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Posted by lbt 9415 on Mon Dec 29 10:30:37 2008, in response to Re: 8 days worth of pics ( 12.13.08 - 12.21.08 ), posted by roscoman1986 on Mon Dec 29 09:43:20 2008. too bad you wasnt out here a year when they still had some of the much older stuff runninf. The 1999 D60LFs are somewhat similar. We still have a handful of 1997/98 D40LFs running around including 5313-5316, 5406-5410,5329-5344,5351, 5376-5381 1. Too bad that I missed a lot of the older stuff when I came in November! I saw some D40LFs up close, but I really wanted to ride the 1995 D40LFs (with the soft seats). I didn't get a chance to ride on a D40LF but I guess the 1999 D60LFs are pretty similar (except for the fact that they are articulateds that are 20 feet longer). The 187 is shared with Divisions 1 and 4. Its one of those lines that barely picks up a load. They made an error in the bus book, referring to the 187 as a small vehicle route. Other in-house 100 series lines include the 145( some trips interline with the 51 ) , 167( weekend trips interline with the 24 ), and 177 ( weekday trips interline with the 82). Its funny because the 177 is operated by Division 1 on the weekday and Division 4 on the weekend. The 187 doesnt need 40fters. 2. After seeing the C40LFR on the 187, I went to octa.net and checked out the 187 Bus Book page because for some reason I thought that 100-series routes all used "mid-size or small buses" Turns out the page also says that the 187 is operated by "mid-size or small buses" but a C40LFR is normally not in that category. Either that statement in the Bus Book is incorrect, or the 187 is operated both directly by OCTA using large size buses and by a contractor (Veolia?) that also operates small size buses, or 7579 is assigned to Veolia (despite not having any visible "operated by" stickers that would indicate otherwise). However, the 187 doesn't really look like it needs 40-footers except for school trippers. This is like the 4th school tripper Ive done. Most of them are well behave and after they get off, theres definitely paper on the floor, but hey kids will be kids. Some of the kids Ive encountered are pretty much well-behaved. 3. Yep that school tripper looks packed...but at least the kids who ride OCTA buses don't deface the windows or interior (or if they do, it is cleaned up really fast)! Unfortunately, in the city of Phoenix proper the school trippers are where most of the buses (especially articulateds) get trashed... thats true. first row of seats though have LOTS of legroom. I did notice one difference between the OCTA C40LFR seating configuration and the Valley Metro 2006 C40LFR seating configuration. On the Valley Metro C40LFRs there is a second pair of seats on the driver side of the bus (rather than OCTA's two rows on the passenger side and one row on the driver side configuration) The 29 gets busy. Division 1 ran artics on the 29 during the summer months and on trippers when needed. Artics on that line should be an everyday habit. 5. Does the 29 mostly use artics or is is almost all 40-footers? I ask because it seems like a pretty busy route. |
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