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MCTAbus

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    Paper Buses, Minecraft, Halo CE, Hero Wars, COTA's New Flyer D40LFs

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  1. As luck would have it I Caught 2314 on the 23 while errand running and it still had some new bus smell. Very quiet and if i wasn't recording my bus ride I might have fallen asleep lol! I think 1217 was involved in an accident at an unknown time as I saw it in the background of one of the 29xx, 10xx or 11xx buses on the archived auction pages with front end damage.
  2. I have yet to catch one to ride (and cant do so till I get my COTA card renewed) But once I do I hope once it gets warmer I can catch one. Also after watching a video on COTA's Facebook page I've made a surprising discovery. COTA at one point Had Orion IIs as seen here in these screenshots from said video Link to the Video: https://fb.watch/pHK1PAgqJt/
  3. Once again back with more tidbits on COTA Buses COTA is ordering 14 electric Buses and an unknown amount of CNG buses to be the 23XX units from new flyer. 2301 has been delivered as seen in this video: In addition 1016, 1115, 1038, ???? are accident buses alongside 1405. 1123 has been slated as a historic vehicle as seen in this video: Both videos are from the youtube channel Central Ohio Buses (aka cotafangirl) also the 22xx Electric buses have white LED signs compared to the other xcelsiors as seen on other videos in the same channel.
  4. Bus 1405 was involved in an accident and is likely totaled based off of the damage seen on the news. The bus swerved to avoid a driver who had cut the bus off, lost control and ended up crashing into an auto repair shop. Image is from local news. EDIT: 1038 was put back into service as a result of 1405? but has now also been involved in an accident. I cant find any news posts about this incident. only found out via youtube. Credit goes to cotafangirl for screenshot of 1038
  5. Tidbits of updates and observations the last 4 2010 gilligs seem to be inactive along with 1140 and 12xx. 1217? might have been in an accident at some point and is out of service COTA has ordered and put into service more electric buses. Spotted one on the #2 line this past Saturday but missed the fleet number. Likely these are the options exercised from 2021 New Flyer XE40s.
  6. Some tidbits of note. The remaining 11xx and 12xx Buses have got new security cameras sometime in the last 2 months. Bus 2839 has been converted into a party bus as seen here:
  7. Small tidbit of news but COTA bus 1027 has managed to find its way to LA Charter Bus Lines as seen in this video by SoCal Transit Studios
  8. Small bit of news to pass but 1401-1406 have had their CBus liveries removed and put into service on various routes. The Cbus route was originally suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic but now has been confirmed to be discontinued entirely as of 9/2022. Also "Tacobus" 1276 is still at the spot it was at but has received a paint job so it looks nicer
  9. COTA mainstream 1276 has been spotted after retirement now converted (poorly) into a taco bus. safe to say all 12xx, 13xx, 14xx 15xx mainstream buses are retired.
  10. oh wow. so i guess now cota is up to 3 or 4 ad wrapped buses with special liveries. also noticed the 11xx and the 12xx have been shifted to certain routes and have been seeing less 10xx units lately so those buses might be retiring soon?
  11. COTA is going to buy 2 electric buses from new flyer and will have options for 8 more. https://www.newflyer.com/2020/09/central-ohio-purchases-zero-emission-xcelsior-charge-transit-buses-from-new-flyer/?fbclid=IwAR2p8sKcA1Q9hOZ9tBmq98_omkl3nUjnY5DBml-F95byguQaggfKPHWnmHM also the fleet numbers for the 2020 XN40s are 2001-2028 Some of the Chevy Cutaways are still operating on local routes to help with social distancing.
  12. As far as i know only those 2 went up there simonsevillematt might have additional info
  13. Update on the buses sold to tarc: 2721 - 2726 And 2931 - 2933 were sold to tarc 9903 also still with that charter service as of last week. All 2008 gillig are retired and some are going to go to tarta Various Chevy cutaway buses used for project mainstream have been serving on select local routes for the last few months during the pandemic to help with social distancing.
  14. Spotted bus 2009 in service yesterday as I got sunburnt yesterday waiting on the 24. Not the best pic as it caught me by surprise.
  15. TODO (Paperbuses):

    Future plans for making paperbuses:

    COTA's Flxibles, gilligs, and Grummans

    Portland' trimet Gillig phantom, and Flxible metros

    Transporte de azul y blanco gillig phantoms, flxible metros, and RTS

    A non existent Orion V

    CTA/CMBC? Ballard Fuelcell Bus

    VTA fuelcell

    MTS D40LF

    king county proteerra

    and other requests starting at page 304

     

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