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Re: Problems with N. J. Transit's new NABI buses |
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Posted by RTS_Book on Mon Oct 27 12:22:24 2008, in response to Re: Problems with N. J. Transit's new NABI buses, posted by Transit Jeff on Sat Oct 25 00:13:10 2008. Those were problems from 1978 onwards, and if a buyer so desired, they could spec their RTS' (at least from TMC and Nova) appropriately. WFD is one option already mentioned - but I even have photographs of a narrow-front-door RTS with a front-door lift.GM didn't pursue it after the Transbus episode because at the time, most operators surveyed reportedly wanted the lift in back. They also claimed there was less distance to travel from lift-to-securement position with a rear lift, which I'm apt to believe. I'm nearly six-foot tall, and I have no issues with headroom as you mentioned. Yeah, the original driver's cockpit was very tight (though I can still squeeze in with my fat torso and all), but later ones - notably the Millenniums - had a revised cockpit design that eliminated that problem. Heck, if you'd just ordered a WFD RTS, you'd eliminate the problem altogether. Ever sat in a first-gen TMC RTS-08 (like Chicago's)? That may be one of the nicest driver's workstations - both in terms of looks and accessibility - I've ever sat in. Still, looks are subjective, and you and I obviously differ on the RTS. I dislike the latter RTS WFD models (i.e. TMC 08 2nd-gen, Nova WFD), but the original 08 and the original RTS design is, IMHO, stylish, clean, and still relatively modern - even after all these years. What matters is durability - and it's hard to say the RTS didn't have that, though it's hard to make that case when some properties (Detroit, I'm looking at you) outright neglect them. |
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