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Originally Posted by someone123
Vancouver has some buses that share the same number but split off and go to different destinations, like 17 Oak/UBC, which run along the same route for a while then split off and go east and west. This seems strange. Why not pick new numbers?
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I think it is quite common. Victoria has it. Saskatoon had it. Usually it when only some buses do not go all the way to the end of the route.
This 17 Oak/UBC route is just weird.
http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/akojevnikov/r017.pdf
What is reasonable and more common is to short tern a route. For Example a route down Broadway may say Alma (if it only going as far as Alma) and then say UBC if it going beyond Alma all the way to UBC.
The other thing that is nice about Vancouver:
- Same route number for both directions (just the name changes).
- There is some signage that points to the stations. You go a block or two away from a station and there are street signs pointing you to the nearest station.
- At major exchange points, schedules are in plastic tubes on the signage. Makes it easy to check on the next time.
- Some streets and locations have digital signage with when the next bus will depart. They should do more of this.
- There is a numbering convention for buses.
The numbering convention is:
- 0-100 Vancouver
- 101-149 Burnaby
- 150-199 Coquitlam / Port Moody / Port Coquitlam
- 200- North Shore
- 300- Surrey
- 400 - Richmond
- 500 - Langly
- 600 - Delta
- Cxx - Community local shuttle buses
- Nxx - Special night time only route