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philabob1	Jul 15 2008, 02:38 PM
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	Tritransit Area Jul 13 2008, 07:37 PM Yes, it is interesting to see New Flyers on routes that I knew as 100% artic routes. I certainly did a double take when an unexpected New Flyer appeared at Plymouth Meeting Mall, running on the 27. I've heard reports today that there were 40fters on both the 48 and the 33 - what's up with that? I also saw 5920 at Somerset Station on Thursday, properly running on the 54. I'm sure the 5900s are handing the hills a lot better than the artics did. The 27 must be a swifter ride with these New Flyers. Hopefully, this doesn't mean that artics will only run on the 27 during the rush; that would likely greatly lower my chances of riding an artic on this route. Which would be strange. Oh well, so much for knowing when a 27 is coming just by looking at the type of bus! Yesterday I saw LF's on 27 blocks 59 and 60. 59 starts first thing and goes thru the PM peak, so at least one peak run is getting LF's. I believe 60 starts early and comes back after the PM as well. The 70 blocks, which run into the late evening, have been LF's for the past week or so, so they're going to non-artics in the PM peak as well. Many 27 riders have gotten used to expecting artics (stand at 15th & Kennedy and watch the 'sea' of riders head toward the curb when an artic comes around City Hall - more often than not it's a 33). They'll need to adjust. The hills on 27 were not kind to all 40' buses. The 3100-series Neos assigned to Allegheny had little trouble on them. The NABI's frequently did. Perhaps the toughest hill is the short rise southbound on Leverington Ave just off Henry where trouble waits because the bus must slow to make the turn from Henry so it's starting from almost stop. A close second is northbound on Manayunk Ave at Burnside St (the north side of the bridge over Shurs Lane), which is a service stop - if the bus doesn't have to make this, it will have much less trouble climbing that hill. Interestingly the runs I saw this past weekend on 27 were all served by artics. As for 33 and 48, back in the Volvo days many weekend 48's were RTS's and 3100-series Neos. On 9, there was an occasional Volvo out past the PM peak, but most were off by dark.


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