What to Do With Surplus Artics

[Sam92]

4 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said:

Yeah I see where you're coming from now, A happy medium would be for CTA to have no more than 280 - 320 Artics spread evenly throughout the system. 35 out of 193 would be too low of a number under the current circumstances for 7 as they would need them for more than just the 4 and 79 unless they interline certain trips from the 2, 3, X4 and 8. I've always wanted the 8 to have certain trips (using artics) start from UIC-Halsted for the PM rush to go as far south as Root then deadhead to either Randolph/Columbus or Ontario/Fairbanks to help supplement there afterwards. The 2 could work the same as the 192 deadhead do in the morning for certain trips interlining with the 3, 4 , or 79. It's possible to run artics are multiple routes for a trip the same way NP does. It's just a matter of having enough equipment to do it successfully. 

4 also uses a lot of buses so again if everything was fixed and thus the 4300s being an 80 bus surplus... That surplus would be able to entirely equip 79 with the 45 buses out of that 80 leaving 35, 4 with artics probably needs 35 so you have that but where are the spares (with the 320 you suggested vs our 308 that covers the spare ratio for 4). Now bringing BRT back up, that would decrease run times for Pulaski, Cottage Grove and Fullerton so the reduced fleet requirements from high speeds and reduced local service means that 100 artics to replace the 4300s might end up going to C and 77 for that purpose. We know they can't be used on the Garfield and western service for obvious reasons lol