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Topic: [NJ] IBOA Charter Service? |
KCRam3500
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:13 pm Subject: [NJ] IBOA Charter Service? |
The equipment issue will only restrict available hours. Buses owned by NJ Transit and operated by private carriers can not be chartered during rush hours because their purchase is funded by USDOT.
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Topic: 'GREYHOUND GOES PREVOST' |
KCRam3500
Replies: 11
Views: 31772
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:29 pm Subject: 'GREYHOUND GOES PREVOST' |
8873 was from the original order that included the BoltBus units, and that's Greyhound's current livery which has been around for a few years now.
This picture of 8877 (also from the first order) s ... |
Topic: Need information on Real Transit Company,ManHattan Transit |
KCRam3500
Replies: 3
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:29 pm Subject: Need information on Real Transit Company,ManHattan Transit |
Orange and Black has been "dead" as a company since 1975. O&B was purchased by Transport of New Jersey that year as part of TNJ's subsidiary Maplewood Equipment Company. (MEC also acqu ... |
Topic: Mercedes-Benz engines on Orion buses? |
KCRam3500
Replies: 1
Views: 9205
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:40 pm Subject: Mercedes-Benz engines on Orion buses? |
You will likely see the MBE900 or a revised Detroit (also owned by Daimler). Beginning in 2010, Daimler has noted they will no longer sell engines out of the corporation, so the only way to get MB or ... |
Topic: New Flyer LFR model buses |
KCRam3500
Replies: 3
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:01 pm Subject: New Flyer LFR model buses |
It's usually a contractual issue. A transit authority can lock in the body design over a long-term contract... if they're getting deliveries over a number of years (like the NJT/NABI 6-year deal), th ... |
Topic: Restyled NABI buses coming soon? |
KCRam3500
Replies: 16
Views: 47350
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:50 am Subject: Re: NJT NABIs fet the new front end as well |
So then, why doesn't Orion use the Orion VII NG's front end on new build Orion V's? The Orion V continues to sell today. As for Gillig using the BRT's front end on the Phantom, that may be quite dif ... |
Topic: Restyled NABI buses coming soon? |
KCRam3500
Replies: 16
Views: 47350
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:06 pm Subject: Re: NJT NABIs fet the new front end as well |
Hmm, so a new look for the NABI 416? That was totally unexpected. Demand for high floor buses declining, and I don't think it was really worth it for NABI to redesign the front end for NJT's NABI 41 ... |
Topic: Restyled NABI buses coming soon? |
KCRam3500
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Views: 47350
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:37 pm Subject: NJT NABIs fet the new front end as well |
The redesigned front end first revealed on the Las Vegas/CAT buses will also be used on the huge NJ Transit order
http://www.carspace.com/kcram/Albums/The%20Lake%20Street%20Bus%20Garage/njt5201.jpg ... |
Topic: Hybrid fuel economy |
KCRam3500
Replies: 7
Views: 21580
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:59 pm Subject: Hybrid fuel economy |
CNG makes all the difference in the world for otherwise identical engines. The L10 is the predecessor to the ISL (although the displacement was reduced from 10 to 8.9 liters on the newer engine). A ... |
Topic: Will NovaBus reenter the U.S. market? |
KCRam3500
Replies: 4
Views: 14274
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:43 pm Subject: Will NovaBus reenter the U.S. market? |
Nova could jump back in but they're going to have to underbid companies to capture business.This may be under consideration, since Nova has the money of Volvo behind them, just as Orion has Daimler, N ... |
Topic: Hybrid fuel economy |
KCRam3500
Replies: 7
Views: 21580
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:33 pm Subject: Hybrid fuel economy |
A number of factors go into this...
- type of hybrid system: A bus that runs entirely on its electric motors can use the ISB because it doesn't need the extra torque. A split system means the eng ... |
Topic: Flxible Metro Info |
KCRam3500
Replies: 13
Views: 35620
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:27 pm Subject: Flxible Metro Info |
The original driver's area was done that way because of how the bus was built... the seats and such were mounted to the sidewalls and the driver's seat needed a mount of another type because it wasn't ... |
Topic: Millennium Transit Might Have A Horse Shoe |
KCRam3500
Replies: 36
Views: 83859
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:43 pm Subject: Millennium Transit Might Have A Horse Shoe |
I saw that article and immediately caught that "spin" about diversion of federal funding. The NJT contract was canceled in April, the bridge collapse was in August. Unless someone had a cr ... |
Topic: Millennium Transit |
KCRam3500
Replies: 13
Views: 31970
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:53 am Subject: Millennium Transit |
Supposedly, the FTA American content revision was corrected back to the previous rule as far as body shells. That would have affected New Flyer, Orion, NABI, and MCI. NABI shells are still made in H ... |
Topic: Millennium Transit |
KCRam3500
Replies: 13
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:53 pm Subject: Millennium Transit |
If they can't even pull off the Beaumont order, then MTS needs to close down. Bus manufacturing is a mean business. You have to buy expensive components and pay the labor... diesel engines alone ar ... |
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