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Started by Daniel Say
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00
No bikes on 135 144 to SFU
Author: Daniel Say
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00
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As unexpected, there were no bikeracks on SFU busses 135 and 144 on Tuesday as noted in the new (06 September) schedules. A phone call to Coast Mountain Translink (540-3040, fax 540-3045) found that the busses with these racks won't be in service until December at the earliest. Poor show, Transit Translink. Until they are here we should be able to take our bikes on to the present busses!
Re: No bikes on 135 144 to SFU
Author: Daniel Say
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:00
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In sfu.cycling Daniel Say <say@sfu.ca> wrote: : As unexpected, there were no bikeracks on SFU busses : 135 and 144 on Tuesday as noted in the new (06 September) : schedules. : A phone call to Coast Mountain Translink (540-3040, : fax 540-3045) found that the busses with these racks won't : be in service until December at the earliest. : Poor show, Transit Translink. Until they are here we : should be able to take our bikes on to the present busses! --------------- and the reply from MTTranslink.... From: Tamim_Raad@translink.bc.ca To: BEST_Mailing_List_Member@sfu.ca Cc: Helen_Cook@translink.bc.ca Subject: RE: No bikes on 135, 144 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:00:18 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Reply-To: BEST Mailing List <BEST@sustainability.com> Daniel, I've done a little digging to try to find out why the racks have not been up and running yet. It seems that most of the delay is due to equipment not arriving from manufacturers as planned. The racks were ordered earlier in the summer, however the manufacturer was not able to deliver them on time because of an order backlog. Furthermore, the new low-floor buses that were to be placed on these routes have also not been delivered as scheduled. The buses were supposed to be delivered by September for the service improvements along the Hastings corridor, but have not yet arrived because the manufacturer is behind on the production schedule. The increased bus service was able to go ahead on these routes by using other buses, but the low floor access and the bike racks will start running early November, assuming the buses arrive as anticipated. Some runs may have bike access earlier as buses arrive. By the time the delays were apparent, the schedules had already gone to print. A notice was put in the Sun on Sept. 7, another has (or will soon) appear in the Buzzer. Let me know if you need any more information. Hopefully, you'll get bike access sooner rather than later... 1 Tamim. > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Say [SMTP:say@sfu.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 3:21 PM > To: BEST@translink.bc.ca; Mailing@translink.bc.ca; List@translink.bc.ca; > Member@translink.bc.ca > Subject: No bikes on 135, 144 > > As unexpected, there were no bikeracks on SFU busses > 135 and 144 on Tuesday as noted in the new (06 September) > schedules. > > A phone call to Coast Mountain Translink (540-3040, > fax 540-3045) found that the busses with these racks won't > be in service until December at the earliest. > > Poor show, Transit Translink. Until they are here we > should be able to take our bikes on to the present busses! > _____________________________________________________ For help using the BEST list, including switching to and from digest mode and unsubscribing, please e-mail scott@communicopia.net
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