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#5901 Cats4Hire

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Posted 26 March 2018 - 06:56 PM

My dad is technically 5 but if there's no work from about 4 on they'll just send everyone home. I think my brother is 7:30-3. Everyone else I know is part time with school so don't really fit in a typical work schedule. 



#5902 Mike K.

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Posted 26 March 2018 - 06:56 PM

Oh man, what a horrible connection the 61/65 has with the 46 to Dockyard. You’d think a major trunk route would be timed or coupled with secondary connectors like the 46. The entire morning sees the 61/65 arriving too late to make a smooth transition onto the 46. The 65 even meets at the starting point of the 46 at Westhills, for gosh sake...but too late for the connection.

Brutal.
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#5903 Nparker

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Posted 26 March 2018 - 07:05 PM

That must be the childless, old white man quitting time.

Childless, MIDDLE-AGED man quitting time.


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#5904 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 26 March 2018 - 07:12 PM

Oh man, what a horrible connection the 61/65 has with the 46 to Dockyard. You’d think a major trunk route would be timed or coupled with secondary connectors like the 46. The entire morning sees the 61/65 arriving too late to make a smooth transition onto the 46. The 65 even meets at the starting point of the 46 at Westhills, for gosh sake...but too late for the connection.

Brutal.

 

Might a transfer at Uptown with the 26 be more suitable?  I know it's a bit convoluted.  But I might trade an extra 10 minutes on a warm bus for waiting 15 minutes at a cold transfer stop in West Shore.

 

EDIT:  oh, the 26 is like only every 20 minutes looks like.


Edited by VicHockeyFan, 26 March 2018 - 07:19 PM.

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#5905 Mike K.

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Posted 26 March 2018 - 07:21 PM

Yeah, I checked that out, too.

61/65 departures at Boleskine:
6:29
6:58

26 departures
6:28
6:55

It’s like the 61 is a bastard child of connections. Unreal.

It’s no wonder why 500 vehicles from Sooke head for the base every morning.
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#5906 Cats4Hire

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Posted 28 March 2018 - 01:46 PM

Based on the Google Map schedules here's the exact route for the 65 (I mapped going from downtown to Sooke so southbound might be slightly different) https://www.google.c...75956!3e0?hl=en

 

Edit: just noticed I forgot the loop in Sooke. It's exactly the same as the 61. There also is no stops on Westshore parkway after Commander Crt although I imagine those will be added as more houses are added. I also expect this bus to be late a lot since every stop from Langford Parkway at Westhills Stadium to Sooke at Awsworth (so the entirety of Westshore parkway) is scheduled for 5:17 PM which does not seem realistic. 


Edited by Cats4Hire, 28 March 2018 - 01:50 PM.


#5907 Cats4Hire

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Posted 28 March 2018 - 03:23 PM

Seems like they're starting to install the real time bus tracker in Nanaimo at least https://twitter.com/...086435612422144


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#5908 Mike K.

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Posted 04 April 2018 - 07:04 AM

Who would one write to to submit feedback on route timing/connections?


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#5909 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 April 2018 - 07:11 AM

Who would one write to to submit feedback on route timing/connections?

 

https://bctransit.com/victoria/contact


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#5910 Kungsberg

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Posted 04 April 2018 - 07:13 AM

Who would one write to to submit feedback on route timing/connections?

https://bctransit.com/victoria/contact

and choose 'Make a suggestion' from the dropdown menu.



#5911 Mike K.

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Posted 04 April 2018 - 08:08 AM

Oh cool, I didn't see that in the pull down.


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#5912 Cats4Hire

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Posted 06 April 2018 - 11:58 AM

I noticed a number of buses had red tape tied around the driver's side mirror. Does anyone know what this means?



#5913 vortoozo

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Posted 06 April 2018 - 11:59 AM

^

I just noticed this too yesterday.



#5914 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 06 April 2018 - 12:22 PM

I noticed a number of buses had red tape tied around the driver's side mirror. Does anyone know what this means?


It means mirrors have been falling off maybe?

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#5915 Cats4Hire

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Posted 10 April 2018 - 12:06 PM

It seems the southbound stop at Douglas/Finlayson is moving to the other side of Finlayson (from in front of Denny's to the car place). There's a pull-out with the curb painted red there now.



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 12:14 PM

Golly that stop has been there forever.
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#5917 Rob Randall

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Posted 10 April 2018 - 12:22 PM

^I was thinking the same thing.

 

I wonder what the oldest stop is downtown. 



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 01:21 PM

I thought all that construction just south of Finlayson at Douglas was to expand the road to another southbound bus lane, but it appears that they've only added a bus pad there and slightly expanded the roadway. Perhaps they're going to repaint the lanes a bit smaller to fit in another one?



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Posted 11 April 2018 - 11:57 AM

North of Finlayson,

1 southbound bus lane, two through lanes, left turn lane

1 northbound bus lane, two through lanes

 

South of Finlayson

1 southbound bus lane, two through lanes

1 northbound bus lane, two through lanes, left turn lane

The north bound curb along VanCity etc approaching Finlayson will be move east too.

 

I thought all that construction just south of Finlayson at Douglas was to expand the road to another southbound bus lane, but it appears that they've only added a bus pad there and slightly expanded the roadway. Perhaps they're going to repaint the lanes a bit smaller to fit in another one?


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#5920 thundergun

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Posted 11 April 2018 - 12:04 PM

South of Finlayson

1 southbound bus lane, two through lanes

1 northbound bus lane, two through lanes, left turn lane

The north bound curb along VanCity etc approaching Finlayson will be move east too.

 

Good to hear - I hope they fix the SE corner here. There's a small section of shared lane from that corner to the bus-stop just east of it that forces bikes and cars to come together on an otherwise nice bike route.



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