05-28-2023, 06:02 PM
(05-28-2023, 09:26 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-28-2023, 07:05 AM)nms Wrote: Who is on the hook for running the 310R buses? Is it a one-to-one capacity replacement, or one-to-one vehicle replacements?
Adding an 7 or 8 mainline bus might seem like an easy fix, but I don't imagine that GRT happens to have a huge number of buses sitting idle waiting to fill in, nor are they able to pull buses easily from different routes to take up the slack.
This is on point...I seem to recall GRT runs pretty lean in terms of spares...they're going to be hard pressed to pull in more than a few extra buses. If they know a delay is going to last an extended period, maybe they can pull in a few more, but many of us should think about how many of us would be able to jump up and go to work on our day off if our employer called.
It's true that GRT is much smaller than TTC, but it would be nice to have some reserve capacity for unforeseen events. Running lean is tough for resilience. And also it's not like there's a huge number of spare drivers around these days, anywhere.