DJ MC Posted October 25, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 25, 2012 http://www.masstrans...partner-of-lynx http://www.novabus.c...er-of-lynx.html The buses are due to arrive in Central Florida sometime in 2013. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted October 25, 2012 Share #2 Posted October 25, 2012 Why only two buses? Are these only trial buses and then if they like them, they'll order more? Or is this all that Lynx wants and needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted October 25, 2012 Why only two buses? Are these only trial buses and then if they like them, they'll order more? Or is this all that Lynx wants and needs? Yeah more likely trial buses. They did the same with the Gillig low floor buses. We have five Gillig Advanatges here that we bought in 2005 and were used as trial buses so to speak. We ended up getting the BRTs in 2006, but the test with those five buses from Gillig were apparently successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted October 25, 2012 Share #4 Posted October 25, 2012 Here's what I'm not liking, we have all these TAs who only turn to NFI and Nova for artics and the rest of their fleet is (usually) Gillig. I guess that's how they save their $$$... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted October 25, 2012 Here's what I'm not liking, we have all these TAs who only turn to NFI and Nova for artics and the rest of their fleet is (usually) Gillig. I guess that's how they save their $$$... Gillig does not built artics currently at this time. The buses you will see down here is either Gillig or NABI. NFI. NABI, and now NOVA will be the exceptions with the TAs around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted October 25, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 25, 2012 Well, now at least their's some variety down there. Now you just need some 40's. Here's what I'm not liking, we have all these TAs who only turn to NFI and Nova for artics and the rest of their fleet is (usually) Gillig. I guess that's how they save their $$$... Honestly, that peeves me as well. Looks so akward. Gillig does not built artics currently at this time. The buses you will see down here is either Gillig or NABI. NFI. NABI, and now NOVA will be the exceptions with the TAs around here. Likely Gillig will never build artics. Their operations are very traditional, which is reflected in their product lineup, and is part of the reason why they're so cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerdodge9 Posted October 25, 2012 Share #7 Posted October 25, 2012 Well, now at least their's some variety down there. Now you just need some 40's. Honestly, that peeves me as well. Looks so akward. Likely Gillig will never build artics. Their operations are very traditional, which is reflected in their product lineup, and is part of the reason why they're so cheap. You sure? I heard a rumor about a year ago that Gillig was looking into entering the artic market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted October 25, 2012 Well, now at least their's some variety down there. Now you just need some 40's. We have several 40 foot Phantoms and BRTs along with a number of 30-35 low floor buses. As for whether we may get actual LFS buses is up in the air, but looking at how we've gone to Gillig ever since 1994 I don't think that is to change any time soon. Just to throw this out there we also have four D60s that are expected to go into service very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted October 25, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 25, 2012 You sure? I heard a rumor about a year ago that Gillig was looking into entering the artic market. For the time being they are trying to get CNG marketshare. In SoCal they are getting good orders from smaller systems for CNG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerdodge9 Posted October 25, 2012 Share #10 Posted October 25, 2012 That's no suprise since they are the CNG capital of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share #11 Posted October 25, 2012 That's no suprise since they are the CNG capital of the world. That's California for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted October 26, 2012 Share #12 Posted October 26, 2012 That's no suprise since they are the CNG capital of the world. That's California for you. And damn well proud of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerdodge9 Posted October 26, 2012 Share #13 Posted October 26, 2012 Well, we (NY) are the hybrid captial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted October 26, 2012 Share #14 Posted October 26, 2012 Well, we (NY) are the hybrid captial! Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted October 26, 2012 And we are the Gillig and NABI capital. Better yet we are the awesome paint scheme capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted October 26, 2012 Share #16 Posted October 26, 2012 That's California for you. Well with the SoCal diesel ban come 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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