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13 hours ago, renardo870 said:

Will 103rd get more artics this pick? It seems they've had the least number of 4000's for a minute now.

I doubt it.  The only way 103rd gets more artics, if they're stimulus artics come back from the dead.

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1 hour ago, Master58 said:

I doubt it.  The only way 103rd gets more artics, if they're stimulus artics come back from the dead.

Well, they probably would need to resurrect some artics or 40 footers from the dead or shift some from K or P since some routes from 103rd have increased frequency now...J14, 34 and 95.

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1 hour ago, renardo870 said:

Well, they probably would need to resurrect some artics or 40 footers from the dead or shift some from K or P since some routes from 103rd have increased frequency now...J14, 34 and 95.

They're going to have too. 103rd shouldn't have gave 4015 - 4033 to P to begin with.  

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31 minutes ago, Master58 said:

They're going to have too. 103rd shouldn't have gave 4015 - 4033 to P to begin with.  

Man that’s what I’m saying, I’ve always been against the 4015-4022, 4024-4032 to P ever since they first move them, and P has enough artics to begin with and i don’t understand why they need more 60ft just to Hog them 🤦‍♂️

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3 hours ago, Ghoul said:

Man that’s what I’m saying, I’ve always been against the 4015-4022, 4024-4032 to P ever since they first move them, and P has enough artics to begin with and i don’t understand why they need more 60ft just to Hog them 🤦‍♂️

Looking at the live data it make sense as to why NP has a boatload of arctics compared to 103rd and K. Outside of the 6, J14 and occasionally the 26 why would 103rd need more than 70 arctics? Versus NPs 114 that are currently active on several LSD high density routes and local feeders?

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1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

Looking at the live data it make sense as to why NP has a boatload of arctics compared to 103rd and K. Outside of the 6, J14 and occasionally the 26 why would 103rd need more than 70 arctics? Versus NPs 114 that are currently active on several LSD high density routes and local feeders?

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5 hours ago, Ghoul said:

Man that’s what I’m saying, I’ve always been against the 4015-4022, 4024-4032 to P ever since they first move them, and P has enough artics to begin with and i don’t understand why they need more 60ft just to Hog them 🤦‍♂️

103rds problem is keeping the artics they have repaired. 70 artics pretty much covers their needs but due to 10-15 of them always being in the south shops they end up using 40fts on 6 and 26 more (26 really only needs them morning rush into mid afternoon, the PM rush can get by with 40fts since the evening rush hour is more spread out.) If anything since 103rd strictly uses artics on express routes I'd have all the diesel artics assigned there and send all the hybrids to K or P since they make more sense on the local routes those 2 tend to use them all. I don't think the hybrids take too well to being used at high speeds so often (plus defeats the fuel savings point)

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On 3/25/2025 at 9:03 PM, Sam92 said:

 

103rds problem is keeping the artics they have repaired. 70 artics pretty much covers their needs but due to 10-15 of them always being in the south shops they end up using 40fts on 6 and 26 more (26 really only needs them morning rush into mid afternoon, the PM rush can get by with 40fts since the evening rush hour is more spread out.) If anything since 103rd strictly uses artics on express routes I'd have all the diesel artics assigned there and send all the hybrids to K or P since they make more sense on the local routes those 2 tend to use them all. I don't think the hybrids take too well to being used at high speeds so often (plus defeats the fuel savings point)

Recently they had two diesel LFR’s at 103rd after they came back from SS, but they have since ended up back at P. I always wonder why they haven’t got to moving the diesel’s down to 103rd yet. You don’t see as much drivers hit 55 mph on the NP routes as you do on the 103rd routes.

This month, 103rd has only operated 19 DE60LF buses, and 18 others have not seen service this month.

In May, these have operated on 103rd routes: 4000, 4005, 4034, 4037, 4040, 4043, 4048, 4070, 4083, 4090, 4097, 4108, 4109, 4175, 4177, 4179, 4186, 4190, and 4194. 4097 has just returned after being OOS since January. Only 5 out of 9 buses 103rd got from Kedzie in March are currently active.

the other 18 listed as active within the last 6 months are:

4011 (I saw it return to 103rd after being OOS there for 2 weeks on 4/9, then it broke again on 4/15, OOS till 4/25, it broke down again on 4/25 and hasn’t been seen since)

4035 - this bus is often at the SS

4036 - OOS since december - visited SS multiple times in 2024

4045 - OOS since March, currently at south fence. Another bus that visited SS and even the boneyard a lot in 2024.

4046 - OOS since March, currently at SS

4047 - been at SS for a long time in the end of 2024, I saw them bring 4047 back to 103rd in mid December but less than a week later it wound up back at SS and has been there ever since. Must have a major problem going on it’s at south fence rn without a farebox.

4091 - OOS since 4/24

4101, 4103 - from Kedzie, OOS since March

4107 - OOS since early January, south fence bus

4111, 4113 - haven’t been seen since end of april

4116 - OOS since February

4173 - OOS since early december

4176 - at SS fence, appears to have parts being taken out

4180 - OOS since mid April

4182 - OOS since november

4184 - OOS since end of april

Buses OOS for over 6 months that last ran at 103rd include the following:

4014 - supposed to be at NP - OOS since April 2024 and in boneyard

4033 - OOS since March 2024, has no bike rack and been at south fence since the summer

4051 - OOS since november 2023

4102 - OOS since october 2024, hit 6 month mark, at south fence

4105 - OOS since March 2023, at south fence

4112 - involved in accident in November 2023, unsure status

4114 - OOS since november 2022, appears to have parts taken out and in boneyard

4115 - involved in an accident May of 2022

4118 - retired after November 2021, in boneyard LTH

4172 - OOS since February 2023

4174 - OOS since November 2022

4178 - involved in accident February 2023 and is in boneyard

4181 - OOS since January 2023, at south fence

4183 - OOS since December 2022

4185 - retired after June 2021, in boneyard LTH with 4118

4187, 4189 - OOS since january 2023

4188 - OOS since December 2022, at south fence

4191 - OOS since February 2023

4192 - OOS since july 2023, in boneyard

4193 - OOS since January 2023, has been at OOS in 2024 appeared to be getting work done, but must’ve been cancelled as it’s still there

4195 - involved in accident in September of 2021

That’s 22 buses that have been OOS since before November of 2024. 103rd should have diesel artics since they are known for having their DE60LF’s going OOS consistently, most often for more than 3 months.

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