MetroShadow Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 On 8/22/2023 at 6:07 PM, Railguy said: Staff shortages are in all departments esp in planning. Look at the Pace employment webpage Human Resources... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 On 11/29/2023 at 6:48 AM, rotjohns said: Translation: Pace Plainfield still needs drivers? https://www.pacebus.com/notice/routes-834-850-851-and-855-temporary-modified-schedule-alert At the January board meeting, Metzger said that the I-55 buses were overcrowded because Heritage is short 18 drivers, not ridership. In general, what's preventing restoration of service is the lack of drivers. There are the related issues that work ridership is heavier Tues-Thurs, and people are not just riding during the traditional rush hours. She mentioned that getting some 45-foot coaches could allow transporting more passengers with fewer drivers.* ________________ *But that doesn't happen instantly, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjohns Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 On 1/18/2024 at 4:27 PM, Busjack said: At the January board meeting, Metzger said that the I-55 buses were overcrowded because Heritage is short 18 drivers, not ridership. In general, what's preventing restoration of service is the lack of drivers. There are the related issues that work ridership is heavier Tues-Thurs, and people are not just riding during the traditional rush hours. She mentioned that getting some 45-foot coaches could allow transporting more passengers with fewer drivers.* ________________ *But that doesn't happen instantly, either. Coincidently, all I-55 buses have their destination signs stating "Pace Is Hiring." I haven't seen that on any other regular route bus (though I'm sure it's possible). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 10 hours ago, rotjohns said: Coincidently, all I-55 buses have their destination signs stating "Pace Is Hiring." I haven't seen that on any other regular route bus (though I'm sure it's possible). Not coincidentally. It also makes me wonder about putting a garage at a place that is not a population center. Pace may have to run a shift change bus from Joliet to Plainfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/22/2024 at 10:52 AM, rotjohns said: Coincidently, all I-55 buses have their destination signs stating "Pace Is Hiring." I haven't seen that on any other regular route bus (though I'm sure it's possible). There was one on Route 213 this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/22/2024 at 10:52 AM, rotjohns said: Coincidently, all I-55 buses have their destination signs stating "Pace Is Hiring." I haven't seen that on any other regular route bus (though I'm sure it's possible). Saw it also on an East Dundee ElDorado running back to depot on I-90 on Friday Evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 On 11/29/2023 at 6:48 AM, rotjohns said: Translation: Pace Plainfield still needs drivers? https://www.pacebus.com/notice/routes-834-850-851-and-855-temporary-modified-schedule-alert Passenger Alert that a few of the trips are being restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 Based on the quoted press release that Pace was up to 78% of 2019 ridership, and I said that was deceptive of fixed route, I did a quick research project, based on RTAMS average ridership data of the top 10 routes in 2019 vs. 2024. My conclusion is that there was a 31% loss, meaning a 68% recovery on the heaviest routes, where you would expect the greatest recovery. Spreadsheet also attached. PACE LOSS.xlsx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 2 hours ago, Busjack said: Based on the quoted press release that Pace was up to 78% of 2019 ridership, and I said that was deceptive of fixed route, I did a quick research project, based on RTAMS average ridership data of the top 10 routes in 2019 vs. 2024. My conclusion is that there was a 31% loss, meaning a 68% recovery on the heaviest routes, where you would expect the greatest recovery. Spreadsheet also attached. Updated to eliminate an "average of the change column." Now computed on the basis of averaging 2019 and 2024 columns, and then taking the percentage change in that, leaving a loss of 32%. I noted that the numeric loss on 352 was especially large. Also, this is weekday only. PACE LOSS.xlsx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 On 5/24/2024 at 10:42 AM, Busjack said: Based on the quoted press release that Pace was up to 78% of 2019 ridership, and I said that was deceptive of fixed route, I did a quick research project, based on RTAMS average ridership data of the top 10 routes in 2019 vs. 2024. My conclusion is that there was a 31% loss, meaning a 68% recovery on the heaviest routes, where you would expect the greatest recovery. Spreadsheet also attached. Updated to eliminate an "average of the change column." Now computed on the basis of averaging 2019 and 2024 columns, and then taking the percentage change in that, leaving a loss of 32%. I noted that the numeric loss on 352 was especially large. Also, this is weekday only. PACE LOSS-1.xlsx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Another calculation. Based on the RTAMS Pace Summary for the bus network. there were 1,129,537 weekday boardings in March 2024 and 1,838,119 in March 2019. (Use the filter pulldown). This is a loss of 38.5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTD8481 Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 On 1/29/2024 at 9:18 AM, Busjack said: There was one on Route 213 this morning. All the routes out of North Shore display “Hiring” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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