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Re: Some recent (and not so ) So. Fla bus pics (56K=waiting for an MDT bus after the June svc changes) |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Jul 29 16:57:29 2008, in response to Some recent (and not so ) So. Fla bus pics (56K=waiting for an MDT bus after the June svc changes), posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Jul 27 15:40:15 2008. A few BCt pics I forgot on Saturday:  Now onto Dade...  And I conclude on a sad note, a retired 1993 or 1994 Flxible at the Northeast Division :(  Multi-route bus stop sign at the 167th St Bus Terminal, which is merely a staging area on NE 167th St, north of the Mall at 163rd St in North Miami Beach. This is a mall that was fairly nice as recently as 1993, when I came for a visit (and rode MDT for the first time, a pair of 1980 RTS on the 22 from the Howard Johnson on NW 167 St/2 Ave where I was staying), but now it (the mall) is somewhat ghetto, probably b/c the neighborhood itself is ghetto.  NABIs parked at the staging area.  Dawn shot at Coral Way & SW 122 Ave. That second bus on the 224 is a 2003 NABI 30-LFN, aka Optare, most of which have now been retired after 5 years in service (MDTs excuse is that parts are hard to get, now that the Optare is no longer manufactured).    Some recent shots of the 137 West Dade Connection, all in the vicinity of SW 8th St/137th Av.     The 51-Flager MAX was (I think) the first limited-stop route for MDT (MAX=Metro Area Express) BTW, that 2nd pic was taken before the June "lineup" in which the 51 was cut back from Miami Beach to the Omni Terminal in downtown Miami (next to the Omni MetroMover station), as part of a series of severe service cutbacks due to budgetary problems. As a result, MDT has less bus service overall than before the 1/2 cent sales tax was voted into law back in 2002. Gotta love South Florida! (NOT)   1998 NABI 9747 (yes, it is a 1998 model, despite the fleet number. All of the 9800-series NABI 40-LFWs are actually 1999 models, except for 9801 (the first low-floor bus for MDT) is currently serving double duty. In the AM peak it is on the 224-Coral Way MAX:  Then after returning to the yard, it does a noon relief run on the 40-Bird Road:  And I conclude on a sad note--a 1993 or 1994 Flxible in dead storage at Northeast Division :(
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