Double-Decker Bus * USA - Makes Trial Run, Delighting Riders and Avoiding Branches
New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by MARTIN ESPINOZA -September 27, 2008: -- Because of a height issue — which would seem to be a built-in obstacle — the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has had to put off its plans to test its double-decker bus on two routes, including one that traverses Fifth Avenue... The reason? Tree branches on Riverside Drive and Fifth Avenue are in the way... Instead, the authority is currently limiting the trial to one route, the X17J from Staten Island to Manhattan... Even on a good day, it can take about an hour and 45 minutes to complete its journey, from Huguenot Avenue on Staten Island to East 57th Street in Midtown, during peak commuting hours... The new double-decker coach, built and loaned to the transportation authority by the ABC Bus Company of Belgium, is sleek, quiet and powerful. Equipped with a 450-horsepower diesel engine, the $650,000 giant moves effortlessly through New Jersey’s and New York’s highway infrastructure... A typical city bus has about 40 seats. The double-deckers seat 59 on the upper level and 22 on the lower level, where a portion of the rear is taken up by electrical boxes, a storage area, its fuel tank and a bathroom, which is locked during the trial run, and would be removed if the authority decides to buy the buses... (Photo by Christian Hansen for The New York Times - Morning commuters from Staten Island getting off the double-decker bus at a stop in Manhattan)Labels: double-decker buses
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