Shakey077 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 quick respose from LAPD, SMPD, CHP, LASD and SMC PD prevented more deaths and injuries It helped that the President was in Santa Monica at the same time as their was a massive law enforcement presence when this went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 It helped that the President was in Santa Monica at the same time as their was a massive law enforcement presence when this went down. Most of that law enforcement would have stayed with the President during the event. Only the enforcement presence that would have been on traffic blocking duty would have moved from the other areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon11 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Question about the picture, why is the engine hood on the bus open? Is not like the bus broke down or anything... it was a shooting...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Maybe it was shot in the rear of the bus where the hood is open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Question about the picture, why is the engine hood on the bus open? Is not like the bus broke down or anything... it was a shooting...! The operator may have opened it after pulling over to help indicate that bus was involved in an emergency so other motorists would not stop behind it waiting for it to move. Motorists don't always notice the hazard lights flashing, so this would help more in showing others that the bus is involved in a situation that it may not move for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 The operator may have opened it after pulling over to help indicate that bus was involved in an emergency so other motorists would not stop behind it waiting for it to move. Motorists don't always notice the hazard lights flashing, so this would help more in showing others that the bus is involved in a situation that it may not move for some time. It could also have been opened by police doing standard safety sweep and searches for explosives. There was a lot of confusion early on Friday due to multiple crime scenes and heightened alert since President Obama was in town only 2 miles away from the shooting rampage. The police that responded to the scene probably conducted a sweep of the bus and opened the engine cover. I can't find any good photos online but the news footage showed extensive damage to the front windshield and right side windows and doors - lots of bullet holes and a few shattered glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 5180 was sold to the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey, PA. Its not listed on their website yet, but there's a picture on the facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Nice! So they will preserve the Big Blue Bus color/paint scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Nice! So they will preserve the Big Blue Bus color/paint scheme? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Here is a photo of 5180, taken in Hershey, PA on June 1 at the annual "Spring Fling" at the Museum of Bus Transportation. It had only arrived at MOBT the previous day after being driven across the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bzcat Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 1307 to 1311 entered service as of past weekend. Seems like BBB is doing 1-for-1 retirement with the Gilligs coming in and exact same number of D40LF leaving every week. I rode on bus 1336 last week so they are more than half way through receiving their order of 58 Gillig BRT. However, BBB must have accelerated the retirement of D40LF because I didn't see one at all last week in service. And just as a side note, the 2002 NABI 40LFW are in terrible shape... I see one broken down on the side of the road almost everyday and they make all kinds of rattling noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Here is a photo of 5180, taken in Hershey, PA on June 1 at the annual "Spring Fling" at the Museum of Bus Transportation. It had only arrived at MOBT the previous day after being driven across the country. IIRC, 5180 was the last Fishbowl built in North America. BBB had been keeping it as a historic bus, but I guess they changed their mind. Good to know that it will still be preserved Surprised to still see the California Exempt plate on the front. I wonder if their is a regular plate on the back and they just neglected to remove the front plate. I know that Pennsylvania doesn't have a front license plate (unless that has changed recently), so maybe it doesn't matter. Living in Florida (another non-front plate state), I often see cars with say a California plate on the front and a Florida plate in back. Supposedly, a cop could write someone up for that, but I think they don't bother for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 IIRC, 5180 was the last Fishbowl built in North America. BBB had been keeping it as a historic bus, but I guess they changed their mind. Good to know that it will still be preserved Surprised to still see the California Exempt plate on the front. I wonder if their is a regular plate on the back and they just neglected to remove the front plate. I know that Pennsylvania doesn't have a front license plate (unless that has changed recently), so maybe it doesn't matter. Living in Florida (another non-front plate state), I often see cars with say a California plate on the front and a Florida plate in back. Supposedly, a cop could write someone up for that, but I think they don't bother for the most part. Pennsylvania is still rear only plate state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 I walked by the BBB yard last weekend and saw one single NewFlyer D40LF in the yard. It may be the very last one as I haven't seen them in revenue service since middle of October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrabs74 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 IIRC, 5180 was the last Fishbowl built in North America. BBB had been keeping it as a historic bus, but I guess they changed their mind. Good to know that it will still be preserved Surprised to still see the California Exempt plate on the front. I wonder if their is a regular plate on the back and they just neglected to remove the front plate. I know that Pennsylvania doesn't have a front license plate (unless that has changed recently), so maybe it doesn't matter. Living in Florida (another non-front plate state), I often see cars with say a California plate on the front and a Florida plate in back. Supposedly, a cop could write someone up for that, but I think they don't bother for the most part. Pennsylvania is a rear-plate only state, however a handful of state-owned autos (ie. Pennsylvania State Police, most state-owned colleges and other state agencies) have a front "PA-xxxxx" or "xxxxx-PA" official tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I wonder why SMMBL reverted back to the old Fishbowl scheme after the Grumman fiasco? As in, why didn't SMMBL use the Grumman livery on their 1982 and 1985-86 fishbowls? ~Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmnewlook Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 IIRC, 5180 was the last Fishbowl built in North America. BBB had been keeping it as a historic bus, but I guess they changed their mind. Good to know that it will still be preserved It was built in St-Eustache, QC in the same plant where Nova Bus is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShermanOaks Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Here's a picture of BBB 1324 on Ocean Boulevard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasW97 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Not sure if this is known to anyone, but found this earlier.. http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2014/January-2014/01_03_2014_Old_Santa_Monica_Bus_to_Help_Paralyzed_Children.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 BBB is proposing splitting up Line 3 into 2 different lines: http://bigbluebus.com/uploadedFiles/Content/Newsroom/News/6%2025%2014%20Presentation%20Community%20Meeting.Final.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 The gas-electric hybrid minibuses were converted to CNG. I remember how they seemed very slow and weak; one time saw a full bus that could barely climb the hills on Ocean Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Yes, the 5 gasoline hybrid 30 ft Eldorado bus have all been converted to CNG and are back in the fleet with new standard paint color - no more "mini blue" color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuanickel Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Yes, the 5 gasoline hybrid 30 ft Eldorado bus have all been converted to CNG and are back in the fleet with new standard paint color - no more "mini blue" color scheme. That is not true. I just saw 2901 today which has been converted to CNG and in the Mini Blue Scheme on the Crosstown line 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuanickel Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 That is not true. I just saw 2901 today which has been converted to CNG and in the Mini Blue Scheme on the Crosstown line 41. I stand corrected. I saw a bus today that was in the darker blue color used for mini blue, but the decals have been changed to big blue bus similar to how the rapid buses were re-branded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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