I noticed this morning that there's a new bus stop on Mt Hope St, just south of King (near the GRH ION stop). At first I thought it might just be a shuttle stop for the hospital but it has a GRT electronic signboard. Before construction there weren't any GRT busses that used Mt Hope, anyone know what new route might be using that?
The reworked route 4 is set to go there after the Ion opening; building those stops is part of GrandLinq's contract, so it's been built now even if it won't be needed for months.
The track crossing will indeed require the completion of Grandlinq's work if they don't want to be billed for a change order. That doesn't stop them from working on the project away from the tracks.
So I was buying my August pass earlier (thinking this might be the last time I need to buy a paper pass) at Charles Terminal and asked the clerks there about the smartcard rollout. They are not as optimistic as those at the Region that it will be ready for September rollout - they cited the visible evidence that zero new infreastructure has been installed at their location to support it. I suppose it could be done within three weeks, but...
Considering how long it took to roll out Presto, I doubt it.
I feel like whoever is project managing this file isn't using a
Gantt Chart so much as they're using a checklist.
☑ Select e-fare system
☑ Tender contract
☐ Install in buses
☐ Install supporting hardware in terminals
☐ Launch
(07-26-2017, 01:04 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ]I feel like whoever is project managing this file isn't using a Gantt Chart so much as they're using a checklist.
☑ Select e-fare system
☑ Tender contract
☐ Install in buses
☐ Install supporting hardware in terminals
☐ Launch
Seems like "Install in buses" is at least complete. It's been a long time since I've seen a bus without the new terminal.
(07-26-2017, 01:06 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: [ -> ]Seems like "Install in buses" is at least complete. It's been a long time since I've seen a bus without the new terminal.
Route 202 gets all the old and busted buses, it seems. It's maybe up to 50% in my daily commute.
(07-26-2017, 01:30 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2017, 01:06 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: [ -> ]Seems like "Install in buses" is at least complete. It's been a long time since I've seen a bus without the new terminal.
Route 202 gets all the old and busted buses, it seems. It's maybe up to 50% in my daily commute.
I do kind of wonder how they schedule buses. The 7 seemed to have none, then all of a sudden, they only have the new one, I wonder if the buses used changed, or they were installed on the same buses, or if the buses rotate all the time and it's just coincidence.
Regardless, I would hope they're close to finished.
(07-26-2017, 01:48 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: [ -> ]The 7 seemed to have none, then all of a sudden, they only have the new one, I wonder if the buses used changed, or they were installed on the same buses, or if the buses rotate all the time and it's just coincidence.
What, you are not tracking the numbers of the buses you are riding?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_spotting
(07-26-2017, 01:30 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2017, 01:06 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: [ -> ]Seems like "Install in buses" is at least complete. It's been a long time since I've seen a bus without the new terminal.
Route 202 gets all the old and busted buses, it seems. It's maybe up to 50% in my daily commute.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hi Iain, roughly 75% of the buses have the new fareboxes installed now.</p>— Grand River Transit (@GRT_ROW) <a href="https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/890287868299620352">July 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
75% gels with my experience, certainly.
(07-26-2017, 03:24 PM)Canard Wrote: [ -> ]This isn't CPTDB!
We might have some readership overlap though!