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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Blast from the past

TRI-MET ROLLS OUT BORROWED LOW-FLOOR BUS FOR TEST RIDES Oregonian, The (Portlan - Pastebin.com

2 comments:

Erik H. said...

"Even before Tri-Met can test public reaction to its own 22 low-floor buses , the transit agency is eager to make an important decision about the future of its fleet. The Tri-Met board is almost certain to decide at its June 25 meeting to adopt a policy that all future buses will be of the low-floor variety. A transition would take a decade or more as the agency phases out its standard buses ."

That was said in 1997. It's now 2012 - 15 years later. And fully 1/3rd of TriMet's bus fleet is STILL old, ancient high floor buses.

Jason McHuff said...

I noticed Erik did not mention the MAX A/C investment noted in the same article.