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In article <4moa07$7ca@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, kundarew@unixg.ubc.ca (paul
kundarewich) wrote:
 
> Plus when the new skytrain extension came in they 
> increased my time to get home by 10 minutes!  150 million dollars
> to increase my time.  (The time they saved by the new extension they
> gave to bus drivers for a longer breaks)

Bus drivers do not get scheduled "breaks" per se.  The time at the end of
the line is considered "recovery time" to allow for traffic congestion and
correct spacing of service intervals.  i.e. a route which takes 1 hour and
4 minutes to drive would need how many busses for two way service at 15
minute intervals?  Depending on conditions, the answer is either 9 or 10. 
The 11 minutes at the end of the line allows for recovery and spacing.

> If a bus does breakdown and can't make it to ubc.  Why
> don't they tell the other bus drivers at ubc so that people can
> stop waiting for a bus that will never arrived.  

The first priority is to try and get the bus rolling again.  By the time
that attempt is made, the people who would normally have ridden that bus
have boarded the following one.  Where it is of more importance (after
peak hours), BCT will normally make adjustments to other service or do
what it takes to ensure continuity... even if it arrives late.

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