Archon Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Ok guys just for the fun of it.If u can own a bus what kind of bus wll u want NOVA LFS Articulated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 NOVA LFS Articulated! I've got those 5 Nova Artics by paperbus. I heard that Montreal (STM) is ordering them, I wish that CTA would get them to replace 7500s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman8119 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've got those 5 Nova Artics by paperbus. I heard that Montreal (STM) is ordering them, I wish that CTA would get them to replace 7500s. 7500's ain't goin nowhere for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I wish that CTA would get them to replace 7500s. We can all wish. But, with an articulated bus now going for $800,000 (and a standard one for $400,000) where are you or CTA getting the money? Let's see 226 * $800 = $180,800,000. That's like over $100 million (almost $200 million). Let's face it:A bus purchased with FTA funds has a minimum life of 12 years. Trainman's right, despite claimed problems with NABIs, they are going to be around at least to 2017.Nova has withdrawn from the US transit market, and you have no evidence that its articulated (which is just rolling out) is any better mechanically. CTA got burned on a first time purchase from NABI, so why should it be burned again on a Nova startup?Going back to your other wish list, either CTA gets funding and buys the Seattle Option articulateds to replace about 200 buses (as mentioned, 6000s, either directly or indirectly) or about 700 buses are going to be scrapped or locked in the closed depots.While you and exitzero have had your arguments about bus aesthetics, I could say that I don't like the flat face New Flyers and wish they were replaced already. However, that is a $410,400,000 contract (approximately, not knowing the inflation escalators) and not happening until at least 2021 (and according to sw, probably not until 2025). I'm sure you know what the Jetsons bus assembly company will have by then, but forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSANGEL#1 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 The 7500s are being half replaced by the leftover Seattle order from NewFlyer(2000series hybrid artics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmadisonwi Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 The 7500s are being half replaced by the leftover Seattle order from NewFlyer(2000series hybrid artics) They are not being replaced. They are being supplemented. There is no intent to withdraw any of the NABI fleet from service, except for maybe a couple that have been wrecked or seriously damaged in accidents, fires, or what have you. The rest of the buses are going to stick around for a while, even when the New Flyers get here. That said, when the New Flyers start arriving (assuming the funding is approved), there will supposedly be a period when a few NABIs are taken out of service and given whatever major work needs to be done to hopefully bring those buses up to a decent, workable standard. But, they will return to service and the result will be a larger articulated bus fleet of around 370-ish buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Also, what rmadison says makes sense based on a practicality viewpoint. The main advantage of hybrid buses is that they capture energy from regenerative braking. Hence, they would make less sense on an express route, where NABIs now mostly operate. Put them on a crowded local like 79th, and you would maximize the savings with the number of stops. The presentation says that there has to be enough savings that a $800,000 hybrid artic. ends up costing about the same as a $400,000 diesel standard bus. Not saying that I know that it would happen, but it would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickFlair_859 Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 GMC RTS slope back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 An old clunky ACF Brill Trolley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Umm. So many choices. But if I had to choose, I would say a Series 50/B500R D60HF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 For me a former PACE NABI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Flxible Metro E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Flex 6031 or 5527 or a nova 6692 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 O can't believe that I had never responded to this topic before. Anyone who knows me knows that my first choice is a Prevost H3-45,m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 Transit bus: DE60LFR or XDE60 Coach Bus: Van Hool Astromega, TX 45 or Prevost X3-45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 12 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Transit bus: DE60LFR or XDE60 Coach Bus: Van Hool Astromega, TX 45 or Prevost X3-45 X3-45 a great choice. I'm not a big VanHoil fan, but the CX models look very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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