More Bus Moves

[RJL6000]

11 minutes ago, sht6131 said:

Forgive me if I am having a senior moment but I seem to remember the low 1000`s  New Flyers originating on 62 Archer.

I believe that was when the buses were first delivered in 2006, when the lowest of the 1000s were assigned to the now-demolished Archer Garage. A couple of years later, the 1000s were swapped to the Chicago Garage in exchange for that garage's 6400-series Novas. Archer was then equipped entirely with old Novas until its closure.

[Busjack]

14 minutes ago, RJL6000 said:

I believe that was when the buses were first delivered in 2006, when the lowest of the 1000s were assigned to the now-demolished Archer Garage. A couple of years later, the 1000s were swapped to the Chicago Garage in exchange for that garage's 6400-series Novas. Archer was then equipped entirely with old Novas until its closure.

That's correct, I remembered my goof in the shower, and corrected my post.

[Busjack]

Getting back to the topic, in late 1995 (after receipt of the 6000s and 74th opened), the 4400s were reallocated, and essentially each garage ended up with 60-70 of them. The exceptions were that K only retained a few, and 77th and NP retained more. Each garage also had 5300s or 6000s, except NP had the 65 5800s.

[XE NewFlyer]

weren't the 800's at Archer until 2007

[busfan2847]

16 hours ago, XE NewFlyer said:

weren't the 800's at Archer until 2007

The 800-809 hybrids were delivered in 2006. 802 and 803 went to Chicago 806 and 807 to Archer, the rest went to Kedzie. They entered service in early 2007 (I caught 6 of them in February 2007).

They were not at A and C for long, 802, 803, 806, 807 moved to Kedzie between 10/07 and the end of 2007.

The 900-909 hybrids were delivered in 2007 entering service in September - all at K.

[jajuan]

On 5/5/2017 at 5:18 PM, XE NewFlyer said:

1877 is on the 205

That's not out of the ordinary as both 205 and 206 are shared between FG and NP.

[qwantae]

On 5/7/2017 at 11:13 AM, busfan2847 said:

The 800-809 hybrids were delivered in 2006. 802 and 803 went to Chicago 806 and 807 to Archer, the rest went to Kedzie. They entered service in early 2007 (I caught 6 of them in February 2007).

They were not at A and C for long, 802, 803, 806, 807 moved to Kedzie between 10/07 and the end of 2007.

The 900-909 hybrids were delivered in 2007 entering service in September - all at K.

Did some of them retired about couple years ago?

[busfan2847]

1 hour ago, qwantae said:

Did some of them retired about couple years ago?

From my records

900s all gone: 901, 902, 908 withdrawn 12/13; 906 w 1/14; 900, 904, 904, 909 w 7/14; 905 w10/14; 907 w11/14

801 w9/14; 809 w 3/15; 802 w10/15; 805 has not been in service since 12/16; 805 has not been in service since 3/17;

800, 803, 804, 806, 807, 808 are all still regularly used

[MRChiCity]

Tonight on CH 7 http://abc7chicago.com/news/easy-targets-cta-bus-drivers-fend-off-spit-guns-and-frozen-chickens/2032957/

[ajm522]

Random thing today. I saw a daytime Red Line run with only 4 cars in service. Is that normal?

[jajuan]

On 5/27/2017 at 1:25 PM, ajm522 said:

Random thing today. I saw a daytime Red Line run with only 4 cars in service. Is that normal?

No not typically. Daytime service is almost always done with 8 cars on the Red Line, even on weekends. 4-car service doesn't usually happen until the very late evening going into the early part of owl service and lasts until early morning when 8-car operations start back up. So your sighting is very rare and quite unusual.

[Busjack]

Mr. Boffo must ride CTA:

[ethan2226]

I found #1878 on the #49 Western assigned to 74th even though it is a North Park Bus. The #49 Western is done by both 74th and North Park.

[jajuan]

On 6/8/2017 at 7:45 AM, ethan2226 said:

I found #1878 on the #49 Western assigned to 74th even though it is a North Park Bus. The #49 Western is done by both 74th and North Park.

Nothing more than a loan. Both garages have done little loans like this between each other when short buses. At least this way the sightings aren't too out of place as if a New Flyer from say Kedzie were on the 49 or X49. 

[Busjack]

Tribune article that Enterprise CarShare was quitting business in Chicago. What made me first click was "what's new about 'theft, vandalism and fraud'," but the article said that this was I-Go, which had an agreement with the CTA. I guess people will now have to ride the bus for the "last mile."

