Nabi60SFW9620

Oct 22 2008, 09:32 AM

From what I read on TransiTalk the NABIs will not be arriving afterall. But Im glad to hear they will be arriving. NJT is in worse need for new buses then Baltimore MTA. And currently NJT is running non accessible buses. Unlike Baltimore who retired them without replacements making more people angry as they are stranded on bus stops with a crime rate soo high and police never properly enforcing the law. The rate things are going Transit wise I may be instead of getting a CDL to drive a Transit bus I may be better off getting an engineers license and drive for Amtrak, MARC, LIRR, or Metro North Railroad. I dont know about operating for NJT.

ED77KATR

Sep 9 2008, 08:13 AM

Sorry to hear you are getting NABIs....in 30 years of transit driving they are the worst Buses I ever drove!!! SEPTA bought 400 of them in 1996 never bought another one!! Thank God. From a drivers point, the dash sits high, the whole layout is huge&uncomfortable. The bus itself you fight all day long, goes where it wants. Stopping the beast is another whole story. A ton of drivers at SEPTA have permanently sore ankles &knees from them damn things. Maybe 12 years later thse problems are gone??? BE CAREFUL L!!!

Nabi60SFW9620

Oct 24 2008, 06:37 AM

If gas prices continue to go down that should hopefully be able to fix the economy. The main reason we have as bad of an economy as we have is high crude oil prices. Gas and diesel prices go up from it. Then Delivery companies have to raise surcharges and following that retail prices go up. As many have to cut spending. Only spend on items they need. And start purchasing smaller vehicles and/or driving less the state governments and the Federal governments are not earning as much money in gas tax and sales tax. Which is why many states are suffering from the economic crisis. And some retailers are suffering to. Like Starbucks. They announced they would be closing 600 locations but I dont know if thats still official. Best Buy had to cut employees hours. And the state of Maryland. Governor O Malley is proposing a 6 day furlough for state employees but its not official yet.

NeoArtic7101

Oct 23 2008, 04:02 PM

Nabi60SFW9620

Oct 22 2008, 09:32 AM

From what I read on TransiTalk the NABIs will not be arriving afterall. But Im glad to hear they will be arriving. NJT is in worse need for new buses then Baltimore MTA. And currently NJT is running non accessible buses. Unlike Baltimore who retired them without replacements making more people angry as they are stranded on bus stops with a crime rate soo high and police never properly enforcing the law. The rate things are going Transit wise I may be instead of getting a CDL to drive a Transit bus I may be better off getting an engineers license and drive for Amtrak, MARC, LIRR, or Metro North Railroad. I dont know about operating for NJT.

You can blame all of that on a bad economy. TA's can't afford new buses, bus manufacturers are now becoming more expensive because of resources becoming more expensive. It is a corporate/political thing. Now watch, TA's are now being urged to buy American. That's why Port Authority had to go with Gillig, but at least larger TA's can go with companies like Orion or NABI or New Flyer, because technically they are not American companies. The only American manufacturers out are Millenium, Gillig and El Dorado, and GOD FORBID we see an El Dorado in NJT livery. LOL!!! Now Baltimore MTA should look into ordering from Gillig, but NJT orders high-floor buses. They should have bidded with Orion, or NJT should just give up and go with low-floor buses, but I see with the heavy duty work that NJT puts these buses through, they need high-floor buses, so hopefully NABI can fix these buses.

To be honest, I wish SEPTA would have purchased 35' Gillig Advantages. They would be good for the city and suburbs.

TRANSIT_FREAK100

Oct 23 2008, 07:04 PM

ED77KATR

Sep 9 2008, 08:13 AM

Sorry to hear you are getting NABIs....in 30 years of transit driving they are the worst Buses I ever drove!!! SEPTA bought 400 of them in 1996 never bought another one!! Thank God. From a drivers point, the dash sits high, the whole layout is huge&uncomfortable. The bus itself you fight all day long, goes where it wants. Stopping the beast is another whole story. A ton of drivers at SEPTA have permanently sore ankles &knees from them damn things. Maybe 12 years later thse problems are gone??? BE CAREFUL L!!!

ED77KATR and FRONT5151

I am sorry about hearing about the difficulties you have with nabi's I am a nabi fan because of the appearence of the bus outside and inside and the engines and seats. I like the extra large dashboard. I hate to have everything crammed into one little space. BUT ONE THING I do not like is the streering. Riding a nabi on the 70 everyday Coming off of 10th and going on to Godfrey avenue is a mess. The bus has a WIDE turning radius and I would hate to see what the Nabi 436 would do (YIKES).


Kyle W.