Also if the bus says "full", that just means full seated load.
That's annoying. I was hoping it was
Light: You can easily get a seat
Medium: May need to stand
Full: Bus is full.
Posted 31 July 2019 - 03:05 PM
Also if the bus says "full", that just means full seated load.
That's annoying. I was hoping it was
Light: You can easily get a seat
Medium: May need to stand
Full: Bus is full.
Posted 01 August 2019 - 12:23 AM
^ A four-stage scale would be even more useful:
Light - seats available
Medium - seats might be available
Heavy - standing room only
Full - this bus will not accept new passengers at this time.
Posted 01 August 2019 - 09:31 AM
Also if the bus says "full", that just means full seated load.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Posted 01 August 2019 - 09:38 AM
full
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adjective
1.
containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.
"wastebaskets full of rubbish"
synonyms: filled, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful, topped up; overflowing, running over
"her glass was full"
Posted 01 August 2019 - 09:45 AM
The technology does feel very 2008-ish, doesn't it? From the low-res graphics, to the odd-ball maps (with an insane amount of unnecessary landmarks [marshland, really?]) to the full/not full graphics depicting unconventional levels of capacity, it's all kinda hokey.
I hope they get it right and improve the system now that it's running and the bugs are being worked out.
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Posted 01 August 2019 - 11:08 AM
The technology does feel very 2008-ish, doesn't it? From the low-res graphics, to the odd-ball maps (with an insane amount of unnecessary landmarks [marshland, really?]) to the full/not full graphics depicting unconventional levels of capacity, it's all kinda hokey.
I hope they get it right and improve the system now that it's running and the bugs are being worked out.
the map is just a rip of Open Street Map (https://www.openstreetmap.org/). which can be edited by anyone so the landmarks are just what whoever was editing thought was important (you'll notice a lot of areas have houses that just randomly stop for example. I do wish instead of just having 2 generic bus images at least one indicated the type of bus. If I was standing at Douglas/Fort heading to UVic and a somewhat packed 14 showed up but I could see a double deck 15 was just about to cross the JSB I'd probably just wait for the 15.
Posted 02 August 2019 - 04:21 PM
I noticed on Google Maps (both website and app) McKenzie at Blenkinsop (heading away from Uvic) has no scheduled buses. Instead those routes are on Blenkinsop at McKenzie (labeled at McKenzie at Blenkinsop) and when you search for directions (I did Root Cellar to Uptown) it directs you to cross the street and wait for the 26 on Blenkinsop. Does anyone know who this would be reported to? I don't see an option to report on Google Maps but I'm not sure if BC Transit could do anything about that and I see it confusing people.
Posted 08 August 2019 - 02:25 PM
BC Transit has issued a report to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission on the concept of free fares for youth.
It has been calculated that waiving fares for youth in the region will cost the transit system $4 million in lost annual revenues (3,500 students currently ride the bus regularly). In addition to that lost revenue, the costs to add additional services to increase ridership among students in grades 6 through 12 (grades 5 and below are not factored in as they are not believed to have high ridership volumes) will be as follows:
15% of student travel via bus: $0 (current levels)
25%: $3.85 million
30%: $9.86 million
35%: $16.8 million
These costs include service hour impacts and additional buses. Remember, these figures are in addition to the $4 million revenue loss.
Meanwhile, the report states this:
To gauge the potential for similar partnerships in the VRTS, BC Transit sent letters to School Districts #61 (Greater Victoria), #62 (Sooke) and #63 (Saanich), as well as to organizations that expressed support for fare-free youth transit, namely the Federation of Independent School Associations in BC (FISABC) and the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association (GVTA). At the time of this report, no responses had been received from any of the school districts or FISABC, with the GVTA responding that it would be willing to partner with the Commission to advocate for additional funding from higher levels of government to support fare-free youth transit.
So as we've been saying, if you make something free, you have to assume that uptake will increase, even if frivolous, but it will have a significant impact on the organization providing the service and the means through which those services are funded.
Another issue raised in the report is the lack of bus storage facilities in the region. Both Victoria and Langford are full. The costs to build a new facility is not factored into the $4 to $17 million annual cost increase for student ridership levels of 25-35%.
Link: https://www.bctransi...s/1529705554164
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Posted 08 August 2019 - 02:42 PM
So "free" buses could cost taxpayers an additional $20 million/year.
Posted 08 August 2019 - 03:00 PM
The reality here is the costs will be monstrous if 1/3 of students decide they would like to ride the bus for free. There's no free ride, as they say.
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Posted 08 August 2019 - 03:35 PM
Posted 08 August 2019 - 03:48 PM
There's no free ride, as they say.
gas grass or ass nobody rides for free.
(am i allowed to say that?)
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 August 2019 - 03:48 PM.
Posted 08 August 2019 - 08:16 PM
So the actual document won't load (just a garbled mess of symbols) but it seems the mayor of North Saanich is proposing 75 service increase on Tuesday? I know I'm one of the first to complain about the 30/31s interlined with it but does it really need to be increased outside of when it already is? Say Mid-Feb when I take a 30/31 interlined with a 75 it's always nearly empty by the time we get to my stop which is still like 12ish minutes from Royal Oak and I doubt that many people get on inbetween. https://www.bctransi...s/1529705553765
Posted 08 August 2019 - 08:20 PM
Oh this one loads. I still don't get what they're asking though. Was 75 service cut at some point? 75 currently runs the whole trip during rush hour so I'm not sure what needs to be "restored" https://www.bctransi...s/1529705554529
Posted 08 August 2019 - 09:46 PM
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Posted 09 August 2019 - 05:20 AM
It was Central Saanich that wrote the letter, and once upon a time the 75 was a significantly more formidable route than it is today. Today it just feels like a feeder from the Royal Oak exchange to Butchart, whereas before it was a major downtown-peninsula route.
Posted 09 August 2019 - 05:42 AM
BC Transit has issued a report to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission on the concept of free fares for youth.
It has been calculated that waiving fares for youth in the region will cost the transit system $4 million in lost annual revenues (3,500 students currently ride the bus regularly). In addition to that lost revenue, the costs to add additional services to increase ridership among students in grades 6 through 12 (grades 5 and below are not factored in as they are not believed to have high ridership volumes) will be as follows:
15% of student travel via bus: $0 (current levels)
25%: $3.85 million
30%: $9.86 million
35%: $16.8 million
Is this just in the CoV or Greater Victoria?
Remember, only the CoV so far has proposed the idea of a Sunday bake sale to fund this.
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Posted 09 August 2019 - 05:45 AM
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Posted 09 August 2019 - 06:25 AM
Hold on, looking at the 75 schedule they’ve brought it back into downtown! I don’t know when they would have done that but the last time I rode on the 75 I had to catch it at RO.
That's just a summer service level boost since they almost fill by Hillside then completely empty at Butchart Gardens. During the rest of the year at Royal Oak they turn into a 30 or 31 so technically you can ride between Downtown and Saanichton all day but instead of getting to Royal Oak via Pat Bay you go via Carey/Wilkinson or Carey/Glanford. In the AM/PM rush it also goes all the way from first run until around 9:30 AM and I think from around 3:30ish to 5:45ish.
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