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Analysis of 29 Dufferin for March 2012 — Part III: Detailed Daily Operations
Earlier this year, I published two analyses of the 29 Dufferin bus operation for March 2012. Part I dealt with headway reliability, and Part II looked at running times. In this article, I will review the details of operations on … Continue reading
Posted in Dufferin Bus, Service Analysis, Transit
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How Bad Is TTC Service: A First Quarter Report
Among the TTC’s many promises under its Customer Charter is the provision of quarterly stats on the reliability of each of its surface routes. This information recently went online on the TTC’s website, although you have to dig to find … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, Service Cost and Quality, Transit
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Analysis of 29 Dufferin for March 2012 — Part I: Headway Reliability
[Apologies to those of you who are pining for even more articles on the Queen car. They will show up in due course. I have been diverted onto Dufferin by recent events.] Service on the 29 Dufferin bus has been … Continue reading
Posted in Dufferin Bus, Service Analysis, Transit
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Getting to the End of the Line: Short Turns on the Queen Car
This article continues the series on 501 Queen car operations in November 2011 by looking at the level of service operated beyond common short turn points on the route. This should be read in conjunction with the previous articles on … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Analysis, Transit
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Running Times for the Queen Car: The Long Ride from Neville to Long Branch (Update 2)
Updated February 16, 2013 at 11:00 am: The graphs of average trip times have been revised to show the data in two ways — grouped by calendar week, and grouped by day of the week. The commentary has been updated … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Analysis, Transit
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Analysis of 36 Finch West for November 2011 & March 2012 (Part I) (Updated)
Updated May 28 at 17:35: The graphs showing the “percent ontime” information have been updated to clarify some of the headings, and to add summary pages showing the percentages separate from the other displays. Commentary about this has been added … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, Transit
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South Spadina Headways: What the Riders See
The matter of service on Spadina south of King has been before the TTC on two previous occasions, most recently in March 2011. In brief, local riders and their Councillor, Adam Vaughan, complain that service is poor and riders are … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, Spadina Car, Transit
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The “Ooops” Factor in Planned Service Cuts (Updated)
Updated January 20, 2011 at 9:30 pm: The table showing the route cuts linked in this article contained an error, and this has been corrected. In the original table, I calculated the imputed cost/hour and cost/passenger of the services under … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, Service Cost and Quality, Transit
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Analysis of 512 St. Clair Operations for July 2010 — Part III (Headways)
In two previous articles, I have reviewed the St. Clair car during its first month of operation on the new right-of-way over the complete route from Yonge to Keele. Running times during busy periods are down compared with April 2007, … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, St. Clair Car, Transit
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Analysis of 512 St. Clair Operations for July 2010 — Part II (Link Times) (Updated)
In the first article of this series, I gave an overview of the data for one day’s operation on the 512 St. Clair route in July 2010. Here, I will review link times (the time taken to get from one … Continue reading
Posted in Service Analysis, St. Clair Car, Transit
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