01-29-2022, 01:49 AM
(01-28-2022, 04:10 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(01-28-2022, 04:01 PM)ac3r Wrote: Makes sense to me. Some routes don't need full sized buses, particularly the 27. At most that route gets 5 passengers...but usually no more than 3 per bus. Such routes also do indeed have to make awkward turns - often driving over curbs which destroys the suspension as well as forces buses (including the 27) to add time on a route so they can take streets that offer more turning radius. I think it's useful.
Again, sizing a route to the number of passengers is of no value unless it costs significantly less to operate the smaller buses which I don't think it does. 3 passengers don't care if they are on a smaller bus or not.
As for tighter turns, I have no idea where that is, our region and cities have spent 60 years eliminating turns that a 45 foot bus can't navigate, but I suppose there might be a few that haven't been enlarged yet.
Some of the discussion had around this size of bus involve the conversion of BusPlus routes to using this size of bus to alleviate some accessibility concerns while also improving the capacity of the routes as some are quite popular.