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Re: PHOTOS Valley Metro 02.24.08 |
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Posted by phxtusbusfan on Sun Feb 24 23:42:30 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS Valley Metro 02.24.08, posted by MCI D4000 81994 on Sun Feb 24 23:12:17 2008. The 1994, 1996, and 2007 D40LFs as well as the entire NABI 40-LFW fleet (1998-2002) has the rear door after the 2nd passenger side window as opposed to after the 3rd passenger side window due to the fact that these buses all have rear wheelchair ramps and it facilitates easier loading/unloading. It is worth noting that all of these buses were built to City of Phoenix specifications. My guess is that this has to do partially with the fact that the fuel tank on the D40LFs extends forward from the "high floor" section of the bus, under the last 3 longitudinal seats on the driver's side of the bus. With a standard door arrangement, this segment of the fuel tank would be directly across from the rear door. Moving the rear door one position up allows the seats directly across the aisle from the rear door to "fold up" (as there would be no fuel tank in the way) thus allowing easier wheelchair loading/unloading. Due to the fact that when the NABIs were purchased Phoenix had 99 D40LFs and 1 L40LF with this arrangement, the NABIs were also specified this way and when the 2007 D40LFs were purchased it made sense to keep the arrangement the same.The 52 2006 C40LFRs and 28 2007 D40LFRs are, currently, the only buses in the fleet which have the "normal" rear door placement. The C40LFRs don't have the problem of the fuel tank (as the tanks are on the roof) as well as it is worth noting that they were built to MARTA and not City of Phoenix specifications. The D40LFRs do have the fuel tank "issue" but were built to VIA San Antonio specifications which have the rear door in the "normal" position. |
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