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Re: MBTA pics,. August 19 |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Sat Aug 20 13:52:22 2005, in response to MBTA pics,. August 19, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Aug 20 13:23:00 2005. Just out of curiosity, did any drivers hassle your or demand you show your permit when shooting on city streets. I had been out in Boston a month ago and totally shied away from taking what could have been some great pictures out of the fear my permitless self would be accosted.Besides that, some things about the MBTA strike me as bizarre after having ridden the bus part of the system for a fair amount (the rail I always knew was bizarre, having ridden it on several occassions dating back to 01400's and plug-door Boeings). * The doorchimes on the newer buses, if they had been on the RTS's given the incidences of doors closing on people it would have made some sense but on slide-glide door buses such as the Neo's and NABI's... * Their sticking by hard seats in this day and age of vandal-resistant plush seating (outside of the Silver Line buses and the ex-Silver Line C40LF's). * Erratic posting of bus stops in many locations and often having gaps of several blocks between signs (a problem which exists largely in downtown Boston but not in the suburbs; signs were well-placed along the trackless trolley routes in Cambridge and Belmont). Going past the weird downsides: * The Neo 460LF is probably the most underrated low-floor artic out there. Why Neo hasn't pushed it's manufacture further is beyond me given the look is better and the capacity larger than similar products from New Flyer or NABI. Between the DMA and CNG models, the DMA is by far the better of the two given its unique status in the bus world, the speed it gets in the Ted Williams Tunnel, and the change from diesel to electric. * The 440LF's look nice but otherwise are par for the course for a low-floor bus. Sadly didn't get a chance to ride the 440LFT's (got a bonus Flyer ride insted:), but do seats cover their rear wheelwells? One website said they had only 31 seats, given the next lowest bus (Orion VI, 32 seats) had no seats on the rear wheelwells I'm somewhat curious. Maybe the MBTA should have piggybacked onto the Skoda/ETI deals that San Francisco and Dayton did only with the ovbious left door modification. * The wraps on the 440LFT's doing Silver Line Waterfront duty are ugly and awkward. * Leaving The T, anyone want to speculate on what Massport will end up doing in a few years when the AN440CNG's reach retirement. The insides are nice but outside they are starting to show their age. |
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