General Discussion

Buzz Killington · April 02, 2008, 06:08:21 PM

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Irisbus Rider · April 02, 2008, 06:22:43 PM

So, College St?

Busnerd · April 02, 2008, 10:28:45 PM

yeah, average road base, too dry, too many bus stops and a school who cant stop expanding.

some more interesting facts, the name COLLEGE has 7 letters in it.

the street type is 'ST' or street...

Bus 400 · April 03, 2008, 02:00:28 AM

They also "fixed up" the College Street crossing because people with certain backgrounds thought that a car doing 60-80 had to stop for them. But from what I've seen they don't use those traffic islands anyway & they ruined a perfect possible bus way (City bound traffic).

Irisbus Rider · April 03, 2008, 08:29:36 PM

No, did anyone see that roo hit the bus? Or see the aftermath?

Apparently it hit 358, and actually ended up "in" the bus, literally.

The speed limit is 60 on College St BTW.

Buzz Killington · April 03, 2008, 08:46:20 PM

SUGGESTED speed limit*

Busnerd · April 03, 2008, 09:44:14 PM

its available on ATDB as posted by me..

Buzz Killington · May 30, 2008, 06:06:46 PM

spotted a Veolia bus going along Commonwealth Ave this afternoon.. dont see too many of them aound the place..

Irisbus Rider · June 01, 2008, 02:37:23 PM

What type? More info?!

Buzz Killington · June 01, 2008, 03:33:30 PM

how the hell should i know?

it had a desto with "Veolia Transport" on it, was white all over, may have had an aircon right at the back...

Buzz Killington · June 11, 2008, 08:07:25 PM

found this on a google search: http://samuelgordonstewart.com/2006/05/action-bus-advertising-update

Irisbus Rider · June 11, 2008, 11:15:37 PM

I wouldn't bother, it's just Samuel

Aaaaaaand he missed out 854. Criminal!!!!!

Busnerd · June 12, 2008, 12:22:06 AM

isnt he some retard obsessed with AM radio...

no offence john

Irisbus Rider · June 12, 2008, 12:40:56 AM

To put it bluntly, yes, yes he is.

No offence taken, but I can't speak for him.

Buzz Killington · June 12, 2008, 04:56:57 PM

AM radio? what the hell is that?

Oh yeah, the 2000 hit by the rock band "Everclear"...

Sir Pompously · June 30, 2008, 06:32:10 PM

I noticed 358 the other day had new logo stickers over the old logo, and someone had already peeled half of them off revealing the old ACTION logo and new writing.

Oh and John, if you read this, I sent you a PM please enact upon it as I am trying to plan a day to be with you, along with my new camera.

Buzz Killington · June 30, 2008, 07:13:19 PM

Quote from: Sir Pompously on June 30, 2008, 06:32:10 PM
I am trying to plan a day to be with you, along with my new camera.

save it for the bath-house, sport

Sir Pompously · June 30, 2008, 07:37:28 PM

Suprisingly, I am watching Scrubs right now.

Buzz Killington · June 30, 2008, 08:14:50 PM

Jack Bauer · July 01, 2008, 08:04:03 PM

hey bobbo

Irisbus Rider · July 15, 2008, 09:11:16 PM

Today at 1:30 at the Aboriginal and Torrens Straight Islander Centre on Lady Denham Drive, 990 (info thanks to "Chris_Guru") and 982 showed off their new paint scheme in the official release of the "Aboriginal Art on ACTION Buses" program by John Hargreaves.

I would have attended, but was occupied at the time. Would have been a good opportunity to see the buses.

bubzie · July 15, 2008, 09:30:22 PM

I saw 982 doing an erindale/woden bound 11 at like 2:40ish..so it musnt of stuck around for that long :)

Buzz Killington · July 20, 2008, 04:06:45 PM

the raiders shuttles have changed route numbers.. now 986 (tugg/woden/city)and 987 (belconnen)

Snorzac · July 20, 2008, 05:07:10 PM

BUS-985 which was doing the 987 had a gearbox problem at the game, it took 3 supervisers + the driver and a passenger to get it going

Irisbus Rider · July 20, 2008, 06:40:49 PM

948 now has fleet numbers on the windscreen, as of yesterday. Looks really good.

Buzz Killington · July 20, 2008, 06:46:07 PM

948? Is that the renault with the bike rack?

Snorzac · July 21, 2008, 07:55:31 AM

No. 990 is the renault with the bike rack but i'd say that 948 will have one on soon

Sir Pompously · July 21, 2008, 09:43:21 AM

If it has numbers on the front, it will.

Buzz Killington · July 21, 2008, 07:25:59 PM

dont know how new these are, but i saw two new full-back ads on PR100.3's today - one for Industrie Jeans and the other for Virgin Mobile.

