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philabob1	Jul 16 2008, 07:17 AM
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	Southern_8100 Jul 15 2008, 11:48 PM philabob1 Jul 15 2008, 09:07 PM 9 went to Midvale to allow its use of 40' buses since the artics weren't needed any more. 2004 could be right, but I don't recall. At the time, Midvale was going to run all Allegheny's routes on weekends, but that fell through. In my infrequent travels on 9 I have noticed that ridership has picked up and many peak trips are full. Aren't there still runs on the 9 that have artics from midvale assigned to them? Very few, if any these days. I saw one on an afternoon run a couple of weeks back and it was the first one I've seen in months. When 9 first went to Midvale the artics were on selected runs and then that became more of a late-run thing (and then, once again, the runs that had them kept them until the late evening, putting capacity where it wasn't needed). If SEPTA does anything to 9, it should reconsider the 10-minute AM peak headway (which is 13 minutes a couple of times when it should be shorter) - bringing in one more bus and providing a consistent 7-8 minute street would be better, in my opinion. The ridership is certainly there. I know quite a few ex-27 riders who have 'defected' to 9 and 62 to avoid the school kids (others, like me, are on the train). 62 is another route that is becoming popular and could use another run or two in the AM.


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