urban costs...
tmustudent9
New Member
I’m surprised there’s no mention of restoring all the local service that was cut in Pickering this past January. There was quite an uproar over that. I’m hoping they’ll be enough funding come 2025 to get more service on packed routes (i.e. the 905/920)
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Haydenpoon
Active Member
They are planning a new route from Pickering Parkway Terminal to Seaton via Whites Rd. Depending on the routing it may provide more local coverage where it was lost in January.
KawarthaTransiteer
New Member
With the Pickering waterfront service (route 100), it's intended that people park their cars at Pickering GO and take the bus down to the waterfront. The schedule directly shows that parking is available at the Pickering Parkway Terminal/Pickering GO.
Honestly I'm surprised that DRT has (or at least had) such a low RC ratio, even lower than an agency like Peterborough Transit which is (at least in my opinion) way worse in terms of quality of service than DRT. However, it's not that surprising though with how DRT runs. I guess Peterborough Transit is that high since there are 2 major post-secondary schools in a single mid-sized city, while DRT serves 5 super car-dependent suburban municipalities + 3 very rural municipalities.
421 harmony
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0111 has now been renumbered to 1011