strictures Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 50 minutes ago, jajuan said: No buses are serving the Howard terminal right now due to some incident near the entrance to the terminal from what I could see. A squad car has Jarvis blocked off at Clark, and a couple of fire trucks were sitting on Jarvis responding to whatever happened. Also a helicopter was hovering overhead. I couldn't tell if it was a news chopper or a police one because from the angle it was hovering its identifying markings couldn't be seen. I just waited 40 minutes at Lunt/Clark for a SB Clark bus. Five NB Clarks went past, plus two Not In Service artics also went north. There were three ghost buses shown on the Ventra app while I was waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 26 minutes ago, artthouwill said: This would affect the Red. Yellow, and Purple Line Express My first thought was a derailment, possibly a Yellow Line train setting up for a return to Howard i couldn't find anything on CTA'S website, so hopefully whatever it is gets resolved quickly. The only thing mentioned on CTA's sight were alerts for the various routes that serve the terminal stating that they were all rerouted due to a street blockage. That reroute btw is a clockwise loop around Jarvis, Ridge, Howard and Clark until each route reaches the point where they would be on their regular route in the opposite direction. In the case of the 290, that of course would presumably be counterclockwise on those streets as I saw supervisors directing those buses to turn north on Clark from Jarvis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 4 hours ago, jajuan said: The only thing mentioned on CTA's sight were alerts for the various routes that serve the terminal stating that they were all rerouted due to a street blockage. That reroute btw is a clockwise loop around Jarvis, Ridge, Howard and Clark until each route reaches the point where they would be on their regular route in the opposite direction. In the case of the 290, that of course would presumably be counterclockwise on those streets as I saw supervisors directing those buses to turn north on Clark from Jarvis. “People’s Gas” hit a gas line at the entrance of the terminal so it was blocked off for bout a hour and half to 2hrs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 18 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: “People’s Gas” hit a gas line at the entrance of the terminal so it was blocked off for bout a hour and half to 2hrs That must have been the other truck that I spotted just ahead of the fire trucks. I was only able to see the rear, so it was hard to tell at the time who it belonged to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 I lifted the following from a portion of an ABC7 article on the Air and Water Show, in the part of the story mentioning transit options to the show. Who can spot what's wrong? It definitely shows that the local media can still be rather lax in getting updated info from our local transit agencies. ? HOW TO GET THERE: The city encourages using CTA to attend the air and water show. You can use the CTA Trip Planner to get your best route. The CTA 72 bus that normally stops at North Avenue beach will be rerouted and only go as far as North and Clark. Supplemental bus service will be provided on the 72 North Avenue and 151 Sheridan bus routes. Buses on the 145 Wilson/Michigan Express, 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express and 147 Outer Drive routes also have stops near the activities. You can also take the 22 Clark or 36 Broadway buses to North and Clark, within walking distance of North Avenue beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 18 minutes ago, jajuan said: I lifted the following from a portion of an ABC7 article on the now completed Air and Water Show, in the part of the story mentioning transit options to the show. Who can spot what's wrong? It definitely shows that the local media can still be rather lax in getting updated info from our local transit agencies. ? HOW TO GET THERE: The city encourages using CTA to attend the air and water show. You can use the CTA Trip Planner to get your best route. The CTA 72 bus that normally stops at North Avenue beach will be rerouted and only go as far as North and Clark. Supplemental bus service will be provided on the 72 North Avenue and 151 Sheridan bus routes. Buses on the 145 Wilson/Michigan Express, 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express and 147 Outer Drive routes also have stops near the activities. You can also take the 22 Clark or 36 Broadway buses to North and Clark, within walking distance of North Avenue beach. 