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Topic: Disney Transport |
timecruncher
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:27 pm Subject: Disney Transport |
Was down there last May and there were lots of NABI units prowling around, some painted, others in white.
timecruncher |
Topic: Ex-SORTA Phantoms at Lexington, Nashville, Sandusky? |
timecruncher
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:49 pm Subject: Ex-SORTA Phantoms at Lexington, Nashville, Sandusky? |
Lextran did get four SORTA Phantoms. I have the fleet numbers written down at my desk. I'll try to post them this week if I don't forget (hey - I'm 65 now and losing brain cells like a Frat brother ... |
Topic: TANK's Retiring (and Retired) Gilligs |
timecruncher
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:42 pm Subject: TANK's Retiring (and Retired) Gilligs |
TANK used buses are in demand. They are well-maintained and kept very clean while in service, and command top dollar when auctioned.
timecruncher |
Topic: New here... |
timecruncher
Replies: 4
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Forum: Member Introductions and Announcements Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:39 pm Subject: New here... |
There are lots of transit aficionado's in the greater Cincinnati area. I suggest you visit Metro's Queensgate Division on the 3rd Saturday of the month around 7:30pm when the Cincinnati Transit Histo ... |
Topic: Hybrid bus dilemma: Do benefits justify extra cost? |
timecruncher
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:27 pm Subject: Hybrid bus dilemma: Do benefits justify extra cost? |
In short: No.
And the fuel savings are negligible.
Hybrid and battery buses are basically a gimmick that makes for a good press release and possibly a few words on the evening news. Otherwis ... |
Topic: Why cant I be treated as nice on the bus as I am in the air |
timecruncher
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:14 pm Subject: Why cant I be treated as nice on the bus as I am in the air |
They absolutely did. Some have simply switched to Southwest Airlines (an outfit that wrote the book on good customer service before, during, after travel), others have dabbled with Megabus (mixed res ... |
Topic: BYD Electric Bus Demo |
timecruncher
Replies: 2
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:38 pm Subject: BYD Electric Bus Demo |
They bid on our electric bus procurement, but lost it because they could not (or would not) give the origin of suppliers, weren't sure if the buses would actually be built in Lancaster or in China som ... |
Topic: Megabus expanding yet again |
timecruncher
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Forum: Hot Topics & Current Events Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:25 pm Subject: Megabus expanding yet again |
Good point. Same can be said about the airline industry as well. It is better for consumers to a point, but not better for the industry as a whole.
I think.
Another way to look at it is that e ... |
Topic: Megabus expanding yet again |
timecruncher
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Forum: Hot Topics & Current Events Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 7:39 pm Subject: Megabus expanding yet again |
Seems that Megabus is going into the cross-Florida market now, with Miami - Orlando, Miami-Tampa and Orlando-Tampa service.
If you look over what's left of Greyhound's network - and believe me, it ... |
Topic: 'GM OLD LOOK ODDITIES' |
timecruncher
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:05 pm Subject: 'GM OLD LOOK ODDITIES' |
Linsky - that is a beauty (great orange & beige color arrangement). I would suggest that if it is a restoration, the turn signal bezels and such were badly rusted and the restorer did not realize ... |
Topic: Safe transit as I saw it |
timecruncher
Replies: 6
Views: 81714
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Forum: Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & Issues Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:19 pm Subject: Safe transit as I saw it |
Bus stops and even bus painting - if contracted out - can be accomplished without using much local $$. There are all kinds of grants out there for capital purchases, but nothing for operations.
An ... |
Topic: Safe transit as I saw it |
timecruncher
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Forum: Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & Issues Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:10 pm Subject: Safe transit as I saw it |
Lots of transit systems have a "standards" book or guideline that looks for 'clocked' headways. Yes, they look pretty, but they're useless if ridership varies more than 10% at different tim ... |
Topic: Safe transit as I saw it |
timecruncher
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Forum: Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & Issues Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:17 pm Subject: Safe transit as I saw it |
James, you seem to have left out the fact that funding at most transit agencies is tight. We cannot, in most cases, just add buses if we don't have staff or equipment available. Furthermore, union c ... |
Topic: CTA to monitor "bad" bus drivers |
timecruncher
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Forum: Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & Issues Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:08 pm Subject: CTA to monitor "bad" bus drivers |
Funny thing about tight schedules - few people will come to the scheduler to tell them about the problem. When they do, they learn that we can't change times until the next pick, and get discouraged. ... |
Topic: Farebox |
timecruncher
Replies: 11
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Forum: General Bus Forum - All Bus Topics Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:01 pm Subject: Farebox |
Miserable GFI Cents a Bill boxes right now, or as our maintenance director likes to say "one power surge away from complete failure" DOS system fareboxes that will be replaced later this yea ... |
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