Hamilton: General Service Discussion

[gweed123]

I believe part of the issue is stop length, not just turning radius. Some of the stops on Barton aren't long enough for an arctic to allow safe exit form the rear doors. If they got around that issue during pandemic restrictions, they may have a solution, maybe when the new garage opens and they can expand their fleet we could see arctics on the 2.

Correct. On-street parking on Barton is at a premium, and the no stopping zones around the bus stops are all sized for 40' pull-ins and pull-outs. To size for 60' buses, you would need to take out at least 2 parking spaces around every bus stop. Especially in places that are covered by a BIA, that's a non-starter.

 

[doady]

A common myth is that artics have a worse turning radius than 40' buses and it's just that...a myth. Case in point artics ran on the 2 for quite some time during the pandemic and with no change to the routing required.

Yeah, artic actually have smaller turning radius than a regular bus. Front part around 32ft long, back part around 28 ft. So turning radius similar to a 32ft bus.