145 rises again. For your benefit, the Show is still on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Busjack said: 145 rises again. For your benefit, the Show is still on Sunday. Thanks. For some strange reason, my brain was thinking Friday and Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday up until I heard several fast moving jets overhead up above my place this morning.? Corrected my original post in acknowledgement of my faux pas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardL803 Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Where can I find a list that shows discontinued CTA bus routes by the year they went out of service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 2 hours ago, EdwardL803 said: Where can I find a list that shows discontinued CTA bus routes by the year they went out of service? Chicago Transit and Railfan, to a point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 9/5/2023 at 6:53 AM, EdwardL803 said: Where can I find a list that shows discontinued CTA bus routes by the year they went out of service? This is my list. Sorry it is long! 2/1/1953 72A West North (replaced by 86) 5/25/1953 40 Planetarium (replaced by 126 extension) 7/3/1953 61 Montrose Beach 9/13/1953 17A Garfield Park Extension 1/15/1954 155A Devon-Pratt (introduced 11/15/53) 2/20/1955 92A West Foster (replaced by 85A) 3/9/1955 14 14th St 6/19/1955 134 Diversey (replaced by extending 76) 2/4/1956 26 26th St (merged into 31) 4/7/1956 126A Van Buren 9/9/1956 154 Lunt (merged with 96) 3/25/1962 43X Stock Yards Limited (introduced 10/7/1957 – replacement for Stock Yards L) 6/16/1963 119 Vincennes-119th St (replced by extension 111) 9/8/1963 23 Windsor Park 83 83rd St 6/19/1964 142 Shopping District 4/2/1967 79A West 79th St (replaced by extension 79) 6/16/1967 25 Central-Roosevelt-Laramie (introduced 10/3/1966) 9/27/1969 6 Garfield (replaced by extending 55) 6X Garfield Express 1/18/1970 85X Central Limited 2/1/1970 19 Devon-Northwest Express 82A Kedzie-Homan (replaced by 82 and 93) 12/20/1971 89 Yates-95th St 9/4/1972 81A Montrose-Lawrence 1/13/1973 77A East Belmont (replaced by 77 extension) 1/28/1973 127 Jackson-Independence 148 Monroe Parking Shuttle 8/4/1973 5B Yates-Colfax 13 Elston 46 Southport 98 Roscoe 9/9/1973 2 Hyde Park Local 7A Harrison-Adams 72X North Limited 136 Douglas (partially replaced by rerouting 58) 1/27/1975 158 Wacker-North Western Station (replaced by 120 & 125) 158A Wacker Express (replaced by 121 & 125) 11/28/1975 3X King Drive Express 126X Jackson Express 9/7/1976 13 Southwest Skokie (introduced 3/4/1974) 47A West 47th St (replaced by extension 47) 12/10/1976 89 McCormick 6/18/1978 74B West Fullerton (replaced by extension 74) 6/22/1980 148 Wilson-Michigan Outer Drive Express 153 Wilson-Michigan (replaced by 145 and 151) 6/19/1981 89 Northeastern Illinois U-Bus 9/12/1981 23 Morgan-Racine 58 Ogden-Randolph (partially replaced by 37) 58A/98 Ogden 74L East Fullerton (summer only) 155A West Devon (introduced 6/11/1979) 12/31/1981 15 Canal-Wacker 63A West 63rd St (replaced by 164) 1/3/1982 149 Stateliner (replaced by 41 & 44) 2/27/1983 64 Foster-Lawrence (replaced by 81W, 92W & 69) 9/3/1984 40 O’Hare Express (introduced 2/1/1970, replaced by Blue Line extension) 9/7/1986 128 Orleans (replaced by 41) 1/23/1988 38 Indiana 80W West Irving Park (replaced by 80 and Pace 326) 9/1/1989 92W West Foster 9/1991 141-143 Culture Bus (Su & holiday only) 1/31/1992 89 North Kedzie (introduced 6/21/1982) 7/2/1993 10 Lunch Loop (introduced 8/5/1992) 11/7/1993 99M Midway Express 45 Ashland-Archer 3/27/1994 35W West 35th-Pershing (introduced 11/7/1993; returned to 35 & 39) 7/2/1994 61 Archer-Franklin Express 62E Archer