The Red River Bus Tours offers Red Double Deckers from July-August, who else would like to see them run year-round?
I think we could squeeze more of these red suckers for cheap on our streets by the city faster than we can get a subway or trolley. I've allways liked the British Winnipeg look, how 'bout you?
I thought their height restricted them from many routes, what with the underpasses that we have. But still, it would be nice to see them around, if only on some routes.
We have the double accordian buses, I can't remember what route, but my husband and I were on one. Possibly it was just a trial, but they were in Winnipeg earlier this year.
Double accordians don't seem so bad, but I sure miss those Old Red RouteMasters. If anybody decides to start another tour with the RouteMasters, You can pick up a Red Double Decker for about $30,000cdn and I'd even help out with the cost just to see them back. Ooh well.. bye bye RouteMasters!
They were sold, supposedly because the maintenance on them was out of sight. Maybe in Winnipeg all we can afford is the cheapest?? There was an article on the problem of maintaining the parts to keep them running!
[quote][cite] puravida:[/cite]Our major routes could use double decker buses. I've often wondered why they didn't double up service at peak times.[/quote]
I thought this many times before as well. Not too practical in the winter, throuhg, as they are obviously very prone to tipping !
Those mouldy oldies that were sold off as the Roadmasters are not even allowed on British streets anymore so to get parts fo them you basically have to cannibalize other buses. Three or four lonely buses would be a lot more valuable to someone as parts.
Rather than old beaters, why not nice ones. Last time I was in Dublin (which has dd's for most of it's routes) they had some brand new Volvo and Renault's on the roads that were really nice to be in ! the city should try outa couple or use them rush hour days for transit and evenings and weekends as sightseers.
Dublin Bus Fleet AX - Volvo B7LDD ( Mk. II) low-floor accessible chassis with ALX400 bodywork by Alexander Dennis Ltd. ( Falkirk). Volvo D7C-215 engine, ZF6HP502 automatic transmission with integral retarder. Fully electronic braking system ( EBS) including ABS anti-lock brakes. ECS electronically controlled air suspension. Front and rear disc brakes. Multiplex electrical wiring. Entered service 2006.
I note that Dublin Bus has a customer charter, does WT have something similar ?www.dublinbus.ie/home/Customer_Charter_2007_Eng.pdf
Can anyone actually see that photo ? Not sure why but photos, when I put them up, I can only see them a quarter of the time. Even wwhn others post them I usuallyc cannot see them.
[quote][cite] mrchristian:[/cite]I can't see them at all. Maybe a couple of millimeters at the top and that is it. There's a thing line and the rst is just the background green.
Even the first post in this thread, there's just a thin bar - I asusme there's some image there given the amount of blank space.[/quote]
[quote][cite] mrchristian:[/cite][quote][cite] puravida:[/cite]Our major routes could use double decker buses. I've often wondered why they didn't double up service at peak times.[/quote]
I thought this many times before as well. Not too practical in the winter, throuhg, as they are obviously very prone to tipping ! .[/quote]
Oddly, they hardly ever tip over. A few year back a car magazine wanted to know which vehicles were most likely to roll. The first thought was double decker buses, so they checked with London transport who couldn't remember a bus ever tipping over. Turns out the most rolled vehicle is the Corvette. So, just don't let Corvette owners drive double decker buses.