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Re: all 8000 Novas are gone from UPK |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Sep 16 23:51:57 2012, in response to Re: all 8000 Novas are gone from UPK, posted by Mack C-49 on Sun Sep 16 23:12:13 2012. I do feel that the Novas can still be improved if they want to become a stronghold for the future of the NYC Transit bus fleet. I say to myself that if they were a little bit longer (maybe 42.5' instead of 40'), that could help with spacing and capacity, but as it is for all buses, both low-floor and high-floor, people just don't want to move to the back, so it's inevitable that the buses will appear to be cramped no matter what.I was never a fan of any of the newer Orions that came out since 2002 (Original Orion 7s and the NG HEVs), but the 3Gs (7000-series) grew on me and they've become my favorites as well. Sadly Orion did close shop, but things do happen for a reason. The New Flyer Xcelsiors (or any of the New Flyer fleet except for some of the D60HFs) I'm not a fan of. The Xcelsiors just seem extremely out of place in New York and in my eyes aren't that great of a bus model. This is just opinion-based, but in the end, the MTA will have the final say-so as to what bus model they will want to do a mass order of and hopefully they will make the right choice...for me, I hope they go with Novas. |
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