HenryAlan
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Right. It would only make sense once MBCR flips to Charlie.
That starts in April.
Right. It would only make sense once MBCR flips to Charlie.
That starts in April.
There's nowhere available to store and service them. Trust me, it's been asked. A lot.
No it doesn't.
Starting in april, commuter rail monthly passes will just be printed in ink on charlie cards. There will still be no actual acceptance of Charlie on commuter rail.
There's nowhere available to store and service them. Trust me, it's been asked. A lot.
I've used my Charlie Card on the commuter rail from Boston to Providence. I got a discount on the ride because it's a disability pass.
What about swapping in some smaller buses for less heavily traveled routes?
SEPTA appears to have some buses in the 25-30 foot range on their roster.
http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/septa-bus-roster.php
I was actually looking at bus prices yesterday (I don't know how that happened), and the price difference between a 35ft and a 40ft was only about 8k on a bus costing almost 250k. Sure there's a savings, but the flexibility for operations is probably better.
I was actually looking at bus prices yesterday (I don't know how that happened)
What about swapping in some smaller buses for less heavily traveled routes?
SEPTA appears to have some buses in the 25-30 foot range on their roster.
http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/septa-bus-roster.php
It does not make any sense for the MBTA to store, maintain and operate smaller buses. That's a whole new set of manuals and knowledge they have to train workers on. That's another set of vehicles that have to be swapped in and out, incurring costly deadhead time, whenever flexibility is needed.
I was actually looking at bus prices yesterday (I don't know how that happened), and the price difference between a 35ft and a 40ft was only about 8k on a bus costing almost 250k. Sure there's a savings, but the flexibility for operations is probably better.