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#9101 Vin

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Posted 30 August 2023 - 10:41 AM

Yes

Thank you! That makes things a lot simpler.



#9102 FogPub

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Posted 06 September 2023 - 11:18 PM

Anyone got any idea why the 11 and 14 routes were running so far off schedule this afternoon?  As in, half an hour plus between #14 buses when it's supposed to be every 12 minutes or so.

 

I doubt it's the return of Uvic, as when I was up there to day it seemed very quiet for the first week of class.



#9103 Mike K.

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 05:52 AM

It was traffic congestion in the Saanich/UVic areas. Transit was a mess yesterday, from what I’ve heard, and the schedules were not being maintained on a lot of routes.

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#9104 Intercontinental

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 09:52 AM

Anyone got any idea why the 11 and 14 routes were running so far off schedule this afternoon?  As in, half an hour plus between #14 buses when it's supposed to be every 12 minutes or so.

 

I doubt it's the return of Uvic, as when I was up there to day it seemed very quiet for the first week of class.

Downtown is a gong-show too with lane-closures and construction. I cannot imagine any buses that go through downtown at rush hour are on schedule. 



#9105 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 01:21 PM

Seattle Times:



Drug smoke wafts through transit but not at toxic levels, UW study says

Airborne fentanyl residues were found in a quarter of Seattle and Portland light-rail transit vehicles tested this spring, according to a University of Washington study. Health officials point out that the amounts were too low to be a risk to riders.

#9106 Nparker

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 01:45 PM

Just one more reason to avoid public transit.



#9107 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 01:46 PM

Hey! It’s fentanyl, but below lethal levels.
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#9108 Ismo07

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 02:20 PM

Hey! It’s fentanyl, but below lethal levels.

 

That was always the intended use...



#9109 Matt R.

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 07:07 PM

Hey! It’s fentanyl, but below lethal levels.


So are we talking recreational levels?

#9110 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 07:14 PM

So are we talking recreational levels?

 

 

Bus drivers who have spoken with KOMO News this year reported getting sick after inhaling fentanyl smoke from drug users.

 

Public Health King County has previously downplayed the risks of second-hand fentanyl smoke. At a press briefing Thursday morning, health department director Dr. Faisal Kahn said the findings from the UW study found the public health risk of drug exposure on transit is "negligible."

 

"The signs and symptoms that different colleagues have talked about are very valid, I do not negate that," Kahn said.

 

 

https://abc3340.com/...unty-complaints


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 September 2023 - 07:20 PM.


#9111 Matt R.

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 08:15 PM

Weren’t they telling us just a couple of years ago that the tiniest grain was basically instantly fatal? Whatever happened with that?

What would Aastra say about all this.

#9112 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 08:23 PM

CBC 2016:

 

 

 

 

A grain of sand: Why fentanyl is so deadly

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...eadly-1.3760244



#9113 Matt R.

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Posted 07 September 2023 - 08:25 PM

You just gotta trust the experts I guess.
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#9114 Mike K.

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Posted 08 September 2023 - 06:17 AM

That’s always been my biggest fear, coming in contact with the stuff.

I can’t believe something so strong, and detectable aboard buses, is considered a non-issue now.
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#9115 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 08 September 2023 - 06:20 AM

That’s always been my biggest fear, coming in contact with the stuff.

I can’t believe something so strong, and detectable aboard buses, is considered a non-issue now.

 

I'm sure that the news is good for transit ridership.



 



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