I concur with fotze. I catch the bus in the morning at 78th ave nw and centre street. The 62, 64, 3, 301, 162 and others all "stop" there. I say "stop" because there are plenty of times when buses will cruise by without stopping. Sometimes you wait for 2 or 3 to go by before you find one with enough room to get on.
Sometimes you wait because dinkus drivers refuse to let anyone else on when clearly there is more capacity. I've been on buses where they won't let anyone on after all the seats are taken. Plenty of standing room available but no stoppy.
During peak times in the past, I've noticed buses not stopping but usually they were pretty clearly at capacity. Since the job action began a couple months ago, the frequency has been increasing in my opinion. Perhaps it's due to fewer buses as drivers refuse overtime. Maybe it's due to some of the more militant drivers deciding to cause as much disruption as possible. Either way, it's frustrating and makes me a grumpy guy when I get into work most mornings.
On the other hand, I was on a bus last week leaving the downtown core where one driver took a different approach. Rather than irritating customers to make a point to the City, he refused to take people's fares when they got on. That was a welcomed suprise... even though I have a monthly pass and couldn't benefit.
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