Express 162 Pulaski-Stevenson Express 5/18/1996 23 Washington Express (introduced 1/9/94 – Green Line replacement) 38 Michigan Express (introduced 1/9/94 – Green Line replacement) 6/28/1996 15 Shopping Loop (introduced 8/5/1992) 9/5/1997 164 Narragansett Express 10/4/1997 16 Lake 32 West 31st (introduced 11/7/1993) 41 Elston-Clybourn 42 Halsted-Archer 99 Stevenson Express 104 Pulman-Altgeld 110 Marquette 131 Washington 6/25/2000 6 Jeffery Local (was 5 until 1/3/1982) 6/22/2003 202 Main-Emerson (replaced by 93 & 200) 203 Ridge-Grant (replaced by 201 & 205) 204 Dodge (replaced by 93 & 206) 8/31/2003 27 South Deering (replaced extension 71) 1/30/2005 X21 Cermak Express 3/27/2005 X99 Chicago Manufacturing Campus Express 9/25/2005 40 Chinatown-Pilsen Shuttle (introduced 5/31/2004 SSu & holidays) 6/16/2006 25 West Cermak 127 NW-Madison 6/13/2008 127 Madison-Roosevelt Circulator 6/12/2009 173 University of Chicago-Lakeview Express 174 University of Chicago-Garfield Stations 9/4/2009 38 Ogden-Taylor (introduced 9/4/2009, replaced by 157) 200 Main Shuttle 2/5/2010 X3 King Drive Express (introduced 3/28/1993 as 3L) X9 Ashland Express (reintroduced 12/21/2105) X20 Washington-Madison Express X49 Western Express (reintroduced 12/21/2015) X54 Cicero Express X55 Garfield Express X80 Irving Park Express 5/14/2010 168 UIC-Pilson Express 12/14/2012 17 Westchester (> Pace 317) 49A South Western (> Pace 349) 56A North Milwaukee (> Pace 270) 64 Foster-Canfield (> Pace 209 (partial)) 69 Cumberland-East River 90N North Harlem (> Pace 423) 122 Illinois Center-Olgivie Express 123 Illinois Center-Union Express 129 West Loop-South Loop 144 Marine-Michigan Express 145 Wilson-Michigan Express 3/30/2013 33 Magnificent Mile Express 5/27/2016 170 University of Chicago Midway 8/31/2018 205 Chicago-Golf (> Pace 213, 208) 12/14/2018 132 Goose Island Express 3/17/2023 X98 Avon Express 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Rather than quote the entireist, there needs to be some corrections. The 38 Indians was combined with the 1 Drexel/Hyde Park in September of q981 becoming the 1 Indiana /Hyde Park The 45 Ashland/Archer wasn't eliminated until after the opening of the Orange Line. It's eliminated coincincided with the elimination of the 42 Halsted/Archer, 61 Archer/Franklin Express, 62 Archer Express, and the truncation of the 44 Wallace/ Racine. 90N was North Harlem, not Austin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardL803 Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 55 minutes ago, busfan2847 said: This is my list. Sorry it is long! 2/1/1953 72A West North (replaced by 86) 5/25/1953 40 Planetarium (replaced by 126 extension) 7/3/1953 61 Montrose Beach 9/13/1953 17A Garfield Park Extension 1/15/1954 155A Devon-Pratt (introduced 11/15/53) 2/20/1955 92A West Foster (replaced by 85A) 3/9/1955 14 14th St 6/19/1955 134 Diversey (replaced by extending 76) 2/4/1956 26 26th St (merged into 31) 4/7/1956 126A Van Buren 9/9/1956 154 Lunt (merged with 96) 3/25/1962 43X Stock Yards Limited (introduced 10/7/1957 – replacement for Stock Yards L) 6/16/1963 119 Vincennes-119th St (replced by extension 111) 9/8/1963 23 Windsor Park 83 83rd St 6/19/1964 142 Shopping District 4/2/1967 79A West 79th St (replaced by extension 79) 6/16/1967 25 Central-Roosevelt-Laramie (introduced 10/3/1966) 9/27/1969 6X Garfield Express 1/18/1970 85X Central Limited 2/1/1970 19 Devon-Northwest Express 82A Kedzie-Homan (replaced by 82 and 93) 12/20/1971 89 Yates-95th St 9/4/1972 81A Montrose-Lawrence 1/13/1973 77A East Belmont (replaced by 77 extension) 1/28/1973 127 Jackson-Independence 148 Monroe Parking Shuttle 8/4/1973 5B Yates-Colfax 13 Elston 46 Southport 98 Roscoe 9/9/1973 2 Hyde Park Local 7A Harrison-Adams 72X North Limited 136 Douglas (partially replaced by rerouting 58) 11/7/1973 45 Ashland-Archer 1/27/1975 158 Wacker-North Western Station (replaced by 120 & 125) 158A Wacker Express (replaced by 121 & 125) 11/28/1975 3X King Drive Express 126X Jackson Express 9/7/1976 13 Southwest Skokie (introduced 3/4/1974) 47A West 47th St (replaced by extension 47) 12/10/1976 89 McCormick 6/18/1978 74B West Fullerton (replaced by extension 74) 6/22/1980 148 Wilson-Michigan