philabob1

Jul 18 2008, 07:33 AM

I heard 3rd-hand that 27 will become pretty much all 40' buses with the fall schedule and artics will be slotted for a handful of runs that come on and go off in the peaks. When the Volvos were around, the AM's that got artics were for the most part those that started at either Barren Hill or Port Royal, with the Mall starts getting 40'ers. The PM was not as cut-and-dried and there were no shorts to Port Royal. In the current schedule there are only 2 Port Royal starts and 2 other oddballs that go into service at Ridge & Summit, going a bit against the grain to get to the regular route at Ridge & Port Royal (in years gone by, there were at least a dozen trips that began at Port Royal, so that gives you an idea of the drop in ridership on 27) and 5-6 Mall starts, with the rest coming from Barren Hill. It will be interesting to see how this works, if it does.