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Double-decker buses — a fixture of the streetscape in London and other international cities — could be making a comeback in New York City. Officials at New York City Transit said today that the agency was considering bringing back double-decker buses, similar to ones that used to run in the city decades ago.
The officials said the buses could seat as many people as an articulated bus — the double-length buses, each pivoting around a joint in the middle, that are used on some of the city’s busiest routes — while costing less to maintain.
The new double-deckers could run in pilot program on Fifth Avenue. But officials said they had not yet chosen a bus manufacturer and could not say when the pilot would begin. Howard H. Roberts Jr., the transit agency’s president, said at a meeting of the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the transit agency’s parent entity, that double-decker buses were in regular use on Fifth Avenue as recently as the 1970s
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May 22, 2008 at 04:56 PM Anonymous Says:
Let's hope the MTA resolves the issue that had them pull the buses off the streets. They were too tall to fit under the street and traffic lights! Otherwise, more wasted money by the MTA.
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May 23, 2008 at 06:07 AM Londoner Says:
How funny! London is removing most D.D and putting the long buses. More buggies and wheelchairs get on them. This week a double D. had an accident while hitting a branch.