theaveragejoe Posted May 26, 2011 Share #26 Posted May 26, 2011 The only problem is the $2.1 million price tag. That price tag can get you one R160, or two NovaLFSAs with enough left over for a nice Mercedes Benz, or a R62. Remember the costs would come down when you start mass producing them as well. BC Transit only got them cause of the funding they got for the Winter Olympic games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted May 26, 2011 Share #27 Posted May 26, 2011 They weren't rumors! http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=422199&postcount=439 The C40LF option was increased and accelerated. (320-569) Those numbers are seriously gonna happen for the option buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted May 26, 2011 Share #28 Posted May 26, 2011 Those numbers are seriously gonna happen for the option buses. Yes. The numbers are said to be set in stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted May 26, 2011 Share #29 Posted May 26, 2011 Remember the costs would come down when you start mass producing them as well. BC Transit only got them cause of the funding they got for the Winter Olympic games Maybe fuel cells will come down in price, but I'm not holding my breath. Hybrids haven't really come down that much in price relative to diesel or CNG even though the technology is almost 20 years old and every manufacturer now offers one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted May 26, 2011 Share #30 Posted May 26, 2011 Remember the costs would come down when you start mass producing them as well. BC Transit only got them cause of the funding they got for the Winter Olympic games The buses or the hydrogen economy? Maybe fuel cells will come down in price, but I'm not holding my breath. Hybrids haven't really come down that much in price relative to diesel or CNG even though the technology is almost 20 years old and every manufacturer now offers one. And hydrogen is still at least twenty years away from being somewhat economical, even though IMO its the best fuel alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted May 27, 2011 Share #31 Posted May 27, 2011 Artics on Staten Island? Trippers on the S53/S79 from a Brooklyn depot, maybe... Never. The prevailing past practice is that Staten Island must remain a self-contained world at all times and at all costs: - no Staten Island bus will do anybody else's work, whether on a route or a subway shuttle; - nobody else will do Staten Island work, whether on a route or a S.I. Railway shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted May 27, 2011 Share #32 Posted May 27, 2011 Never. The prevailing past practice is that Staten Island must remain a self-contained world at all times and at all costs: - no Staten Island bus will do anybody else's work, whether on a route or a subway shuttle; - nobody else will do Staten Island work, whether on a route or a S.I. Railway shuttle. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted May 27, 2011 Share #33 Posted May 27, 2011 Huh? No Staten Island Bus except for the S53/S79 leaves Staten Island, and no non SI depot deals with SI transit related issues outside of a bus transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted May 27, 2011 Share #34 Posted May 27, 2011 No Staten Island Bus except for the S53/S79 leaves Staten Island, and no non SI depot deals with SI transit related issues outside of a bus transfer. Gotcha!:tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis1985 Posted May 27, 2011 Share #35 Posted May 27, 2011 Artics on Staten Island? Trippers on the S53/S79 from a Brooklyn depot, maybe... maybe the S40 and S78 also during rush hours too, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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