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Article #69Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
From: Ian Fisher
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00
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Martin_Williamson@mindlink.bc.ca wrote: >This 'lack of manpower' is not an uncommon problem. I expect that >we'll see posters advocating the simple solution 'Hire more drivers', >but before we get into that let me say there are a number of >mitigating factors involved here that many outside the public transit >industry are probably not aware of. I'm sure anyone who has waited for a bus that didn't show up or been passed up by a full bus because the one before it was missing would love to know what these mitigating factors are... ------------ Ian Fisher ifisher@unixg.ubc.ca Transport 2000 British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada Visit the Transport 2000 BC Web Site: Telephone/Fax: (604)681-3192 http://www.vcn.bc.ca/t2000bc/ Contributions to Vancouver-Seattle daily passenger rail service: Washington State: US$30 million BC Gov't: US$35,000
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 10c943,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c943,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public From: ifisher@unixg.ubc.ca (Ian Fisher) Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses Date: 1996/05/10 Message-ID: <4n0hn6$q0t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> X-Deja-AN: 154201413 references: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960504203742.2428A-100000@unixg.ubc.ca> <johansen-0805961004220001@d147.portal.ca> <4ms9am$fm6@morgoth.sfu.ca> <johansen-0905960814240001@d176.portal.ca> <4mt4cd$bge@cynic.portal.ca> <johansen-0905961006460001@d171.portal.ca> <4mtr9a$bit@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <3193984a.7757679@news.mindlink.net> organization: The University of British Columbia newsgroups: ubc.general,van.general,bc.general