Outer Drive Express 153 Wilson-Michigan (replaced by 145 and 151) 6/19/1981 89 Northeastern Illinois U-Bus 9/12/1981 23 Morgan-Racine 58 Ogden-Randolph (partially replaced by 37) 58A/98 Ogden 74L East Fullerton (summer only) 155A West Devon (introduced 6/11/1979) 12/31/1981 15 Canal-Wacker 63A West 63rd St (replaced by 164) 1/3/1982 149 Stateliner (replaced by 41 & 44) 2/27/1983 64 Foster-Lawrence (replaced by 81W, 92W & 69) 9/3/1984 40 O’Hare Express (introduced 2/1/1970, replaced by Blue Line extension) 9/7/1986 128 Orleans (replaced by 41) 1/23/1988 38 Indiana 80W West Irving Park (replaced by 80 and Pace 326) 9/1/1989 92W West Foster 9/1991 141-143 Culture Bus (Su & holiday only) 1/31/1992 89 North Kedzie (introduced 6/21/1982) 7/2/1993 10 Lunch Loop (introduced 8/5/1992) 11/7/1993 99M Midway Express 3/27/1994 35W West 35th-Pershing (introduced 11/7/1993; returned to 35 & 39) 7/2/1994 61 Archer-Franklin Express 62E Archer Express 162 Pulaski-Stevenson Express 5/18/1996 23 Washington Express (introduced 1/9/94 – Green Line replacement) 38 Michigan Express (introduced 1/9/94 – Green Line replacement) 6/28/1996 15 Shopping Loop (introduced 8/5/1992) 9/5/1997 164 Narragansett Express 10/4/1997 16 Lake 32 West 31st (introduced 11/7/1993) 41 Elston-Clybourn 42 Halsted-Archer 99 Stevenson Express 104 Pulman-Altgeld 110 Marquette 131 Washington 6/25/2000 6 Jeffery Local (was 5 until 1/3/1982) 6/22/2003 202 Main-Emerson (replaced by 93 & 200) 203 Ridge-Grant (replaced by 201 & 205) 204 Dodge (replaced by 93 & 206) 8/31/2003 27 South Deering (replaced extension 71) 1/30/2005 X21 Cermak Express 3/27/2005 X99 Chicago Manufacturing Campus Express 9/25/2005 40 Chinatown-Pilsen Shuttle (introduced 5/31/2004 SSu & holidays) 6/16/2006 25 West Cermak 127 NW-Madison 6/13/2008 127 Madison-Roosevelt Circulator 6/12/2009 173 University of Chicago-Lakeview Express 174 University of Chicago-Garfield Stations 9/4/2009 38 Ogden-Taylor (introduced 9/4/2009, replaced by 157) 200 Main Shuttle 2/5/2010 X3 King Drive Express (introduced 3/28/1993 as 3L) X9 Ashland Express (reintroduced 12/21/2105) X20 Washington-Madison Express X49 Western Express (reintroduced 12/21/2015) X54 Cicero Express X55 Garfield Express X80 Irving Park Express 5/14/2010 168 UIC-Pilson Express 12/14/2012 17 Westchester (> Pace 317) 49A South Western (> Pace 349) 56A North Milwaukee (> Pace 270) 64 Foster-Canfield (> Pace 209 (partial)) 69 Cumberland-East River 90N North Austin (> Pace 423) 122 Illinois Center-Olgivie Express 123 Illinois Center-Union Express 129 West Loop-South Loop 144 Marine-Michigan Express 145 Wilson-Michigan Express 3/30/2013 33 Magnificent Mile Express 5/27/2016 170 University of Chicago Midway 8/31/2018 205 Chicago-Golf (> Pace 213, 208) 12/14/2018 132 Goose Island Express 3/17/2023 X98 Avon Express No need to apologize. This is great! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 2 hours ago, EdwardL803 said: No need to apologize. This is great! Thanks for sharing. If there's a particular route youre looking for let us know and someone might be able to run through the sites mentioned above or give you links to the sites ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 20 hours ago, busfan2847 said: 9/27/1969 6X Garfield Express Several technicalities missing. When the Dan Ryan L opened, both 6 and 6X were eliminated, and 55 was extended from Morgan to Cicero/Archer (St. Louis short). I believe that at the same time 111AX was also eliminated, and 111A was routed to 95th-Dan Ryan. Some express routes were assigned numbers in 1974 (usually not displayed) and numerous routes (some A and B suffixes, 42B to 8A, LSD express routes) were renumbered in 1976. Finally there have been name and route shifts, such has 146 Sheridan Express to 146 Marine-Michigan Express (1976 signs had both readings) to 146 Inner Dr.-Michigan Express, to what it is today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 21 hours ago, artthouwill said: Rather than quote the entireist, there needs to be some corrections. The 38 Indians was combined with the 1 Drexel/Hyde Park in September of q981 becoming the 1 Indiana /Hyde Park The 45 Ashland/Archer wasn't eliminated until after the opening of the Orange Line. It's eliminated coincincided with the elimination of the 42 Halsted/Archer, 61 Archer/Franklin Express, 62 Archer Express, and the truncation of the 44 Wallace/ Racine. 