Grand River Transit

[neonjoe]

Rough estimate
6 - 2011 Hybrids
4 - 2021 Hybrids
29 - 2022 Hybrids
=
39
There's a total of 259 conventional buses.

[cherrypark]

Sounds like more hybrids would be good too then!

[Bytor]

What’s the average lifespan and/or mileage of a city bus? I’m curious how long they’re expected to last for… I don’t want to be an early adopter with public funds but also maybe it’s the right time - no idea!

Expected to cover more than 1M km ...

BTW, you can get an idea of this by looking at https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Grand_Ri..._bus_fleet

There are people nerdy enough out there to get pictures, licence plates, VINs, and track when they go in and out of service. :-)

The oldest will be from the 80xx series. https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Grand_Ri..._8007-8021

[KevinL]

Unveiling has been completed. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2kuWx4AnYB/?img_index=2

[westwardloo]

Unveiling has been completed. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2kuWx4AnYB/?img_index=2

Looks great. Unfortunately the region will wrap it in ugly advertisements to make 100k.

[Bytor]

The misinformation in the Facebook comments was ridiculous, even for Facebook.

[danbrotherston]

The misinformation in the Facebook comments was ridiculous, even for Facebook.

Lol...I haven't bothered visit Facebook in years. Although I will say I left it for Twitter, but now I look the fool after Twitter was bought by a Nazi...or at least a man with such a fragile ego, that he's desperate to be friends with Nazis.

[ac3r]

Twitter is still good as long as you don't purposely go down right wing rabbit holes. I know it's full of trash but I never see it since I only follow friends.

Social media is fine if you curate your feeds correctly.

[ac3r]

Does anyone know why GRT isn't current using the short buses they use on routes like 27 and I think 28? I've noticed they're running the big buses on this route and have closed off at least 1 or 2 stops.

[tomh009]

Does anyone know why GRT isn't current using the short buses they use on routes like 27 and I think 28? I've noticed they're running the big buses on this route and have closed off at least 1 or 2 stops.

I would assume the smaller buses are being used on other routes already. Economically it makes sense to run the smallest bus (that can carry the expected passengers) that is available.

[ac3r]

I know, but I'm saying they seem to have pulled them from the fleet on the routes they were on. I wonder if they had a problem with them or if they're undergoing maintenance. I haven't seen any in probably over a week.

[KevinL]

I've heard from some folks familiar with bus operations, that the smaller model used by GRT has reliability issues. Not sure if that is the actual factor here.

[ac3r]

Interesting, that was my first guess too. When they first started using them, I always overheard the drivers saying how bad they are. I've never really heard of VMC/Vicinity Motor Corp until we bought a few but they don't seem to be a popular bus manufacturer. Seems like they only make 3 things: a general truck, the VMC bus we have and then an electric version of the same.

[tomh009]

Vicinity is new, created specifically to address the mid-size bus niche, which was not being addressed by the larger manufacturers. $12M in revenues last year, so not big yet, but that in itself doesn't really say anything about the quality of their products.

[nms]

Going in the opposite direction, when will the articulated buses be in service?