Aiden Tabucic Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 3 hours ago, XE NewFlyer said: i have checked at that time Idk then I guess it’s ghosting or just not in service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said: Idk then I guess it’s ghosting or just not in service Maybe NF is performing its $1.2 million contract to modify them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 to change what caused the fire on 700? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 700 and 701 will be converted to fast charge (on route) instead of slow charge (garage). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cta5658 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 What's the recent happenings with 700 lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 9 hours ago, Tcmetro said: 700 and 701 will be converted to fast charge (on route) instead of slow charge (garage). 700 won’t be in service due to battery fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Aiden Tabucic said: 700 won’t be in service due to battery fire But unless CTA is blowing ~$400K or is engaged in fraud, will be coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Busjack said: But unless CTA is blowing ~$400K or is engaged in fraud, will be coming back. So 700 will be back in service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Aiden Tabucic said: So 700 will be back in service? I assume you have enough familiarity with web browsers to click on the link I posted yesterday, read the pdf, and come to a conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 On 8/21/2018 at 11:52 AM, Busjack said: Maybe NF is performing its $1.2 million contract to modify them. The mention of the installation of a charging at Midway turnaround in the agenda item about this contract makes me wonder if either Chicago Garage or 74th will be a new home for at least one of these buses since Chicago's 54B and 74th's Midway short routes as well as its longer routes 47, 55, 59, 62 and 63 use the Midway bus turnaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 will the cta get more XE40's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, XE NewFlyer said: will the cta get more XE40's? No. The CTA recently awarded the contract for additional electric buses to Proterra, not New Flyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 2 hours ago, jajuan said: The mention of the installation of a charging at Midway turnaround in the agenda item about this contract makes me wonder if either Chicago Garage or 74th will be a new home for at least one of these buses since Chicago's 54B and 74th's Midway short routes as well as its longer routes 47, 55, 59, 62 and 63 use the Midway bus turnaround. I would guess Chicago, if only for the reason that Chicago will be the primary home for the Proterra electric buses when they come. The primary routes for those are the 66 and the 124. Perhaps the 124 will shift from K to C during the next pick or two. You mentioned the 54B which uses the Midway station, though it doesn't terminate there. I suppose though that 700 and/or 701 could shift to 74th, providing that either a new charging station be built at 74th garage or move the existing charging station at 77th to 74th. However I don't think 74th routes other than the 62 Archer (which doesn't serve Midwaay station except for owl service) are high profile routes to tour the electric bus service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 I hear Forest Glen is getting electric buses, too! I'm sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 6 hours ago, rvwnsd said: I hear Forest Glen is getting electric buses, too! I'm sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself. If you're talking 70 years ago, that was North Ave.FG had electric buses, but that was Irving Park and north of there. Bill V. says that FG got 77 in 1986. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 8/25/2018 at 8:26 PM, artthouwill said: I would guess Chicago, if only for the reason that Chicago will be the primary home for the Proterra electric buses when they come. The primary routes for those are the 66 and the 124. Perhaps the 124 will shift from K to C during the next pick or two. You mentioned the 54B which uses the Midway station, though it doesn't terminate there. I suppose though that 700 and/or 701 could shift to 74th, providing that either a new charging station be built at 74th garage or move the existing charging station at 77th to 74th. However I don't think 74th routes other than the 62 Archer (which doesn't serve Midwaay station except for owl service) are high profile routes to tour the electric bus service. Not really necessary to shift 124 when K already has a charging station, and Navy Pier was also said to be getting a charging station. Plus my understanding is that these new charging stations are supposed to be quick charge units. So they wouldn't necessarily need to be at the route terminus even though I see the benefit of it. Besides I doubt the owners of Ford City Mall are going to allow one on property after they already went through the trouble of working with CTA to move the bus staging area to the other side of the mall away from the main lot. Buses still directly serve the mall but the location is in a remote enough location relatively speaking that Pace decided it wasn't worth the hassle to have its buses continue to pull into the mall lot. Plus my musing was more whether the plan is to have the bus at 77th be tested in a different garage location than a musing about the home for the Proterras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 3 hours ago, jajuan said: Not really necessary to shift 124 when K already has a charging station, and Navy Pier was also said to be getting a charging station. Plus my understanding is that these new charging stations are supposed to be quick charge units. So they wouldn't necessarily need to be at the route terminus even though I see the benefit of it. Besides I doubt the owners of Ford City Mall are going to allow one on property after they already went through the trouble of working with CTA to move the bus staging area to the other side of the mall away from the main lot. Buses still directly serve the mall but the location is in a remote enough location relatively speaking that Pace decided it wasn't worth the hassle to have its buses continue to pull into the mall lot. Plus my musing was more whether the plan is to have the bus at 77th be tested in a different garage location than a musing about the home for the Proterras. The question, though is why the ordinance with the change order for New Flyer included a charging station at Midway (not Ford City). Only thing that appears to make sense is 54B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 i guess the 124 will be 100% electric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 8 hours ago, Busjack said: The question, though is why the ordinance with the change order for New Flyer included a charging station at Midway (not Ford City). Only thing that appears to make sense is 54B. the cta might want to use the buses on other routes at midway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Busjack said: The question, though is why the ordinance with the change order for New Flyer included a charging station at Midway (not Ford City). Only thing that appears to make sense is 54B. Here's another question. Are the charging stations universal or manufacturer specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, artthouwill said: Here's another question. Are the charging stations universal or manufacturer specific? Proterra is supposed to be working on interoperable charging stations, or at least committing to a universal technology: https://www.proterra.com/press-release/proterra-introduces-new-high-power-interoperable-ev-charging-technology/ Also, are Proterra, New Flyer and BYD are the only major electric bus manufacturers in the US right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 nova makes the LFSe 3 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Proterra is supposed to be working on interoperable charging stations, or at least committing to a universal technology: https://www.proterra.com/press-release/proterra-introduces-new-high-power-interoperable-ev-charging-technology/ Also, are Proterra, New Flyer and BYD are the only major electric bus manufacturers in the US right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 19 hours ago, Busjack said: The question, though is why the ordinance with the change order for New Flyer included a charging station at Midway (not Ford City). Only thing that appears to make sense is 54B. That was my thinking as well. My musing though about why not Ford City in this case but Midway for the charging station I was hypothesizing my have been related to the recent move to construct the new bus terminal on the east side of the mall because mall owners no longer wanted that mass flux of CTA and Pace buses tearing up the lot on the west side of the mall a majority of mall customers would come in if they weren't going to the movies right away or at all when visiting the mall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman8119 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 10:12 PM, Busjack said: The question, though is why the ordinance with the change order for New Flyer included a charging station at Midway (not Ford City). Only thing that appears to make sense is 54B. How about Midway being CTA property and Ford City not with the mall management not allowing the charging station onto their property. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 CCW rebuilt some Gilligs to electrics for Indianapolis. CCW is Complete Coach Works (?) in LA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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