Comments on: Adjusting to the new hybrid buses http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/10/adjusting-to-the-new-hybrid-buses/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/10/adjusting-to-the-new-hybrid-buses/#comment-67994 Alon Levy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:31:46 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4493#comment-67994 Non-hybrid buses cost $320k apiece. Hybrid buses cost $550k apiece. Operating and maintenance costs are about the same - $350k for 12 years, not including driver salary. <a href="http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/WVU_FTA_LCC_Final_Report_07-23-2007.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here's the relevant FTA study</a>. Non-hybrid buses cost $320k apiece. Hybrid buses cost $550k apiece. Operating and maintenance costs are about the same – $350k for 12 years, not including driver salary.

Here’s the relevant FTA study.

]]> By: E. Aron http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/10/adjusting-to-the-new-hybrid-buses/#comment-67981 E. Aron Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:38:31 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4493#comment-67981 I'd say so. I wouldn't want the MTA to buy any other kind of buses other than hybrids, and if those are the problems that come with them, so be it. This is relatively new technology, and I've yet to see a new technology function perfectly it's first time up at the plate. I'd be interested to know the price tag of a non-hybrid bus, though. I’d say so. I wouldn’t want the MTA to buy any other kind of buses other than hybrids, and if those are the problems that come with them, so be it. This is relatively new technology, and I’ve yet to see a new technology function perfectly it’s first time up at the plate.

I’d be interested to know the price tag of a non-hybrid bus, though.

]]> By: Peter Smith http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/10/adjusting-to-the-new-hybrid-buses/#comment-67977 Peter Smith Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:36:35 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4493#comment-67977 $500 million for experimental buses the jerk and degrade and spontaneously burst into flames? is that 'growing pains'? $500 million for experimental buses the jerk and degrade and spontaneously burst into flames? is that ‘growing pains’?

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/12/10/adjusting-to-the-new-hybrid-buses/#comment-67970 Jerrold Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:53:58 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4493#comment-67970 This matter reminds me of the Grumman bus fiasco, circa 1980 (I don't remember the exact year). I do remember, though, that the resulting shortage of buses was so bad that for a time the Transit Authority had to rent a fleet of buses from the Washington, D.C. bus system. There was a radio program host at that time on WOR-AM who would crack jokes like, "If you get on one of those buses, you wind up in Fairfax, Virginia." This matter reminds me of the Grumman bus fiasco, circa 1980 (I don’t remember the exact year).
I do remember, though, that the resulting shortage of buses was so bad that for a time the Transit Authority had to rent a fleet of buses from the Washington, D.C. bus system.
There was a radio program host at that time on WOR-AM who would crack jokes like, “If you get on one of those buses, you wind up in Fairfax, Virginia.”

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