SEPTA New Bus Designs for the next five years....

**thoth** · 10-17-2012, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by billy ross

This made my day. I'm still laughing.

You should write for TV.

a-thank you very much sir. I'm pleased to inaugurate PhiladelphiaSpeaks' first lighthearted thread!

**MarketStEl** · 10-21-2012, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

no, never, they just had to replace the first gen New Flyer ones, as they weren't low level and hybrid.

New Flyer artics? Where?

I thought SEPTA's artics were Neoplans. Those buses I see deadheading to Comly sure don't look New Flyerish to me.

Originally Posted by thoth

Yeah, but other cities have colored buses, it's not like they have to be white. it just makes more sense to me to have colors for the same reason why landlords put dark carpeting in rental units.

Washington DC circulator:

Someone posted to the Facebook group "Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Transit Scene" illustrations, then later a photo, of a really cool new proposed color scheme featuring red, blue and gray in a sort of sine-wave pattern.

I sure as hell hope SEPTA actually does adopt that color scheme.

(That FB group, btw, is dominated by bus junkies. I think they tolerate traingeeks like me.)

Oh, I meant to ask: Who manufactured that DC Circulator bus? I think it's a lot handsomer than either the Novas pictured in that SubChat thread or even the new, more stylish New Flyers.