EQReport Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 So here are some PAT updates from a Pittsburgh local: I cannot edit the wiki so if anyone sees this they can add these to it: East Liberty Division has retired buses 5439 and 5458 Repowered buses 5201, 5234, and 5329 are all retired and at Harmar 1508 was given to Ozark Regional Transit and finally, and most excitingly... http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/12020524-74/options-buses-officials There is a new Oakland-based BRT system in the planning stages that includes restricted bus lanes on either Fifth, Forbes, or both (one way), a new garage the buses will be based out of, and, most excitingly, and entire fleet of new CNG buses! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Port Authority of Allegheny County Awards New Flyer a Contract for up to 100 Xcelsior® Clean Diesel Buses https://www.newflyer.com/rss/820-port-authority-of-allegheny-county-awards-new-flyer-a-contract-for-up-to-100-xcelsior®-clean-diesel-buses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septa105R5/seClip9 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 9-9-2017 Recently visited Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Port Authority 2016 Gillig Advantage Low Floor at 5th avenue at University of Pittsburgh Oakland Cathedral of Learning, Video of Pittsburgh Transit will be coming in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septa105R5/seClip9 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Here's the video compilation of transit in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Port Authority, Mid Mon Valley, and Westmoreland Transit) from my visit to Pittsburgh recently Also seen here, please give an applause to the friendly driver of Port Authority #5553 who waved at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb320 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 The Port Authority has entered an agreement with New Flyer for the purchase of (2) 40ft electric buses. Looks like a good chunk of funding was provided by the Federal Low-No Program. Link to the board report is below. Reference page #15-16 https://www.portauthority.org/siteassets/board-of-directors/meeting-documents/2019/january2019boardmeetingfull.pdf 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 Question about artics in Pittsburgh. Port Authority was an early adopter of artics. From the beginning until about 2010, the artic fleet never got much larger than ~50 units -- and was mostly confined to East Liberty and Harmar (RIP) routes. At least to my knowledge... Port Authority's fleet is "generally" smaller today -- but artics have a much larger presence, both in real numbers and proportion of the fleet. Now, by casual observation, artics appear to be running from all four garages. The question: Garage-by-garage, in what order did the artic expansion progress? Of course they've run from East Liberty the whole time. Which garage was next? And next, and next? Were there any constraints to parking/storing/maintaining artics at specific garages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsubishi Fuso 6512 Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 According to Wikipedia, Port Authority of Allegheny County 2005-06 Neoplan USA AN460A Transliner Articulated 3103, 3122, 3123 are still active and they are in the process of being replaced by New Flyer XD60 Xcelsior Articulated buses 3101-3125 are the last old (1982-2000) and new (2005-06) Styling Neoplan USA buses to be manufactured and Neoplan USA will reopen their business in Lamar, CO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Don't know if this will go off-topic, but is tied in with PAT as an agency... A little digging found little information on the previous PATrain service in the Mon-Valley. I tried adding information I could find, and hit a block. Can someone provide any correct information in what's missing on the table below? Much appreciated... from...https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Port_Authority_of_Allegheny_County#Locomotive Locomotive Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model CN class Engine horsepower Gearing top speed HEP generator Notes 6690 1953 EMD F7A Ex-Wellsville, Addison and Galeton 2200. Exx-Southern Pacific Railway 6443. To Connecticut Department of Transportation 6690. To Galveston Railroad Museum 315. 6691 1953 EMD F7A Ex-Wellsville, Addison and Galeton 2300. Exx-Texas and New Orleans Railroad 365 To Connecticut Department of Transportation 6691. To Galveston Railroad Museum 316. Rail cars Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Type Seats Notes 1600-1610 Pullman Ex-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, unknown fleet numbers. To Connecticut Department of Transportation, for use on the new (at the time) Shore Line East services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQReport Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 6/23/2019 at 6:38 PM, Border City Transit said: Question about artics in Pittsburgh. Port Authority was an early adopter of artics. From the beginning until about 2010, the artic fleet never got much larger than ~50 units -- and was mostly confined to East Liberty and Harmar (RIP) routes. At least to my knowledge... Port Authority's fleet is "generally" smaller today -- but artics have a much larger presence, both in real numbers and proportion of the fleet. Now, by casual observation, artics appear to be running from all four garages. The question: Garage-by-garage, in what order did the artic expansion progress? Of course they've run from East Liberty the whole time. Which garage was next? And next, and next? Were there any constraints to parking/storing/maintaining artics at specific garages? As far as I know, the original MAN Artics from 1979 were spread between East Liberty, Harmar, and West Mifflin. The 1983 MAN Artics were East Liberty and West Mifflin only. When the Ikarus 436s rolled in, those were slated only for service on the EBA, EBS, and EBX (Old P1 and P2). In 1998, an order of AN460s was cancelled by I believe Houston, and PAT acquired those 25 buses. They were spread among East Liberty, Harmar, and West Mifflin again. In 2005 came in the Ikarus replacements, 3101-3125 all at East Liberty. In 2011, the big order for Artics came in. 61 buses came, and ended up at every division excluding Harmar which closed. Harmar's articulated buses were spread among East Liberty and West Mifflin, while East Liberty gave up 3119-3125 and those went to Ross. So the real order is 1979: East Liberty, West Mifflin, Harmar 2011: Ross, Collier Currently, Ross uses their articulated buses the least. They only show up on the rush hour routes O1 and O12. Collier's artics only end up on the G2 and sometimes the G3 and I believe the 36. