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philabob1	Aug 29 2008, 07:21 AM
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	Tritransit Area Aug 28 2008, 08:50 PM Van2006ko Aug 26 2008, 05:23 PM I guess we need to make a ton of changes to the current assignments page in the near future. I've seen 5547 on the 31 several weeks ago!! I guess the 5903-5909 batch as well as several 5800-5806 batch at Frankford may end up in Allegheny's hands. Don't forget 5799, which has been running on the 27 for the past two days now. After Tuesday, it seems like artics on the 27 is just about a memory. In my peak travels in the afternoon, the only artic I see is a deadheading 88 Holy Redeemer Express going down Ridge Pike from the direction of Plymouth Meeting/Barren Hill. I used to have a regular artic run as recently as Monday which changed into a New Flyer trip. Not really much in overcrowding, but i really hope the 27 doesn't go the way of the 9, which has NO artics whatsoever anymore...despite crowded buses. I've seen that 88 Express deadhead a number of times. He puts up block 777 as well. There are still a handful of artics on 27 but I don't know if there's any rhyme or reason to assignments. I hope there is. With the new schedules and the advertised 5-minute AM headways (and we'll see how well that works - there was bunching of buses with the current headways on several blocks), maybe the use of 40' buses will work. Last weekend I noticed a number of artics still getting out - the loads are not that heavy on the weekends, so one has to wonder what the blocker was thinking. I think 9 tends to work better with 40' buses when they are on schedule. The PM is particularly troublesome in this regard. I saw 5799 on an inbound last evening and it had the 'crunched' sign message biased to the driver's side of the front sign (27 15-Spruce) for some reason.


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