CTA Bus Spring Pick March 23rd, 2025

[renardo870]

CTA Spring 2025 Bus Alert...

https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=105673

[YoungBusLover]

Shocker.....😅

• Service to the lakefront and beaches will be expanded weekends/holidays - Sun, March 23 through mid-August: #35 31st/35th (31st Street Beach), #63rd 63rd (63rd Street Beach), #72 North (North Avenue Beach), and #78 Montrose (Montrose Beach) buses will begin and end their trips at the indicated beaches between approximately 9am and 9:30pm.

[Al Mac]

That 63rd street bus don’t be to go to the gray because buses can’t get in that lot.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

I’m not sure when this started but the #6 relief spot changed from 67th/Cornell to 47th/Lake park

[YoungBusLover]

10 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

I’m not sure when this started but the #6 relief spot changed from 67th/Cornell to 47th/Lake park

Since when? 

[artthouwill]

17 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

I’m not sure when this started but the #6 relief spot changed from 67th/Cornell to 47th/Lake park

This doesn't make sense.  The only plausible explanation is that this was a northbound 6 and the relief driver was running late and for whatever reason,  the switch was made at 47th to keep the bus close to schedule.    The only other reason to do a driver switch there is if the drivers are switching between the 6 and the 28.  But the 28 has a natural relief point at the 103rd garage.   There may be a valid reason for an emergency driver switch there, but a regularly assigned relief point there doesn't seem to make any sense.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

3 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

This doesn't make sense.  The only plausible explanation is that this was a northbound 6 and the relief driver was running late and for whatever reason,  the switch was made at 47th to keep the bus close to schedule.    The only other reason to do a driver switch there is if the drivers are switching between the 6 and the 28.  But the 28 has a natural relief point at the 103rd garage.   There may be a valid reason for an emergency driver switch there, but a regularly assigned relief point there doesn't seem to make any sense.

It looks like they moved it there during the spring pick because for the winter pick it was at 67th. I just noticed this today while i was taking a northbound #6 downtown

[YoungBusLover]

12 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

It looks like they moved it there during the spring pick because for the winter pick it was at 67th. I just noticed this today while i was taking a northbound #6 downtown

One operator was told to take there fall back there at 47th/Lake Park today but 67th/Cornell is still the designated relief point for the 6. 

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

Just now, YoungBusLover said:

One operator was told to take there fall back there today but 67th/Cornell is still the designated relief point for the 6. 

Next time I’m at 47th and lake park I’m going to double check and see because I was confused and Looking at transsee trip reports all the reliefs that took place on the #6 happened at 47th as the bus doesn’t screenshot the data until it’s logged in. I checked like 10 times and every time the relief took place at 47th based on transsee