Dawnlight Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Does Route 77 have the highest ridership out of all of the FG routes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 4:09 PM, Dawnlight said: Does Route 77 have the highest ridership out of all of the FG routes? Expand According to the Ridership Report (Feb 2016) it looks that way, with daily ridership of 21.993. Diversey, Irving Park and Lawrence are about half that, although Lawrence is shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 4:09 PM, Dawnlight said: Does Route 77 have the highest ridership out of all of the FG routes? Expand Usually they average about 5th or 6th highest. It's the highest at FG. I believe the #9 has the highest bus ridership in the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 4:20 PM, BusHunter said: Usually they average about 5th or 6th highest. It's the highest at FG. I believe the #9 has the highest bus ridership in the system. Expand Yes, it does barely beat out 79 (combining 9 and X9). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnlight Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 That could explain why the newer buses are primarily on the 77. Routes 76, 80, 81, and 152 are probably gonna next on the list once more buses get delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 #8226 is in the 3rd yard up here at the glen. Also new in the 3rd yard are #6558, #6871, #6689, #6695. I took some pics I'll upload later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter.pyterek Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Saw 8227 on the 77 at Lockwood going west Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Here's a shot of #8226 and other buses in the FG 3rd yard. i'll leave these full size so you can zoom them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman119 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/21/2016 at 4:27 PM, garmon757 said: Obviously that guy doesn't know that they have to go past Ohio to get here........ Expand There are a few tweets like that on Twitter. People often think the bus is lost. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 1:57 PM, patman119 said: There are a few tweets like that on Twitter. People often think the bus is lost. LOL. Expand There was a similar YouTube about a Pace bus that "looked newly painted" in a truck stop in Flagstaff AZ. After I left a comment that that was the most logical delivery route from the Riverside CA plant to South Holland, the video was deleted. I guess they found out what they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 These types of situations basically show that folks don't stop to realize that buses are basically never manufactured in the same city or metro area as the TA that they serve and therefore need to be driven the often times several hundred miles between the plant and the TA's home area. The exceptions to that dynamic of course are the rare cases of a manufacturer having a plant in a city with some form of bus transit service and having a contract with that TA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 3:49 PM, jajuan said: These types of situations basically show that folks don't stop to realize that buses are basically never manufactured in the same city or metro area as the TA that they serve and therefore need to be driven the often times several hundred miles between the plant and the TA's home area. The exceptions to that dynamic of course are the rare cases of a manufacturer having a plant in a city with some form of bus transit service and having a contract with that TA. Expand Somehow, Plattsbirgh NY, St. Cloud Minn., and Anniston Ala.* don't hit me as big metropolises. *Reference to a post on why a Detroit DOT X-60 was seen near Atlanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 #8205 was on the #56 this morning, so I think the last route that runs 7 days a week out of FG that hasn't had an #8200 is the #90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 4:12 PM, Busjack said: Somehow, Plattsbirgh NY, St. Cloud Minn., and Anniston Ala.* don't hit me as big metropolises. *Reference to a post on why a Detroit DOT X-60 was seen near Atlanta. Expand Well I was actually thinking more along the lines of the Canadian connection among the manufacturers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 5:58 PM, jajuan said: Well I was actually thinking more along the lines of the Canadian connection among the manufacturers. Expand Yes, but there's still the Buy America Act, Final assembly has to be done in the U.S. If you were making a point about TTC or STM, St. Eustache Quebec isn't that close to Toronto (is to Montreal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 6:10 PM, Busjack said: Yes, but there's still the Buy America Act, Final assembly has to be done in the U.S. Expand True, but to again clarify further I wasn't thinking strictly about US transit services in that part of the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 6:14 PM, jajuan said: True, but to again clarify further I wasn't thinking strictly about US transit services in that part of the post. Expand Amended by me above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Can't remember if 8081 was mentioned as being sidelined on the OOS list, but I found an ABC 7 Eyewitness News story from three weeks ago that gives some insight into what happened to it. It was shot at early that morning by some idiot near 85th Street while on an N9 run heading southbound on Ashland to the 95th Red Line station. No one was hurt thank goodness, but the bus came away with a hole at the landing by the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 6:38 PM, jajuan said: Can't remember if 8081 was mentioned as being sidelined on the OOS list, but I found an ABC 7 Eyewitness News story from three weeks ago that gives some insight into what happened to it. It was shot at early that morning by some idiot near 85th Street while on an N9 run heading southbound on Ashland to the 95th Red Line station. No one was hurt thank goodness, but the bus came away with a hole at the landing by the door. Expand Not sure I remember that one, but a bicyclist getting away seems kind of tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 7:10 PM, Busjack said: Not sure I remember that one, but a bicyclist getting away seems kind of tough. Expand I agree. It should be almost as tough as for those who try to get away on foot in similar events (firing guns at people or vehicles with people inside) and are reported as being caught by police somewhere nearby a short time later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 6:38 PM, jajuan said: Can't remember if 8081 was mentioned as being sidelined on the OOS list, but I found an ABC 7 Eyewitness News story from three weeks ago that gives some insight into what happened to it. It was shot at early that morning by some idiot near 85th Street while on an N9 run heading southbound on Ashland to the 95th Red Line station. No one was hurt thank goodness, but the bus came away with a hole at the landing by the door. Expand That's nuts, that sounds like some kid screwing around. At least the shield is supposed to be bulletproof, can't say that for the riders though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 8:33 PM, BusHunter said: That's nuts, that sounds like some kid screwing around. At least the shield is supposed to be bulletproof, can't say that for the riders though. Expand And from what I gathered from the story, fortunately no one was reported shot or otherwise injured from this unknown clown shooting at the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Well #8226 is on the #77, where else would it be? #8227 must be a ghost bus, I haven't seen zip in two days from it on the tracker. Time to suit up and catch some ghosts!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byiGKBzIu-8 We got one!! (maybe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Some ghost buses have spoofed us at SS and FG. Imagine my surprise when I saw #8224 just now on #77. Another ghost bus running with #8220 a harlem pullin. Yes #8227 is out here too It's a ghost bus too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Ok here's a bunch of pictures of #8224, #8226 and #8227. Today for the first time, there seemed about 80 percent #8200's on the #77. According to what I figured looking at mathstracker and what I observed, I come up 22 #8200's and 6 #6400's on the #77 this afternoon. These #6400's are becoming an endangered species at least on the #77, I think soon like within a week we may not be seeing any #6400's on the #77. The buses they have at SS should easily cover what's left on #77. There's something wrong/defect with #8226 maybe our eagle eyed members can tell us what it is. #8224: #8226: #8227: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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