Calgary Public Transit II

[KrisYYC]

Out of nerdy curiosity, does CT keep ridership stats for individual routes?

I'm curious to know which bus routes are the city's busiest. I'd imagine the #3 and the 72/73 circle route would be up there.

[mersar]

Originally Posted by KrisYYC

Out of nerdy curiosity, does CT keep ridership stats for individual routes?

I'm curious to know which bus routes are the city's busiest. I'd imagine the #3 and the 72/73 circle route would be up there.

They've never published any to my knowledge but they do track ridership (both automatically on some buses and manually by drivers on others). It would be a pretty safe bet that routes 1-7, 20, and the 72/73 make up most if not all of the top 10 if you exclude the BRT routes which are way up there too.

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[srperrycgy]

I have CT's Route Evaluation Guide from Spring 2008 as a PDF. It was included in LPT2008-34, so I grabbed a copy. If anyone wants a copy, PM me with your e-mail.

[Bassic Lab]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

^I don't know of anything that is public.

The busiest routes, based on anecdotal evidence are:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7/107, 19/119, 20, 32, 72/73, 101, 104, 301

There was a news article that listed the Centre Street corridor as containing the city's heaviest bus ridership. It gave a number in the 30 000 range. It combined at least the 3 and the 301 but only the portions on Centre Street. That is the only bus figure I've ever seen released. It was interesting because it already beats most LRT lines in North America.

[jeffwhit]

Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

There was a news article that listed the Centre Street corridor as containing the city's heaviest bus ridership. It gave a number in the 30 000 range. It combined at least the 3 and the 301 but only the portions on Centre Street. That is the only bus figure I've ever seen released. It was interesting because it already beats most LRT lines in North America.

^^All the more reason to build the NC LRT IN THE MIDDLE OF FREAKIN NOWHERE.

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[srperrycgy]

I received a big package in the mail from New York this morning. Yes, the 1978 CT pocket schedules and maps I mentioned. Fascinating stuff. I'm in the process of scanning the materials. The large network map is great and its incredible to see Calgary so small compared to now. I'll post that when I can stitch the scans together, but here are some of the individual maps:



















No Route 10 map in the materials.



















More to come.

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[McPaul]

Very nice!!! Great work.

but... why did the Calgary plans come from New York?

[srperrycgy]

Originally Posted by McPaul

Very nice!!! Great work.

but... why did the Calgary plans come from New York?

That's where the eBay seller I bought it from was located.

[srperrycgy]

Route 20 - Northmount Crosstown


Route 21 - Spruce Cliff


Route 23 - Silver Springs North


Route 24 - Ogden


Route 25 - Chinook-University


Route 26 - Dover


Route 27 - Glenmore


Route 28 - Varsity Acres-Dalhousie



Route 29 - Queensland/Canyon Meadows


Route 30 - Highfield Feeder


Route 31 - Downtown Shuttle


Route 32 - Airport Industrial


Route 33 - Vista Heights/Mayland Heights Feeder


Route 34 - Pineridge Feeder


Route 35 - Sunalta


Route 36 - Foothills


Route 37 - Silver Springs South


Route 38 - Temple


Route 39 - Woodlands


Route 40 - 17th Avenue Feeder


Route 41 - Lynnwood


Route 42 - Ranchlands


Route 44 - Franklin Park


Route 45 - Rundle

[srperrycgy]

"Pennant" Express Routes. These routes had the Red Bus Stop signs.

Route 60 - Altadore-Lakeview Express


Route 61 - Dover Express


Route 62 - Whitehorn Express


Route 63 - Lakeview via Crowchild Express


Route 64 - Richmond Express


Route 65 - Braeside-Palliser-Oakridge Express


Route 66 - Southwood Express


Route 67 - Canyon Meadows Express


Route 68 - Silver Springs South Express


Route 69 - Pineridge Express


Route 70 - Oakridge Express


Route 71 - Huntington Hills Express


Route 72 - Queensland Express


Route 74 - Silver Springs North Express


Blue Arrow Express Routes (BRT-like)

Route 101 - Blue Arrow South


Route 102 - Blue Arrow North/South


Route 103 - Blue Arrow North/South


Route 110 - Blue Arrow East/West


Route 111 - Blue Arrow East


Lots of historical information to digest here.

[DarkKeyo]

Absolutely AWESOME! Thanks, srperrycgy!

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[Vascilli]

It sort of freaks me out that the 101 hasn't always been what it is now.

[srperrycgy]

That's why I bid on these; to see how the system worked before the LRT existed.

[SubwayRev]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Cool. Funny how they called the terminal points "Heritage Station" and "Southland Station" before the LRT had been built. Of course, being in 1978 these future stations would have been planned if not under construction.

Looks like a few routes haven't changed at all (3, 7, 9, 13), or have changed very little. Looks like the only thing about the route 2 is that it is longer now, going as far as 69th Street West.

And it wasn't extended until the late 90's or early Oughts. (If I recall correctly) It was basically unchanged for 20+ years, as the city didn't expand that way at all in that time. I always found that weird...Westgate, etc. were built in the 60's, and Signal Hill, which is across the street, wasn't developed until the 90's. Even Strathcona and Coach hill didn't start development until the 80's; almost a generation later.

Very cool srperrycgy! Thanks for posting that!

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[shreddog]

Love that route 31 ....