[artthouwill]

2 hours ago, Busjack said:

Tribune article that Enterprise CarShare was quitting business in Chicago. What made me first click was "what's new about 'theft, vandalism and fraud'," but the article said that this was I-Go, which had an agreement with the CTA. I guess people will now have to ride the bus for the "last mile."

Or get a Lyft.

[Busjack]

13 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Or get a Lyft.

That brings up the point I made in the last 11/31 post, and was also mentioned in the article that Lyft was cheaper than hourly (it also seems like the article had difficulty in distinguishing between the various forms of car or ride sharing.)

[garmon757]

#1803 is on #82 right now. 

[artthouwill]

On 6/13/2017 at 7:21 PM, jajuan said:

Nothing more than a loan. Both garages have done little loans like this between each other when short buses. At least this way the sightings aren't too out of place as if a New Flyer from say Kedzie were on the 49 or X49. 

Or a 6400 Nova from FG!!!

[sht6131]

8190 was on 82 last Friday

[artthouwill]

Observations from O'Hare. 

There's a  glutton of taxis, not only in the termials, but also in the staging  area which is backed up all the way to G Lot on Bessie Coleman.

Uber and Lyft  loading zones are on the upper levelpposed to  taxus, limos, and Airport Express on the lower  level. They are sometimes the cheapest  option when compared  with taxis and Airport Express as long as there's  enough supply at the airport to meet demand.  Other times Uber and Lyft  go to surge pricing which can be compatible  with taxi fares.

CTA  , at least  fo travelers , is a bargain  at $5, especially  considering the  nightmarish  traffic  on the Kennedy  when travel times on the Blue Line  is comparable  or better than  on the expressway. 

Which all makes  Airport Express  less attractive  despite  having flat rates.  The luster  of sharing vehicle  with others and having  to make multiple  stops  is wearing off.  With the shuttle company  in San Antonio filing for bankruptcy  last year, could the airport shuttle  model  become extinct?  

Of note is the observations  that the increase in  traffic  on the expressways and  downtown  is directly  connected to the  ride share services  as well as UberEats and similar  services.

We didn't  even mention  VIA, an upscale  rideshare that only operates  between  Lakeview and downtown  (to Roosevelt).

 

[Busjack]

14 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Which all makes  Airport Express  less attractive  despite  having flat rates.  The luster  of sharing vehicle  with others and having  to make multiple  stops  is wearing off.

I remember when it was Continental Air Coach, which shows that demand is down when it went from motor coaches to vans. Tri-State Coach seems still around.

Another alternative used by those on corporate expense accounts is the limo companies (like the ones with the fake Blues Brothers), which are not that expensive on a shared basis or if the corporate travel agent has a deal.

BTW, on the limo front, I saw a Windy City Limo that was an Orion I (1990 version). Someone must be keeping them running.

Speaking of Airport Express, about 25 years ago I was taking one with some family who didn't know the location where they were going (the driver had to use the phone in the KwikEMart,now avoided by nav) and I made sure to set off the kids by saying that Hulk Hogan was on TV that night.

[artthouwill]

4 minutes ago, Busjack said:

I remember when it was Continental Air Coach, which shows that demand is down when it went from motor coaches to vans. Tri-State Coach seems still around.

Another alternative used by those on corporate expense accounts is the limo companies (like the ones with the fake Blues Brothers), which are not that expensive on a shared basis.

BTW, on the limo front, I saw a Windy City Limo that was an Orion I (1990 version). Someone must be keeping them running.

Speaking of Airport Express, about 25 years ago I was taking one with some family who didn't know the location where they were going (the driver had to use the phone in the KwikEMart,now avoided by nav) and I made sure to set off the kids by saying that Hulk Hogan was on TV that night.

Windy City may have an Orion  other two, but they aren't  running the  shuttles  for Cook County  Hospital.  A school  bus  company is  doing  that now.

 

To your limo point, there are a lot of independent  limo drivers that work for Uber,  Lyft,  VIA, Airport Express, in some combination.   I believe  Windy City and American  Coach Limo make their independents sign exclusivity  agreements. 

[Busjack]

2 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Windy City may have an Orion  other two, but they aren't  running the  shuttles  for Cook County  Hospital.

For some reason, I didn't think Cook County Hospital was near Parkway North in Deerfield. Lake County, for instance.

[artthouwill]

5 minutes ago, Busjack said:

For some reason, I didn't think Cook County Hospital was near Parkway North in Deerfield. Lake County, for instance.

You  didn't  mention  whee  you saw it before.  Btw, Windy City is based in Franklin Park,  on Grand West of the SooLine tracks.