90N was North Harlem, not Austin Thanks for your comments. Yes 38 Indiana was combined with 1 on 9/19/1981. From 2/16/83 38 Indiana resumed day & early eve shuttle service via Michigan-63rd-Indiana-51st-Michigan loop which was discontinued, without replacement, 1/23/88. 45 and Austin were typos. You are correct 45 was discontinued 11/5/1993. The 61 and 62E lasted a little longer until 7/1/1994. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Busjack said: Several technicalities missing. When the Dan Ryan L opened, both 6 and 6X were eliminated, and 55 was extended from Morgan to Cicero/Archer (St. Louis short). I believe that at the same time 111AX was also eliminated, and 111A was routed to 95th-Dan Ryan. Some express routes were assigned numbers in 1974 (usually not displayed) and numerous routes (some A and B suffixes, 42B to 8A, LSD express routes) were renumbered in 1976. Finally there have been name and route shifts, such has 146 Sheridan Express to 146 Marine-Michigan Express (1976 signs had both readings) to 146 Inner Dr.-Michigan Express, to what it is today. Sorry missed 6 from the list, you are correct. Yes if a route was renumbered or rerouted I did not list them. My Word document with most of the changes listed is 147 pages long. The data came from Chicago Transit and Railfan, and Andris Kristopans in Motor Bus Society magazines and on the IRM cta pages ( http://irm-cta.org/route_descriptions.html ) 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 hours ago, busfan2847 said: Sorry missed 6 from the list, you are correct. Yes if a route was renumbered or rerouted I did not list them. My Word document with most of the changes listed is 147 pages long. The data came from Chicago Transit and Railfan, and Andris Kristopans in Motor Bus Society magazines and on the IRM cta pages ( http://irm-cta.org/route_descriptions.html ) Wow never realized Jeffery was so frequent back in the day. Just looked through the old timetables on this site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, Sam92 said: Wow never realized Jeffery was so frequent back in the day. Just looked through the old timetables on this site Yes it was a high frequency route before artics ever came. The 6 was a single ride to downtown for those who lived in Jeffery Manor, Pill Hill, and South Shore. It also had a very high ridership in Hyde Park. As slow as the travel time was, it was quicker than taking the Jackson Park L. To alleviate crowding, the CTA introduced the 14 in January of 1982. The Jeffery Blvd rides flocked to the 14. Initially the frequency on the 6 went down but that didn't solve the overcrowding problem in Hyde Park. There were trips on the 6 that started from the MSI before rge the 14 came along, but more of those trips had to be added. The 6 was still a popular route that connected Jeffery with Kenwood Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted September 16, 2023 Report Share Posted September 16, 2023 From the “More bus moves” topic i couldn’t find anywhere else but here: last night #1324 was used a emergency fill in on the J14 and especially wit these loans 103rd has leads me to wonder how down bad 103rd really is? considering they got a semi load of 8450’s and got rid of some % of their flyers, also #8405 was used as a fill on the J14 yesterday for the PM rush. Both buses are back at their perspective garages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krzysiu221322 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 Has anyone created a frequency guide/chart like this for CTA’s bus routes? https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/BramptonTransit_FrequencyGuide_Sept2023.