Turbo19

Oh shit, the classism continues!

I didn't know that this was a serious issue to you. Anyhow I'm inclined to agree with your stance on invasive ads, and ads in general on transit vehicles. They're there to simply make quick buck as the annual earning don't amount to a grand figure and the end scheme of things. As for my comment on the Victoria's Secret ad, that stemmed from a convo where I said that I'd rather look at some women over a car, in reference to the Jaguar ad out now. Public transit is meant to serve the public, so public input on various issues should be taken into consideration. Right on!

Right on the money. Why? Damn you Nissan. And I unfortunately don't have an answer for your question. I'm not that much of a hater after all. I'm all for public transit, but shit, I'd be lying if I said I never considered owning a car for leisure purposes.

For obvious reasons I've always detested auto ads on transit vehicles. It's very contradicting.

But you would not object to a Victoria's Secret wrap, would you?

You raise an excellent point, but I do believe this was more in reference to non revenue equipment. Sure the R32's are older than shit but they're on that line every damn day. No, it's only no that it's running crappy equipment. The whole point was vintage equipment would be better than the food cans they have now, unless some where actually serious.

Ironic as I was just discussing new wraps. In my opinion we need a Victoria's Secret wrap, as only then will we see if the foamers have the audacity to bitch over that. Think of it as a test of sorts, a test that will prove a lot more than just who bitches, rather who enjoys them. On a completely different note, after f**king around in the chatroom tonight the discussion of the came up. I won't go into complete detail as some here are quite offended easily, but a joke proposal was made and I'd like to share it. What if the line to be the designated vintage line starting this spring, with all vintage equipment to replace current rolling stock for one day and one day only? Opinions, please.

It could be the retarder is the bus is equipped with one.

You know, if there was a joint effort perhaps NICE and each respective town could work it out to where NICE buses get signal priority via a transponder located on the bus.

If it were formally studied the FTA might step in and lend various financial assistance to such a project, but NICE would still have to fork up a lot of cash.

Yes, of course finances restrict the rollout of some technologies, in addition to the size of the system. I think most people want the money to go to fare decreases or something other, which is wishful thinking.

Everyone is critical from what I see, with some not wanting any extra equipment at all.

I personally would prefer to tell people off myself. Screw liability.

In that case have fun with the transients on the It's called the intercom, lol.

That turn signal's a trip, (ding.......ding.......ding.......ding.......ding) and so forth.

Is there no divide between transit and entertainment, lol.

New Flyer does have terrible build quality, or at least it does now, which I find most transit vehicle manufacturers do at this time, but I digress. The differences as far as the original Low Floor and the Xcelsior are quite stark looking in to it.. The LF had began development in 1988, and entered production three years later in 1991. Arguably the LF is derivative of the standard floor equivalents of the time, which are now unofficially referred to as HF's. As such the structural components are comprised of that made the HF's durable were carried over to the LF's. Further than that the model pioneered the semi low floor design which is predominately found in North American transit buses today. The Xcelsior in contrast was a platform that began development in 2008 and didn't take off in the market for a good two years, until 2010. The intent with the Xcelsior was to revolutionize the industry by offering a vehicle that would lower costs and deliver performance as well as aesthetics at a reasonable rate. To achieve that New Flyer resorted to using different materials to achieve a lightweight structure which would give a greater fuel economy and reduce build costs. When possible composite and other lightweight components were used in place of stainless steel, etc, etc. So in summary it's most likely a weight differential, along with an increased backlog which may rush production.

And why was this not in my inbox? Screw it. Being that I did say my piece in that now ruined DeBlasio thread in this section this is now redundant, but relevant nevertheless. Read your last statement in the post I'm quoting, now read the statements in the following, which is a post you've made in this thread. The reason I bring this up is because the two statements are contradicting. It isn't a conspiracy due to the fact that it's clear as crystal.

And yet another complaint from Queens.

Normally I'd start an interrogation and subsequent debate, but it'll go nowhere as far as I see. Though I will state that what you are saying is quite deplorable. Why you stick to these views is beyond me.

This is what happens when the force is unskilled in these issues. While some may be forgiving of this I'm not. There is no excuse and if they lacked the knowledge in how to handle such a situation they should have called in someone who could. I find that any EMT would have handled the situation with more care, also taking into consideration they do a lot in such cases already. They'll get my respect any day, especially over a PD. But it should be noted this is sometimes falsely perpetuated. Most fear stems from what if's, which leads one into paranoia. It takes a strong and stable individual to not lets such get to him/her, and it seems most can not. Absolutely. Agreed 100%.

Haha, it's more of a joke I think, but you're correct in that this is a now hipster infiltrated event. I will say though I do support them simply because it's not anything illegal and due to the criticism they'll receive, and hipsters aside I want some ass.

They bitch over everything. Nevertheless LA is having this event as well and I may go out and check out the goods. Can you say yiff-yiff?

Given the weather is anyone at all interested in attending the No Pants Subway Ride this year? http://improveverywhere.com/2014/01/06/no-pants-subway-ride-2014-details-for-new-york/

A random thought for everyone today. The right can debate it all they want, but they'll never find evidence against it.