|
|
| Re: Weekend Pics. Part 1 (38803) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > BusChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Weekend Pics. Part 1 |
|
|
Posted by roscoman1986 on Mon Nov 6 17:57:49 2006, in response to Re: Weekend Pics. Part 1, posted by lbt 9415 on Mon Nov 6 12:37:08 2006. It looks like they came from Shuttle Bus Leasing according to the color and shape of the tiny sticker below the "#167" which is where the Arizona State (and before that, the Valley Metro Foothill Gilligs) came from. None of them have/had working destination signs. At least LA Metro repainted theirs, Valley Metro just put stickers on them (they had the 1991 Suburbans F250-F263 and ran them in local service while express riders suffered with hard seats on CNG NABIs until our Novabuses arrived) and Arizona State University keeps theirs in Santa Cruz Metro/Foothill Transit hybrid colors (Foothill colors with a gold stripe through the middle of the three blue bands). Arizona State is replacing theirs with Blue Bird Xcel 102s (which even brand new are pieces of crap) and I wonder if they will be leased to LA Metro.Also, it appears that Krapf's (Crap's, or so I hear) Transit in Philadelphia got their hands on the other 1994 Gilligs from Foothill (I guess from Shuttle Bus Leasing) so these buses can appear anywhere. Wherever anyone is short of buses, these guys can show up. Surprised MUNI hasn't gotten them (whatever happened to their AC Transit Gillig deal?) One more thing: SBL also leased Hertz buses to Valley Metro and ran them in local service intact (yes, a rental car shuttle in local service, go figure), but I don't know of anyone else who did this. They were really fun to ride (a pain for drivers with no stop request, destination sign or partition behind their seat) but they lasted about 6 months and are now history. Carpeting on the floor of a transit bus is nice...while it lasts. |
|
(There are no responses to this message.)
|
|