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 5 hours ago, krzysiu221322 said: Has anyone created a frequency guide/chart like this for CTA’s bus routes? https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/BramptonTransit_FrequencyGuide_Sept2023.pdf Our system map technically have one already. Nothing runs at headways greater than 30 min outside of a few exceptions which are notated on under the route details 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 10:55 AM, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said: From the “More bus moves” topic i couldn’t find anywhere else but here: last night #1324 was used a emergency fill in on the J14 and especially wit these loans 103rd has leads me to wonder how down bad 103rd really is? considering they got a semi load of 8450’s and got rid of some % of their flyers, also #8405 was used as a fill on the J14 yesterday for the PM rush. Both buses are back at their perspective garages. In that scenario you presented operators working out of 77th will sometimes get pulled from there runs to do a quick tripper on routes out of 103rd that have top priority over some other routes.The J14 and 192 being two I can think of off the top of my head. Manpower out of 103rd is something I've harped on about over the last several months and whatever they have going on over there is effecting everyone during all hours of the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1279 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said: In that scenario you presented operators working out of 77th will sometimes get pulled from there runs to do a quick tripper on routes out of 103rd that have top priority over some other routed. J14 and 192 being two I can think of off the top of my head. Manpower out of 103rd is something I've harped on about over the last several months and whatever they have going over there is effecting everyone during all hours of the day. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 2 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: In that scenario you presented operators working out of 77th will sometimes get pulled from there runs to do a quick tripper on routes out of 103rd that have top priority over some other routes.The J14 and 192 being two I can think of off the top of my head. Manpower out of 103rd is something I've harped on about over the last several months and whatever they have going on over there is effecting everyone during all hours of the day. I've mentioned before that 103rd and 77th had the most severe driver shortages. So it is crazy that 77th has to pull drivers from its own routes to cover for 103rd when 77th can't really afford to do so. I get it in that 77th is the closest garage to 103rd and 77th used to operate the 14 and the 6 and also supplement 103rd on those routes. Does 74th in turn provide help with 77th? We know 77th runs a couple of buses on the BL Shuttle also though that is majority K P and F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 18 hours ago, artthouwill said: I've mentioned before that 103rd and 77th had the most severe driver shortages. So it is crazy that 77th has to pull drivers from its own routes to cover for 103rd when 77th can't really afford to do so. I get it in that 77th is the closest garage to 103rd and 77th used to operate the 14 and the 6 and also supplement 103rd on those routes. Does 74th in turn provide help with 77th? We know 77th runs a couple of buses on the BL Shuttle also though that is majority K P and F. On the contrary we are currently at the max as far as operators are concerned at 77th, There is hardly any overtime to obtain these days with the influx of rookies we've gotten over the spring and summer months this year. Generally when we get pulled for runs to help out of 103rd they generally take a run off the #2 on the south end to do a tripper on the #192, if it's northern end sometimes an operator working the #1, #3 or #4 may get pulled to cover the #J14 or #192. It all depends on if the operator knows the route along with being able to get back in place once completing the assignment. I've rarely seen 74th operators run on our routes unless it's a dire situation. I'm still in utter disbelief that were helping out with the BL Shuttles to save on the mileage with these #8500s, I get that they're new but sheesh release them all for revenue service for god sake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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