Policeman Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 611 finally hit service on the 63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 12:14 PM, Policeman said: 611 finally hit service on the 63 Expand The 63 that as weird it's not at C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Interesting. I know that they're supposed to install a charger at Midway, but I didn't check last time I was at the terminal there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 1:14 PM, Tcmetro said: Interesting. I know that they're supposed to install a charger at Midway, but I didn't check last time I was at the terminal there. Expand 63 has two bays at Midway. One of them has the charger If I remember correctly, the bay closest to the station is the one with the overhead charger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 12:17 PM, Shannoncvpi said: The 63 that as weird it's not at C Expand Various rosters had 610 and 611 at 74th, and, as noted above, the charger at Midway was announced well in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 3:54 PM, Busjack said: Various rosters had 610 and 611 at 74th, and, as noted above, the charger at Midway was announced well in advance. Expand Aw ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 610 hit service on the 63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 Is 614 also assigned to 74th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 Official announcement of electric buses on 63. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphabetlore1044 Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 5/17/2023 at 6:01 PM, Busjack said: Official announcement of electric buses on 63. Expand You Bet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/18/23728419/chicago-transit-authority-electric-bus-63-cta Sun-Times article. Interesting that they call these the first ones when 700 & 701 (which are mentioned at the bottom of the article) have been operating on/off for years, mostly on south side routes (4 & 79) WRT to charging, I remember seeing the construction and breaking the news on this forum when they started building the charger at Midway summer of 2020. Is there another on-route charger for the 63 though? The 66 has two, seems strange for the 63 to only get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 7:13 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/18/23728419/chicago-transit-authority-electric-bus-63-cta Sun-Times article. Interesting that they call these the first ones when 700 & 701 (which are mentioned at the bottom of the article) have been operating on/off for years, mostly on south side routes (4 & 79) WRT to charging, I remember seeing the construction and breaking the news on this forum when they started building the charger at Midway summer of 2020. Is there another on-route charger for the 63 though? The 66 has two, seems strange for the 63 to only get one Expand May have been "on, off" but most of the 700s' action was out of K, such as on 21. Not enough to say that there was regular enough service on any route. Issue on 63 is that there isn't a bus turnaround at Stony Island. In that case, any charger would have to be on YMCA property. However, it is not clear where CTA plans to put the charger pad and fence (authorized last month). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 7:13 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/18/23728419/chicago-transit-authority-electric-bus-63-cta Sun-Times article. Interesting that they call these the first ones when 700 & 701 (which are mentioned at the bottom of the article) have been operating on/off for years, mostly on south side routes (4 & 79) WRT to charging, I remember seeing the construction and breaking the news on this forum when they started building the charger at Midway summer of 2020. Is there another on-route charger for the 63 though? The 66 has two, seems strange for the 63 to only get one Expand I thought there was some talk about putting one charger at 63rd St Beach. The only problem is that is a part time terminal limited to the summer. Stony Island makes sense. The question is whether you can build the charger on Stony Island in front of the Y or maybe build it on 63rd St? The city would probably need to build a cut out between Blackstone and Stony to accommodate bus staging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 9:04 PM, artthouwill said: I thought there was some talk about putting one charger at 63rd St Beach. The only problem is that is a part time terminal limited to the summer. Stony Island makes sense. The question is whether you can build the charger on Stony Island in front of the Y or maybe build it on 63rd St? The city would probably need to build a cut out between Blackstone and Stony to accommodate bus staging. Expand The consultants will question how many en route chargers are necessary. The 700 was able to stay out on a whole shift. "Topping off" is no longer the trend, as opposed to garage charging and limiting the duration of the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudgym29 Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 1:40 PM, artthouwill said: 63 has two bays at Midway. One of them has the charger If I remember correctly, the bay closest to the station is the one with the overhead charger. Expand You can see the charging apparatus in the second photograph by iamlocoooo here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Looks like CTA is getting more from the Low-No grant, according to the agenda: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policeman Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 614 hit service on the 66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 7:35 PM, Policeman said: 614 hit service on the 66 Expand That's the last of them. I figure that the price of the change order is enough to pick up the remaining 22 options, bot we'll have to see on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 7:45 PM, Busjack said: That's the last of them. I figure that the price of the change order is enough to pick up the remaining 22 options, bot we'll have to see on Friday. Expand No 622 has still not been in service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 9:02 PM, busfan2847 said: No 622 has still not been in service. Expand I thought it was on @maths22's tracker, but it does not appear so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 7:45 PM, Busjack said: I figure that the price of the change order is enough to pick up the remaining 22 options, bot we'll have to see on Friday. Expand Meeting video confirms it is for the final 22 buses on this contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 4:54 PM, Busjack said: Meeting video confirms it is for the final 22 buses on this contract. Expand Press release, which seems to add the 3 VW grant buses to the base and 2 NF buses to the total. Anyway, it says these 22 buses are expected in 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted July 27, 2023 Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 According to Maths22 bustracker 622 entered service on 7/26 on the 63. The last of the initial batch to enter service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 This is unfortunate that they've filed for Chapter 11 which leads me to wonder where the next fleet will come from but then again New Flyer may be the only option for the time being. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-firm-proterra-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2023-08-07/?fbclid=IwAR1PUwgoQZoEMfHBj6vWlEQSW7iXGN9CkGlZ6h5Dhgr5diy0hGeipbANzao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 8/8/2023 at 4:58 PM, YoungBusLover said: This is unfortunate that they've filed for Chapter 11 which leads me to wonder where the next fleet will come from but then again New Flyer may be the only option for the time being. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-firm-proterra-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2023-08-07/?fbclid=IwAR1PUwgoQZoEMfHBj6vWlEQSW7iXGN9CkGlZ6h5Dhgr5diy0hGeipbANzao Expand @strictures started a new topic, which is the more appropriate place to discuss this. But to quickly answer your implication, Proterra is not going out of business or disaffirming contracts. Read my response there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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