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--- greater-lynchburg-transit-company [2024/03/06 13:35] – [Debugging possibly conflicting live bus data] 185.104.139.73
+++ greater-lynchburg-transit-company [2024/10/03 01:07] (current) – [Stops] 67.163.111.48
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 According to general manager, GLTC has 791 stops as of 2024-02-29. In the past there were as many as 1200 stops. For comparison, Richmond, a much larger city, has 1600 stops in their bus system.
+Had conversation with Josh Moore (General Manager) and learned that any stops installed after ~2000 must be fully ADA compliant and have a logical connection to the rest of the sidewalk network or a nearby business. This is why they are so hesitant to cut down on stops. If they change their mind and want the stop back, it could cost them tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in land acquisition, construction, etc. There is also a "notice of proposed rulemaking" at [I believe] the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) which would require all stops [in FTA-funded systems, I presume] to be fully ADA-compliant. That would trigger a mass-removal of GLTC stops. In that case, I suppose they would just sink money into fairly widely spaced, high-quality stops, but the short term effect would certainly be bad for riders.
 =====Fleet=====
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 As of 2024-02-29, GLTC has 32 fixed-route buses. They need 16 buses to operate current service (14 after microtransit replaces routes 6 and 7. Around 2024-08 they will be retiring 12 buses purchased in late 2000's that are beyond their useful life. 9 new buses from Gillig will enter operation. A partial table of GLTC buses can be found here: https://www.nathanwyand.com/2022/10/21/central-virginia-transit-fleets.html
+====Bus allocations====
+| Route | Bus count | Headway |
+| 1A | 1 | 60m |
+| 1B | 1 | 60m |
+| 2 | 1 | 30m |
+| 3A | 1 | 60m |
+| 3B | 1 | 60m |
+| 4 | 3 | 30m |
+| 5 | 0.5 | 120m |
+| 8 | 1 | 60m |
+| 9 | 1 | 60m |
+| 10 | 1 | 60m |
+| 11 | 0.5 | 120m |
+| 12 | 1 | 60m |
+Not sure where 14th bus goes. Extra?
 =====Microtransit=====
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 Currently, average bus dwell time is 44 seconds. With mobile fare collection, average dwell time should decrease to 22 seconds.
+=====Vendors=====
+Trillium software is used for producing GTFS files (and possibly maintaining stops/routes generally)
+UTA is passenger counter system
+Remix is planning software for planning routes and stops
+=====GTFS Data=====
+February GTFS: http://gltconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GTFS_GLTC.zip
+GTFS-RT data is behind some weird abuse prevention URLS so just click the buttons on https://gltconline.com/reports-studies/ to download.
 =====Debugging possibly conflicting live bus data=====