Re: Not exactly Re: Key System: A trace ENDS TODAY
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 07-01-2014 - 18:50
Oaklandguy Wrote:
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> Oh well.
>
> I did get on the F bus today, and I did get my
> last printed transfer from that line. However,
> for the F bus, the designation "F" doesn't appear
> on the transfer. Instead it says "Route: 106."
> AC Transit doesn't have any route number 106 (nor
> any route number in the range 100-199). I suppose
> that the software behind AC Transit's printed
> transfers didn't easily support letter routes, and
> someone decided to identify this transbay route
> using a special-purpose designation.
>
> I also rode the #12 local bus, which nowadays
> serves Grand Ave. in Oakland, and got a last-day
> transfer from that line, including "Route: 12." I
> wonder: Were the streetcars that once served
> Grand Ave. ever were designated #12? I'm not
> enough of a Key System expert to know.
You got balls of steel riding around Oakland. I don't venture into that city unarmed.