BusHunter Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 The #94 could always just circle via western then there is no layover in the park. It just seems kind of strange they have the bus go to the garage and then they don't use it. 74th garage itself could always structure the routes so that most buses pull in and pull out and they just do reliefs on the street. When someone is done for the day they pullin and the replacement pulls out. They might need a few extra buses to do that, but we have been talking about bloat!! Then it doesn't matter as you have no one without a bus unless they are on fallback. Garage travel issues are solved. BTW, I was scanning DNAinfo and came across the massive teardown project of the Western Belmont bridge. Remember how traffic was before, it's going to be another year like that. Anyone who picked Western is going to have alot of patience. I wonder how Western is going to function now once the bridge comes down, because they are making that basically a six corners type intersection. You know how Diversey/Western backs up, this is probably going to be the same. it will be interesting also how Belmont is going to adjust. For the bridge buffs get your pictures now, you got 3 weeks!! https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160208/roscoe-village/western-belmont-overpass-finally-being-demolished-find-out-when Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Traffic will be bad. From what I understand, there will only be one lane open each way. Last year, my trip on the 49 would take about 75-90 minutes because of traffic and the detour route. Currently, with the express service and reduced stops, it only takes about 35-45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 If I can suggest, the CTA should think about returning owl service on the #155 Devon bus, since their ain't any east-west routes that run 24/7 north of Lawrence Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 5 hours ago, TaylorTank1229 said: If I can suggest, the CTA should think about returning owl service on the #155 Devon bus, since their ain't any east-west routes that run 24/7 north of Lawrence Ave. Is there a demand for it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cta_44499_FG Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Not going to happen. 155 ridership drops significantly after 8 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 On 2/11/2016 at 8:45 AM, Busjack said: Is there a demand for it? No it's not as evidenced by CTA_44499_FG's post. On 2/13/2016 at 2:50 AM, cta_44499_FG said: Not going to happen. 155 ridership drops significantly after 8 pm. I live three blocks south of the route and I can say that the buses at best see half a load in the evening unless there is a delay or some special event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 One thing not previously mentioned is 77th will now also have trips on 120-121-125, previously Chicago and Kedzie territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 The 120-121-125 buses would probably be interlined with 1-2-3-4 buses during the rush hour period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Is the date of the new pick 3/6 or 3/27? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon93 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 10 hours ago, renardo870 said: The 120-121-125 buses would probably be interlined with 1-2-3-4 buses during the rush hour period. They probably will because an operator told me that everything is somehow interlined with King Drive and Cottage Grove, so I'm not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Effective 3/27/16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Oh thanks....Pace and CTA Rail picks are effective 3/6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Public Hearing for 170 elimination (Eff. 5/31/16): http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=3520 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 77th was training today on 125, had about 3 training busses doing the route. Saw them turn NB on Michigan at Ontario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon93 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Any updates on other routes besides 120, 121, and 125 going to other garages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, Brandon93 said: Any updates on other routes besides 120, 121, and 125 going to other garages? The 11 is coming back and the 170 might get eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maths22 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 43 minutes ago, Mr.cta85 said: The 11 is coming back and the 170 might get eliminated. The 170 will almost certainly get eliminated, since the University of Chicago will no longer be subsidizing the route, and given that the route is not very heavily used (hence the University's decision), I doubt the CTA wants to operate it on its own. See UChicago's statement here: http://safety-security.uchicago.edu/news/university_to_stop_subsidizing_cta_170/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 59 minutes ago, maths22 said: The 170 will almost certainly get eliminated, since the University of Chicago will no longer be subsidizing the route, and given that the route is not very heavily used (hence the University's decision), I doubt the CTA wants to operate it on its own. See UChicago's statement here: http://safety-security.uchicago.edu/news/university_to_stop_subsidizing_cta_170/ It gets eliminated, because the whole deal with the Crowd Reduction Plan and subsequent contract with U of C is if U of C doesn't pay the full freight, the service is gone. But it won't be the Spring pick, because the effective date is May 27. The stuff about presenting an amended contract to the CT Board is a mere formality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I spotted 8162 doing a training run on Taylor near Ashland this past Friday. Does this mean that C will be doing some coverage of #157 at spring pick start? Or maybe even K giving it up with C being the garage TBA that Reynardo alluded to a few weeks back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 19 minutes ago, Busjack said: It gets eliminated, because the whole deal with the Crowd Reduction Plan and subsequent contract with U of C is if U of C doesn't pay the full freight, the service is gone. But it won't be the Spring pick, because the effective date is May 27. The stuff about presenting an amended contract to the CT Board is a mere formality. That lines up with what Andre mentioned a few weeks ago that 170's possible elimination wouldn't be effective spring pick. As for the questions that keep popping up about 11 and 31, Andre mentions in that same post that those aren't happening spring pick either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I'd be willing to assume that the 11 and 31 are contingent on the state budget issue. Until things are settled, CTA funding isn't quite clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Tcmetro said: I'd be willing to assume that the 11 and 31 are contingent on the state budget issue. Until things are settled, CTA funding isn't quite clear. That's again untrue. As noted here, CTA is not suffering fiscal distress, because it gets operating money from the RTA sales tax. If it is relying on CMAQ or JARC for this project, those aren't state funds, either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Plus from Andre's post, it sounds like they need more than just one full pick after announcement to start these two again. Remember X9 and X49's return was announced last summer, but the remainder of summer pick and all of fall pick to plan their schedules and coordinate them with the locals. And as Busjack mentioned, CTA's operating budget is quite secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 14buses from 77th on 120-121-125 in AM rush of which 13 pull out, one comes off #3. 13 pull in, one goes to Hickory. These replace all Chicago Av buses on 120-121-125 in AM rush. 77th has no PM shuttle work, and Chicago still has a few PM trips on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 13 minutes ago, andrethebusman said: 14buses from 77th on 120-121-125 in AM rush of which 13 pull out, one comes off #3. 13 pull in, one goes to Hickory. These replace all Chicago Av buses on 120-121-125 in AM rush. 77th has no PM shuttle work, and Chicago still has a few PM trips on these. Do you know the 77th run numbers of those routes in order for me to make changes on the chicagobus website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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