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 4 hours ago, EQReport said: Collier's artics only end up on the G2 and sometimes the G3 and I believe the 36. Great info -- thanks! Does Collier run the 28X? Do artics still appear on that route during busy travel times? I recently rode 28X from the airport on a Saturday at about 2:00pm and it was packed. Could have definitely used an artic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQReport Posted October 26, 2019 Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 8:25 AM, Border City Transit said: Does Collier run the 28X? Do artics still appear on that route during busy travel times? Collier no longer runs the 28X at all, it's an East Liberty route, so it shares the massive pool of East Liberty artics with routes like the P1, 71ABCD, and most of the East Busway Flyers. As for the latest news: The last 2 2003 Gillig Low-Floors (5221 and 5223) were retired in December 2018 The last 2005 Gillig Low-Floor (5419) was retired in January 2019 About half of the 2006 Gillig Low-Floors are retired Only 2/25 Neoplans seem to be left in active service (3122 and 3124). The 6500s are rolling in now, we're getting buses 6501-6559 2 of our oldest hybrids seem to be hanging in the balance, one is definitely retiring (5376), the other is unknown (5373) but requires a lot of money to be made operable again. Phantoms 1530, 1532, and 1538 were, at the end of their lives, given to Butler Transit Authority and 1508 was donated to Ozark Regional Transit after their devastating fire. BCTA buses 600-606 are 2018 MCI D4500CT CNGs BCTA buses 503-506 (approx) are 2017 Gillig Low-Floor CNG 35 footers New Castle Area Transit buses 1851-1854 are 2018 Gillig Low-Floor CNG 35 footers, while 1855-1856 are 2018 Gillig Low-Floor CNG 40 footers Westmoreland Transit buses 131-136 are MCI D4500CT Diesel buses, 137-142 are MCI D4500CT CNG buses The Westmoreland Transit 2018 Gillig Low-Floor CNG 35 footers are 500-504 I believe Westmoreland Transit Buses 226-227, 229-230, and 231 are retired I believe as they are all 102-D3s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 Since we’re in the final stretch of Pittsburgh, Neoplan operations, I feel it’s worth mentioning that if anyone is looking to get some photos/rides/videos, they run only on the O1/O12 and thus are pretty easy to find in the rush hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 OK, reaching a bit further into the archives... a Class of '98 Neoplan artic taxiing into Downtown after landing from the East Busway: The late 90s Port Authority Gold theme was widely derided by fans and critics alike. Somehow, though, that paint scheme recalls simpler times. I believe these 'tics were suburban spec -- meant for longer-distance express routes. For a few years, it was somewhat common to see them in regular city service (this photo dates to 2011). As for 3073 shown here, I don't remember which route she was working. Y'all are likely aware, but there are dueling threads right now... overlapping in topic about late-life Neoplans and Port Authority. Check out the other thread if you haven't already: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb320 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 6015 fell into a sinkhole today. Pretty crazy of a situation. Also looks like the roof may have been damaged while they were lifting it out. https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/vehicles/article/21112225/back-end-of-port-authority-of-allegheny-county-bus-falls-into-sinkhole 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsubishi Fuso 6512 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/27/2019 at 8:56 PM, Border City Transit said: OK, reaching a bit further into the archives... a Class of '98 Neoplan artic taxiing into Downtown after landing from the East Busway: The late 90s Port Authority Gold theme was widely derided by fans and critics alike. Somehow, though, that paint scheme recalls simpler times. I believe these 'tics were suburban spec -- meant for longer-distance express routes. For a few years, it was somewhat common to see them in regular city service (this photo dates to 2011). As for 3073 shown here, I don't remember which route she was working. Y'all are likely aware, but there are dueling threads right now... overlapping in topic about late-life Neoplans and Port Authority. Check out the other thread if you haven't already: Did Port Authority of Allegheny County Transit exporting all the Neoplans to Germany yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQReport Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 After almost 40 years, the Neoplan era of Pittsburgh is coming to a close. Of the 4 remaining AN460s, 3122 and 3103 have been scrapped within the last week. 3123 is in limbo while 3124 sees very occasional service. It's clearly the end of an era. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsubishi Fuso 6512 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 As of November 28, 2019, all of the Port Authority of Allegheny County 2005-06 Neoplan USA AN460A Transliner Articulated #3101-3125 buses are retired. This is the last tribute to Neoplan USA Corporation's 38th Anniversary Edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsubishi Fuso 6512 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Free rides on historic 96A-Golden Triangle route mark end of Neoplan USA buses https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/free-rides-on-historic-96a-golden-triangle-route-mark-end-of-neoplan-usa-buses/ R. I. P. Neoplan 1982-2019 Gone but not forgotten!!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQReport Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 3123 and 3124 listed for scrap as of 12/20/19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsubishi Fuso 6512 Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 11:26 AM, EQReport said: 3123 and 3124 listed for scrap as of 12/20/19 Did Port Authority of Allegheny County selling their 2005 Neoplan USA AN460A Transliner Articulated buses for auction or export it to Germany yet for parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Plenty of old "PATransit" logos still out there on various bus stop signs. I took an up-close photo of one and vector-traced it (by hand!) -- which soon led to this: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQReport Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 New Flyer XE40 buses 7001 and 7002 are rolling in. (7001 arrived yesterday or today) They're a new shade of Blue compared to the usual red we're getting. From what I've heard, they are 100% running out of East Liberty and most likely exclusively running the Route 88 "Penn" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCTransitFilms Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 The Forbes Avenue Bridge has collapsed earlier today sending cars and a Allegheny County bus into a ravine. No injuries have been reported. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/01/28/frick-park-bridge-collapse-latest-updates/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pittsburgh-bridge-collapses-ahead-bidens-visit-talk-infrastructure-rcna13934 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCTransitFilms Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 Here's an image of the bridge collapse. Parts of the bridge collapsed on the back of the bus and other cars were sent down. Haven't heard any injuries or deaths yet. Hopefully everyone is fine and ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCTransitFilms Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 The accident bus was 3309 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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