sht6131 39 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 This is a question for Shannon or anybody that works at Kedzie. Noticed that the Sunday schedule for the 82 according to the bus tracker had 16 runs. Always has been 11 runs. What gives? Has 82 become that heavy on Sunday all of a sudden. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 68 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, sht6131 said: This is a question for Shannon or anybody that works at Kedzie. Noticed that the Sunday schedule for the 82 according to the bus tracker had 16 runs. Always has been 11 runs. What gives? Has 82 become that heavy on Sunday all of a sudden. https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=73060 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sht6131 39 Report post Posted December 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=73060 This was the link that I went to. CTA schedule is still Sept. Went to todays bus tracker where my question originated. Counted 16 buses assigned when there are usually 11 buses for Sunday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam92 303 Report post Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, sht6131 said: This was the link that I went to. CTA schedule is still Sept. Went to todays bus tracker where my question originated. Counted 16 buses assigned when there are usually 11 buses for Sunday Probably beefing up routes that are usually packed to spread out the crowds. Remember up til the COVID crisis, the idea was to not add a bus to the schedule unless it was overflowing; now somethings gotta be done to put some space between people so Looks like the service hours taken from LaSalle and others more heavily hit for ridership are being reinvested to keep the routes that haven’t lost as many riders with enough service to accommodate. Think of it as pandemic based decrowding 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sht6131 39 Report post Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Sam92 said: Probably beefing up routes that are usually packed to spread out the crowds. Remember up til the COVID crisis, the idea was to not add a bus to the schedule unless it was overflowing; now somethings gotta be done to put some space between people so Looks like the service hours taken from LaSalle and others more heavily hit for ridership are being reinvested to keep the routes that haven’t lost as many riders with enough service to accommodate. Think of it as pandemic based decrowding Makes sense. I think they have enough artics that they can spare for weekends. Less buses and manpower. They did utilize them weekends on 82 a few years back. Heard a rumor that it stopped because Lincoln Town Center complained. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam92 303 Report post Posted December 21, 2020 6 hours ago, sht6131 said: Makes sense. I think they have enough artics that they can spare for weekends. Less buses and manpower. They did utilize them weekends on 82 a few years back. Heard a rumor that it stopped because Lincoln Town Center complained. Sounds about right and explains why they stopped showing up on 82 on weekends and only get used on short turns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 72 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/20/2020 at 5:44 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=73060 Mybad for the late replied & yea it can get heavy in certain areas ive noticed it myself when I cross Chicago ave back in the hood it maybe 10-14 people waiting at the bus stop & up north it has its high traffic spots not the entire route but its hotspots & again in the lil village hood it can get busy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tcmetro 97 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 I looked at the new schedules but haven't had a chance to compare to the old ones. On the surface, it looks like the routes with new schedules are getting decent service increases. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sht6131 39 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: Mybad for the late replied & yea it can get heavy in certain areas ive noticed it myself when I cross Chicago ave back in the hood it maybe 10-14 people waiting at the bus stop & up north it has its high traffic spots not the entire route but its hotspots & again in the lil village hood it can get busy I was just shucked when I saw the drastic increase in weekend service on the 82. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 72 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 Yea they then throwed extra buses on there just for that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites