BC Transit (Victoria Regional Transit System) news and issues
#7581
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:01 AM
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#7582
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:30 AM
^ This is the crock with social distancing. Applies in some cases but not others.
#7583
Posted 27 March 2020 - 10:09 AM
Counted 12 buses on Henderson between UVic & Camosun in a 40 min period between 9:10 & 9:50. Not 1 had a passenger on board
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#7584
Posted 27 March 2020 - 10:11 AM
social distancing!
#7585
Posted 27 March 2020 - 10:57 AM
Counted 12 buses on Henderson between UVic & Camosun in a 40 min period between 9:10 & 9:50. Not 1 had a passenger on board
I was walking up Carey a couple days ago and both a 30 and 31 passed me (probably around 9:40ish) heading downtown with 0 people as well. I'm not sure how they can enforce social distancing since that does seem to be the majority of trips but every once in a while one does get full so do they just not pick the person up despite there being room on the bus and potentially with the cancellations the next one is an hour away?
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#7586
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:09 AM
From the organization:
BC Transit is taking additional measures to support physical distancing by reducing the number of passengers on board BC Transit buses.
As of Monday, March 30, our transit operators will be monitoring passenger capacity based on direction from BC Transit operations. This will allow additional space in-between customers, and provide space for people to move within the bus if they feel necessary. With changes at post-secondary schools, primary and secondary schools, businesses and government agencies, BC Transit has seen a decrease in ridership of about 50 to 70 per cent depending on the transit system.
We do not anticipate pass-ups with this change based on current ridership statistics, and if there are pass-ups we will track the instances through our normal process and make adjustments are required. We ask customers to please leave plenty of time for their transit trip to allow for physical distancing, and thank our customers for their patience.
BC Transit has already implemented the following physical distancing measures:
🔹Rear door loading, except for those with accessible needs
🔹Not collecting fares
🔹Enhancing the red line for customers to remain behind to provide physical distance from the operator
🔹Promoting good etiquette on transit for physical distance including providing space for other customers and checking passenger loads before traveling
🔹We are also reviewing service levels in communities across the province, and will continue to make adjustments based on resource availability and ensuring appropriate physical distancing can be practiced.
We are continuing to be there for those that need transportation services including people going to work at healthcare facilities and other critical services, and going for a weekly grocery trip.
If you have questions or comments, please contact your local transit office through BCTransit.com or call your local transit office.
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#7587
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:10 AM
I don’t think doctors, nurses, police ride the bus.
Somebody PLEASE shut the bus system down.
#7588
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:12 AM
#7589
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:16 AM
Mass transit can do nothing but hamper recovery.
how would poor people deliver groceries and medicine to the front porch for their grandparents? kids, seniors, and a growing portion of adults in between do not drive.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 March 2020 - 11:18 AM.
#7590
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:17 AM
Why are the busses still running?
I don’t think doctors, nurses, police ride the bus.
Somebody PLEASE shut the bus system down.
We do have lots of grocery stores open, pharmacies... many of those employees aren't driving.
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#7591
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:47 AM
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#7592
Posted 27 March 2020 - 11:53 AM
Why are the busses still running?
I don’t think doctors, nurses, police ride the bus.
Somebody PLEASE shut the bus system down.
I know quite a few nurses who ride the bus. Watch the stops at VJH or Vic General around of shift change. Plenty of scrubs going on and off the bus. And as was also mentioned, lots of grocery store and other "essential services" employees do as well.
From my observations downtown, the most I'm seeing on any one bus are 5 or 6 people.
That all being said, with more and more people away from work, I think there are a lot more instanced of family/housemates being able to drive those above to work, but still lots of them who rely on the bus to get to their job.
#7593
Posted 27 March 2020 - 01:00 PM
Why are the busses still running?
I don’t think doctors, nurses, police ride the bus.
Somebody PLEASE shut the bus system down.
one of the proposed changes for the Burnside service change is having a 22 reach VGH for first shift and better service from westshore also relating to shift changes so nurses are taking them
#7594
Posted 27 March 2020 - 08:58 PM
#7595
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:07 PM
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#7596
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:15 PM
#7597
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:27 PM
There should be free parking for EVERYONE who has to go any where near a hospital! Those who work there, those who have the misfortune to need the service and the folks who come to visit and pick up the sick.
The parking thing is one more stressor hospital people don't need.
I'm not a medical employee but one who has has needed hospital services more than I would like.
#7598
Posted 27 March 2020 - 09:32 PM
This is a code red people. The bus has no place in curbing this disease.
#7599
Posted 28 March 2020 - 02:05 AM
“Empty bus transmission” rates are not high. that’s not how many people will be infected.This is a code red people. The bus has no place in curbing this disease.
stop touching your face. that’s the #1 way to be infected.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 March 2020 - 02:06 AM.
#7600
Posted 28 March 2020 - 06:03 AM
This is a code red people. The bus has no place in curbing this disease.
So how are the essential service workers that rely on the bus going to get to work? Unless you think a bunch of people are just riding the bus to.... somewhere that's apparently still open for fun I'm sure everyone on the bus right now is either an essential service worker than doesn't have access to a car or someone who needs those services and doesn't have access to a car.
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