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Re: PHOTOS: MTA Bus 0053: The VanHool DD Rides On... |
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Posted by MCI D4000 81994 on Tue Oct 7 07:47:11 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: MTA Bus 0053: The VanHool DD Rides On..., posted by JAzumah on Tue Oct 7 04:34:38 2008. Yes - on the X30. I was talking to the driver at Busfest and he said that for Monday through the end of the test that the DD will be on the X30 am run and do the X17J in the evening, The purpose was to expose more people to the bus and get more opinions. The driver stated that most people had great reviews of the bus and most ended up upstairs (save elderly who had trouble with stairs who stayed downstairs). Running this bus on the X30 was delayed due to union issues since the bus will only be here for the rest of the week and the union had to agree to allow the one trained driver to "swap" runs on the X30 for the X17J in the evening (X30 = CAS, X17J = YUK).Also, the bus was tested to see if it could run on the X22 instead of the X30 (to avoid the union issues) since that is another via NJ Turnpike route. The DD had clearance issues with the SIR overpasses so that plan was scrapped. |
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