nfitz
Superstar
504 is 100% Flexity this morning. Not even any CLRVs on 504B let alone 504A
In PM rush, cars used to come every 2 minutes 50 seconds on Broadview before the 514 was introduced. This dropped to 4:20 and is now being further cut to every 6 minutes. A Flexity every 6 minutes is less capacity than a CRLV every 2 minutes 50 seconds (and a some of those CLRVs used to be ALRVs). Presumably Roncesvalles and King west of Dufferin service has had similar cuts.
Ridership is up, and capacity is down. How is leaving behind passengers when service is well spaced not dreadful?
Back when 514 was introduced, they reduced the frequency of 504s on Broadview. AM Peak is hard to quantify because of all the trippers, but every 2-3 minutes was frequent in rush hour, it dropped to every 3:45 and now drops to every 5:15. Even at 3:45 at around 8:30 I've just missed a Flexity, had another Flexity come about 4 minutes later, and we've been crush-loaded by Dundas, with delays because it was difficult to close the doors, and then leaving people behind at the Carol and River Street stops. Glancing at NextBus I can see that the cars are well spaced, and there's another Flexity about 4 minutes behind me.What is dreadful about the service out of Broadview? Do many people boarding streetcar east of Cherry really want to go further west than Dufferin?
In PM rush, cars used to come every 2 minutes 50 seconds on Broadview before the 514 was introduced. This dropped to 4:20 and is now being further cut to every 6 minutes. A Flexity every 6 minutes is less capacity than a CRLV every 2 minutes 50 seconds (and a some of those CLRVs used to be ALRVs). Presumably Roncesvalles and King west of Dufferin service has had similar cuts.
Ridership is up, and capacity is down. How is leaving behind passengers when service is well spaced not dreadful?