Talk:Altamont Commuter Express

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[edit] Assessment

this article is purely start class. to become B class under wiki calif proj stds it needs more breadth including: history, route elevations, ridership, fare structure, ecology on route and associated references and images. Anlace 22:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Service to Santa Clara station has been suspended for a while now, I think this should be listed on the site, just a suggestion. I will do so if there is no further discussion on the issue User:JVittes Dec. 17, 2005 18:20 (PST)

Sounds good. However, make sure that it is clear that it's temporary and that a bus bridge is available. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 02:25, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map

I think a map would be useful here, I know on other pages people have used SVG I have lat/lon data for the ACE route which I used to make http://www.stanford.edu/~jvittes/bayareatransit4.html I can send someone the lat/long data if they wish. I may look into SVG myself though if nobody contacts me. --JVittes 23:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Here is a map, I allow anyone to use it for any purpose, and release it to public domain. [1]. Here [2] is the SVG I used to make it, again, I allow anyone to use it for any purpose, and release it to public domain. --JVittes 07:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Excellent map! You should upload it to commons, and tag it PD-Self, so that we can use it on the various Wikimedia projects. --CComMack (t•c) 20:05, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
map is available at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:ACE_map_2.png, released to public domain. --JVittes 22:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ridership Numbers

I know it's not the greatest source, but accoriding to San Jose Mercury News, the average weekday ridership (not that there is weekend service) is 2,973 for June 2006. I was thinking of mentioning the ridership levels somewhere. --JVittes 16:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delays

In June of last year the following change was made: "Tracks are owned by Union Pacific, and ACE frequently experiences long delays as a result." was changed to "Despite the fact that the tracks ACE runs on are owned by Union Pacific, ACE rarely experiences long delays as a result."

This sentence needs to be rewritten. ACE does have an poor on-time performance. So far this month it is at 77%. The rewrite in June seems to be a pro - Union Pacific position. There is ample evidence that many of their delays are caused by Union Pacific.

Tuyvan 06:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ACE Logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Done -- another editor added a rationale. Slambo (Speak) 11:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)