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philabob1	Jul 15 2008, 09:12 PM
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	Septa3371CSX1 Jul 15 2008, 03:12 PM Then when SEPTA decided to get the new artics, they figured an all artic depot was a great idea. Now they're realizing how stupid that was. What SEPTA should be doing with the redeployment of artics is putting things back close to where they used to be. Move the 9, 32, 61, and 62 back to Allegheny and bring the 6 back to Midvale. Keep 80 artics at Allegheny. This would be enough for the 33, 48, and 60 to use and also leave enough for selected blocks on the 9, 27, 54, and 65 to have. The rest of the blocks on those routes would be 40 footers. Use the additional artics at Midvale on the 47 and other routes that desperately need them. [/color] Agree totally. From what I was told, a certain maintenance AGM who shall remain nameless made the decision on all artics at Allegheny to 'shut up those pesky 9 and 27 riders' who complained about the artics not being on the heavy runs. One of the almost immediate problems with that decision was the wasted capacity of artics on night and weekend runs. The next problem was the first snowfall which rendered 9 and 27 useless - the 'solution' was that the Neos were pushers (as opposed to the Volvos which had the drive wheels in the center). The pushers pushed the front sections into jackknifes. Same difficulty. The mix of 40' and 60' buses would be good in those respects. Too bad it took SEPTA about 7 years to figure it out.


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