When Public Transport Fails/ Public Transit Rants

[Jonius7]

Oh wow they actually reduced prices. Not sure if that would attract more public transport users. From a long term perspective anyway.
Also I forgot to mention that as a result of the failure on Tuesday, there was free transport the next day. Now that attracted a lot of people. Trains were getting full in the afternoon.
It was expected to cost the State Government $1 million.

[turiqwalrus]

So, today I normally went to the train station and got in my train. When it didn't leave 10 minutes later, I tried to find out what happened.
Bruchsal Bahnhof(the station by my school), had lost power for 7 out of its 8 tracks. Then, an announcement came through: they were sending busses as a replacement. The first bus going to my destination was full to the brim as I got there, forcing me to wait an hour for the next.
Eventually, I got home 2 and a half hours late.

[Scipi]

O_o

I remember when I missed a major test for one of my classes because the public bus system was closed for a holiday and they never really announced it.

Luckily I was able to take the test later...

I wonder what had gone wrong in your case.

[DJ Omnimaga]

So, today I normally went to the train station and got in my train. When it didn't leave 10 minutes later, I tried to find out what happened.
Bruchsal Bahnhof(the station by my school), had lost power for 7 out of its 8 tracks. Then, an announcement came through: they were sending busses as a replacement. The first bus going to my destination was full to the brim as I got there, forcing me to wait an hour for the next.
Eventually, I got home 2 and a half hours late.

In my case, once, I finished work earlier and got into the bus that departs 30 minutes earlier, so I didn't have to wait 25 minutes at the bus stop. However the bus didn't leave until 30 minutes later because the driver was busy talking on his cellphone with friends and family.

Oh and although our bus transit service improved a lot over the last 9 years, I still dislike how there's no more service from 12 AM to 6 AM even on busy week days.

[hellninjas]

Prolly relates, but my bus driver decided to give us ASSIGNED seats and show up 10 minutes earlier to the bus stop now.
It's quite annoying running to the bus stop yelling "STOP STOP" when she didn't tell us about it the first time <

[DJ Omnimaga]

This sucks when this happens. X.x I remember one year they did that actually.

[Juju]

Guys! I took 10 buses today! (including 2 ferries)

[BalancedFury]

my bus driver is new, and she is always late or way too early...
she's supposed to come at 6:17 Am but she came at 6:02 AM once and now she comes at somewhere between 6:25 tp 6:35

[Art_of_camelot]

@turiqwalrus: That sucks.
@DJ: Wtf... I can't believe he sat there on his phone for 30 mins....
@Juju:
@Public school buses: This is nothing new. They never seem to arrive at a consistent time.

*Edit* Merged similar topics.

[Jonius7]

Wow I had the original topic?
No wonder the topic title changed because I didn't remember putting in Public Transit Rants...

[shmibs]

over the past few years, bus prices here have quadrupled. i have a student pass thing, so it isn't as bad, but the service is still awful, with things breaking down all the time or showing up half an hour late.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Over here they don't increase that much, but in the '90s it was ridiculous how much they increased. In the mid 2000s they did too, but not as fast and they dropped again afterward. I think it went like this approximately for a 12 years or older person:

Early '90s - $2
1997 or 98 I think $2.10
1999 $2.25
2000 $2.50
2001 $2.75
2005-ish $2.85 (after hurricane Katrina gas price increase)
2006 $3.00
2007 $3.25
2008 $3.50 I think. Around those years there were actually two increases a year
2009 $3.60
2010 $3.00

Also around 2006 it went around $2 on weekends for anyone over 24 and $1 for those under that. The prices in the early 2000s were just freaking ridiculous. In Quebec City it was like $2 or something, then. Nowadays however it's around the same prices or cheaper as in other cities, though. Also since 2007 they renewed all their vehicles, so there are less delays due to stuff breaking. I remember we had vehicles dating back in the early '80s and even one from 1975 a few years ago.

I still hope they'll really improve the service in a few years though, especially for the bus going to the ferry during summer festivals, because it's annoying to not even be able to do anything past 10 PM for juju (or 9 PM if he comes at my home or nearby).

[DJ Omnimaga]

More stuff related to public transit, although in some cases I guess they can't really be blamed due to the circumstances lol:

-Lack of adequate public transit in my city for Quebec's summer festival, unlike the hot air balloon one in my city that will occur next month. I guess the city didn't want to pay for activities going on in different cities. On the other hand, the hot air balloon festival bus transit will be free. Still, for other stuff like the current festival, Juju is stuck calling a cab when coming back, costing him $35 every night X.x
-Having to wait one hour in line with 3000-5000 other people outside to get into a boat. But again they did a pretty good job actually and I guess it can't be helped with that many people arriving within less than an hour. Happened tonight to me X.x
-Having to wait an hour or more for a bus because there are several other thousands people waiting for one. But again it's much better than it used to be a few years ago. Now there are like 10-15 city buses waiting in line at the end of the shows to get people back home and new ones arrive every 10-15 minute.

-When a bus arrives too early and doesn't wait for the other one for transfers or stuff like that. Happened to juju recently

[Juju]

This exactly. And yeah, for the last one I had to wait a hour for the next one. And it was the last one.

[Jonius7]

Lucky for the last one . Yeah there is a disclaimer somewhere in the bus timetables of Gold Coast, Australia that there can be no guarantee for transfers. Such as taking the bus to train station and seeing the train leave as you run down to the platform. I'll pop some more stuff l8r.