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3 unusual facts about GM "old-look" transit bus


AC Transit

AC Transit utilized the GM "old-look" transit buses of its predecessor, the Key System, when service first began.

FitzJohn

Even though the Cityliner offered unparalleled maintenance access to the engine (the rear corner panels swung out, as well as the back panels lifted up), FitzJohn could not compete against the larger manufacturers (such as GM and Twin Coach) and decided to leave the transit market in 1954.

The Long Walk Home

One of the three GM "old-look" transit buses used in this film was the Montgomery Bus Lines bus #2857, which Rosa Parks had been riding when she refused to give up her seat and was arrested.



see also

S-1 Gard

Because of Bernoulli's principle, a decrease in air pressure between a larger object (such as a transit bus or large truck) and a smaller object (such as a pedestrian or cyclist) is created when passing in close proximity, resulting in a force that pulls the smaller object towards the larger object.

West Hills, Baltimore

Route 20 (MTA Maryland) running along Cooks Lane at the eastern edge of West Hills, provides residents with transit bus service to Downtown Baltimore, Edmondson Village, Westview Mall and Security Square Mall.

Whitehorse Transit

-- I can't find these on the internet --> and replaced them with Superior school-bus type mini-buses, and in 1981, an Orion bus from Ontario Bus Industries was the first full-sized transit bus to operate in the city, arriving in time to be used for a world skiing championship.

YCAT

Yuma County Area Transit, a public transit bus system in Yuma County, Arizona