Mass Transit/Bus Appreciation Thread Vol. 2

[Good Ol J.R]

Been a fan of of buses since I was little.  Weird? yes. Do I care? no. Post some if you're a fan...

If you grew up in LA and rode the bus, you already know about the 40 

 

[luong1209]

Only read Mass and Transit...Thought it was mass on busses...

 

[clevereddie]

NYC's public transportation >

 

[rko2004]

I'll be post some stuff shortly. We have new buses here.

This is a good time to ask. Does anyone have a transit center that is/was elevated? Like ramps that take you up to it? I'll see if I can find some pics of our old Dixie Terminal.

 

[Good Ol J.R]

Yup. Well, we did. The El Monte terminal.

 

[ayodun]

definitely appreciated cause i live in nyc, don't have a car so it's how i get everywhere

train > bus though, can't stand riding the bus.

 

[Nujavez]

Originally Posted by AyoDun

 

train > bus though, can't stand riding the bus.

the lightrail in seattle

 

[Good Ol J.R]

Originally Posted by AyoDun

definitely appreciated cause i live in nyc, don't have a car so it's how i get everywhere

train > bus though, can't stand riding the bus.

Yeah our Metrolink out here is dope. Gets me here I need to go 

 

[Good Ol J.R]

When I went to college, I used OmniTrans. OmniTrans has ok Service but dope equipment 

All New Flyer fleet with no governors = dummy fast on the freeway 

 

[AZwildcats]

I ride the bus to campus and it saves me a lot of money on gas. I use my car at night/ on the weekends

 

[milkandcookies]

I <3 NYC's public transportation system

+

SF/LA's is horrible in comparison.

i love east coast cities because of the superior public transportation...

 

[vendetta]

MAX rail
Guy above says east coast has superior systems?  However...


According to a U.S. News analysis, the 10 U.S. cities with the best combination of public transportation investment, ridership, and safety are:

1. Denver-Aurora, Colo.

2. New York-Newark, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.


3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

4. Boston, Mass.-N.H.-R.I.

5. Portland, Ore.

6. (tie) San Jose, Calif.

6. (tie) Salt Lake City, Utah

8. San Diego, Calif.

9. Seattle, Wash.

10. Honolulu, Hawaii
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/02/08/10-best-cities-for-public-transportation

 

[Good Ol J.R]

Originally Posted by milkandcookies

I <3 NYC's public transportation system

+

SF/LA's is horrible in comparison.

i love east coast cities because of the superior public transportation...

Our fleet is 100% Clean air
3rd Biggest in the nation

Nation's best fleet in '09, '10....

ok.

 

[scotthallwithapick]

From LA and I hate our Mass Transit.

But NYC & Washington, D.C

 

[an dee 51o]

HATE waiting and a lot of the bs that goes on, but it definitely builds character.

Seen some wild @%@+ go down on BART, and used to ride that same bus that Epic Beard Man beat up that dude on.

AC Transit

Glad I have a car, though.

 

[krazy]

The school bus is called Uni-trans, saved my life my first two years of college.

 

[high altitude]

wut

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by JRAdagreat72


Yup. Well, we did. The El Monte terminal.

Peep this. About 13 years ago we had like an air transit center for Tank buses (Kentucky's transit company). They stopped using it in the late 90s due to rising rent prices

The Tank buses came across this bridge here and went up into this building on one side, made a U turn and came out the other after picking up passengers and what not. EPIC place for me as a kid...

The picture below are the ramps they used. See in the background is Riverfront stadium.

One of a damn kind and its gone now.

^That's the front entrance hall which leads to the stairs to the terminal. They don't have many pictures from this but trust that it was a cool place.

 

[Good Ol J.R]

That's hella dope

 

[whyhellothere]

mta buses were apperciated until they started using these garbage %@! buses

does this man look comfy?

 they need to bring back these bad boys

having enough room to comfortably stand on a bus

 

[Good Ol J.R]

Yeah the RTS is my favorite bus. Very Very well built. Don't NYCMTA still have those running?

Man I heard a sound clip of the CNG (ones with the big tank on top) and sheeeesh!!! Beastly!

LA got rid of theirs in 2009.... feels bad man 

 

[whyhellothere]

MTA still has some of them running but they are replacing them with these

&

 

[Good Ol J.R]

lol the CNG versions aren't  that bad. These though:

1999



2011

 

[ryair max 1]

Its so much more easier and convenient then dealing with a car. I take public transit all the work which is about 30 or so miles from Columbia, MD (hope to be out of there soon) to Bethesda, MD. In the last 3 months, I've probably only put like 1200 miles on my car.  

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by JRAdagreat72

lol the CNG versions aren't  that bad. These though:

1999



2011

haven't seen those 2011 ones around, I didn't know they upgraded these either