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Article #100Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
From: George Johansen
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
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In article <4mo2h3$5s8@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, petert@unixg.ubc.ca (Peter Thomas Chattaway) wrote: > : The 337 service was cut down due to lack of demand. Most often the > : bus ran empty. It was felt that the equipment and manpower required > : could be better utilized elsewhere. > > Funny, I remember it being a fairly full bus at those hours. (When the > bus runs empty -- i.e., *between* the morning and afternoon peak hours -- BC Transit routinely provides critical analysis of its routes. And remember that BC Transit does not cut the service or make changes. All these decisions are made based on data and recommendations submitted to the Transit Commission and the city involved. A few years back a number of routes were cut, redirected or rescheduled including a number in North Delta, the old Airport and the 413 in Richmond. ===================================================================== George Johansen - johansen@portal.ca The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the official platform or policy of any political party or company. =====================================================================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 10c943,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c943,public From: johansen@portal.ca (George Johansen) Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses Date: 1996/05/08 Message-ID: <johansen-0805961023470001@d147.portal.ca> X-Deja-AN: 153763879 references: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960504203742.2428A-100000@unixg.ubc.ca> <4misi7$7ue@ktk2.smartt.com> <4mlht5$k9l@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <4mm58f$qj3@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <318ef17b.5949946@news.mindlink.net> <4mo2h3$5s8@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> organization: Internet Portal Services newsgroups: ubc.general,van.general,bc.general