Sir Pompously · July 21, 2008, 08:48:40 PM

Industrie Jeans and Virgin are newbies. First sighted the Industries ones on Saturday.

Irisbus Rider · July 21, 2008, 09:40:23 PM

948 will eventually get a bike rack. As for the jeans ad, I saw that on Wednesday. Haven't seen the Virgin one yet.

Busnerd · July 21, 2008, 11:51:03 PM

photos people! stop being lazy

bubzie · July 22, 2008, 07:01:08 PM

Someone got on my 11 this morning (i believe it was 110?? it began with 1. Couldnt be arsed checking.), with a bike.
And because oh em gee, there was no bike rack, he got on, and carried the bike on with him.

should of he been allowed to do that?? gahh, stupid bogan.
(what made it more i*****d, is, he got on at calwell, got off at theodore. considering it's only a 15 minute WALK at most, couldnt of he just rode? arrgh!)

Buzz Killington · July 22, 2008, 07:56:17 PM

thats calwell for you

Irisbus Rider · July 22, 2008, 08:15:39 PM

Ha ha, ouch.

Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.

The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!

It might get more serious......

Buzz Killington · July 22, 2008, 08:42:41 PM

shit, that ain't good. ideally, IMO, drivers need to be breathtested on each shift.

belcodriver · July 22, 2008, 09:56:38 PM

Quote from: bubzie on July 22, 2008, 07:01:08 PM
Someone got on my 11 this morning (i believe it was 110?? it began with 1. Couldnt be arsed checking.), with a bike.
And because oh em gee, there was no bike rack, he got on, and carried the bike on with him.

should of he been allowed to do that?? gahh, stupid bogan.
(what made it more i*****d, is, he got on at calwell, got off at theodore. considering it's only a 15 minute WALK at most, couldnt of he just rode? arrgh!)

No such thing as a 110, 111 I'd imagine.

I've occasionally let people bring bikes inside the bus if there's not many other pax and they ask nicely.

belcodriver · July 22, 2008, 09:58:11 PM

Quote from: Renault Rider on July 22, 2008, 08:15:39 PM
Ha ha, ouch.

Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.

The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!

It might get more serious......

That was like 6 months ago. Unless it's happened again. That's Tuggy depot for you. :)

Jack Bauer · July 22, 2008, 10:12:51 PM

Quote from: Charles Logan on July 22, 2008, 08:42:41 PM
shit, that ain't good. ideally, IMO, drivers need to be breathtested on each shift.

That's probably a bit harsh although it would be a logical solution.. but a bit of an insult to the drivers as well.

Buzz Killington · July 23, 2008, 11:06:37 AM

Yeah, it may seem a bit harsh and even insulting but.. safety first! i may just set up a new topic with a poll on this one..

Quote from: belcodriver on July 22, 2008, 09:56:38 PM
No such thing as a 110, 111 I'd imagine.

i think she meant BUS-110 was the particular vehicle that day.

bubzie · July 23, 2008, 02:33:27 PM

yeah..it was 121 :)

Irisbus Rider · July 23, 2008, 10:05:56 PM

Quote from: belcodriver on July 22, 2008, 09:58:11 PM
Quote from: Renault Rider on July 22, 2008, 08:15:39 PM
Ha ha, ouch.

Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.

The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!

It might get more serious......

That was like 6 months ago. Unless it's happened again. That's Tuggy depot for you. :)

Thats the one, it only surfaced to the media recently. Apparently all the drivers knew about it, and always joked with him about it.

Ha ha, yeah, typical Tuggeranong alright! Good call!

Irisbus Rider · July 25, 2008, 12:07:27 PM

Oh, and in other news, Deanes Buslines have taken over Transborder.

Busnerd · July 25, 2008, 01:05:02 PM

Duh, that news is SO last month

Snorzac · July 25, 2008, 01:44:53 PM

I saw 128 doing a 7 today and it had a bike rack on.

bubzie · July 25, 2008, 05:51:17 PM

i saw that on wednesday, but i forgot to tell ya'll, i thought ya'll would of known by now, yo.

Buzz Killington · July 25, 2008, 08:02:04 PM

translation:

I saw the aforementioned vehicle modification on Wednesday, but regrettably i was unable to inform the enthusiast community due to unforseen circumstances. I was also of the belief that the community would be aware of the information by this stage.

Regards,

Bronwyn Q Lovejoy.

Trolleybusracer · July 25, 2008, 09:39:35 PM

Q?

Buzz Killington · July 25, 2008, 09:45:41 PM

i dont know her middle name, take your pick: http://www.aussiethings.com.au/babynames/qgirl.htm

if i had to pick, i'm definitely going with "queanbeyan". suits her i say.

bubzie · July 25, 2008, 11:03:05 PM

....what??