Talk:Toronto Transit Commission bus system

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The TTC no longer rebuilds vehicles at 6 years of age. All vehicles are rebuild when they reach 9 years of age.

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== Too bus-fan oriented == This page is far too oriented towards a bus-fan who is heavily interested in garages, vehicles, loops, etc. It is not very well designed for a casual user who just wants to figure out how to get from point A to point B by bus in Toronto. Personally, I think that this kind of detail belongs on something like the CPTDB wiki rather than here, and Wikipedia articles should be structured more for general users (for example, see List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver). Andrew_pmk

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Yes, it is "bus-fan" oriented. Arguably, that is the intent. For info on just using the TTC, see WikiVoyage. Wikipedia does have a List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 00:42, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Electric buses

Last year, I added an "Electric buses" sub-section to TTC buses#History in order to keep all the entries on eBuses together rather than having the narrative interspersed with unrelated entries such as Presto readers and the pandemic, or conversely to avoid burying other events in eBus detail. I expect more eBus detail will be added later as the TTC wants all buses to be electric by 2040. History then had 3 sub-sections: 19th and 20th centuries (untitled), "21st century" and "Electric buses". Today, "21st century" and "Electric buses" have been merged and renamed as "21st century: Hybrid and electric buses" which contain entries not related to hybrid and electric propulsion. I prefer the original section title of "21st century" containing just major bus system events plus a separate "Electric buses" section for eBus details. I could leave a simple milestone entry for the introduction of eBuses on 35 Jane and 6 Bay in "21st century" but putting other details in "Electric buses". May I proceed with this suggestion? @Johnny Au and Joeyconnick: Please comment re: TTC buses#History. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 00:26, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Right now, it's getting quite messy. There needs to be a major cleanup. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 17:11, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I removed "Trolley and diesel buses" and "Hybrid and electric buses" from the two History subsection titles as the former contains text on stagecoaches and CNG buses and the latter contains text on CNG and diesel buses. Both subsections had entries not related to propulsion. I moved non-history text about electric buses to other sections, which was different from what I originally proposed. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 00:03, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Looking great. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 00:29, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Bike rack decision

I removed the following largely unsourced text from #Bike racks, and replaced it with new text with different details sourced from a TTC notice. I am preserving the original text here in case someone can find REFs to support its details, which perhaps are probably not that important as to the result:

Bike racks were tested at Wilson garage in 2005 and 2006 by using the Orion V, VI, and later VII bus models. TTC staff concluded that the pilot project was not a success and that it should be discontinued, but the Commission disagreed and voted to continue it and even to direct that bike racks would be installed on all new buses from 2007. The Commission then directed staff to look into the cost of retrofitting the entire bus fleet with bike racks. The original bike rack model was not used on newer buses because it blocked the high beams on the Orion VII buses, and a different model of rack from the same manufacturer was used starting on 2007 deliveries. None of the additional costs for the retrofitting were included in the five-year capital budget.

TheTrolleyPole (talk) 20:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Partially split vehicle section

If anyone has consensus, I propose to split parts of the vehicle section into Toronto Transit Commission bus fleet. The vehicle section is get too complicated.

-184.147.137.223 (talk) 04:11, 10 March 2021 (UTC)