Williamv Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 The U.S. Has a Fleet of 300 Electric Buses. China Has 421,000 The rest of the world will struggle for years to match China’s rapid embrace of electric transit. (This information is two years old but still relevant. Where there’s a will...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_91119 Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 Does anyone know what’s up with the 15x buses and the A? I’ve seen the 15x’s moving around on the 1 but then back to the A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 3/7/2021 at 5:21 AM, Alika.valdez1234 said: Route 20 is now only pearl city! bus 120 & 101 bus 101 Bus 205 I have rode the 100s and the 200s on route 20 along with the 800s recently, going to Ala Mona Blvd and Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Big question, does anyone have rode the new 30s gillig busses yet? And does anyone have a recording of it? Also mention that i haven't seen Bus 170 on GPS or am I wrong? Did the bus retired or something, i might be wrong but, this is just a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Oh yikes Bus 158 crashed in downtown beretania st bishop st today it said on the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Kam Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 4/28/2021 at 10:39 AM, Pink_91119 said: Does anyone know what’s up with the 15x buses and the A? I’ve seen the 15x’s moving around on the 1 but then back to the A. With the new scheduling it appears that PC is covering some of the Route 1 trips. Super interesting to see PC drivers make sense of Kalihi's runs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_91119 Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 8:55 AM, Jared Kam said: With the new scheduling it appears that PC is covering some of the Route 1 trips. Super interesting to see PC drivers make sense of Kalihi's runs... Interesting, I have buses 137, 141, 145, 146, 147, and 150 marked down as Kalihi. I guess I’m changing them back to PC. Thanks! On 5/3/2021 at 10:27 AM, Honolulu TheBus said: Big question, does anyone have rode the new 30s gillig busses yet? And does anyone have a recording of it? Also mention that i haven't seen Bus 170 on GPS or am I wrong? Did the bus retired or something, i might be wrong but, this is just a question. I believe the 30s are just 2020 models of the 2016 20 series. They should be similar. Bus 170 might not have been taken out but I can’t be certain. I doubt it would have been retired since shes only 11 years old. TheBus has more important buses to retire if you know what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Kam Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 20 hours ago, Pink_91119 said: Interesting, I have buses 137, 141, 145, 146, 147, and 150 marked down as Kalihi. I guess I’m changing them back to PC. Thanks! I believe the 30s are just 2020 models of the 2016 20 series. They should be similar. Weren't 137 and 141 previously the "Silver Bullets"? I thought that entire series was retired early? Those were Kalihi buses from what I remember. And it is certainly possible that artics were moved around with the last of the 890's arriving. Which I have to say are pretty nice artics. My understanding is that the 30's have seats above the curbside wheelwell similar to the Nova's. I also heard that those buses are particularly nice from a driver friend. They've hit a sweet spot in my opinion on specs for both Gillig and New Flyer - some of the nicest buses in the country off the factory line I would say. I just wish they took a little better care of them cosmetically. We will continue to wait and see what their next moves are with 40' and 60' RFP's out. Though I don't see TheBus straying from Gillig on 40' buses, if Nova puts in a competitive bid on artics we might see another fleet of Novabuses on the road. TheBus still feels that the 800 series Phantoms are best on particular missions, likening their capacity as in between 40' and 60' buses, meaning that they may stick around for a while longer. However, the last 300-series bus I saw on the road earlier this year looked real tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 5:06 PM, Pink_91119 said: Interesting, I have buses 137, 141, 145, 146, 147, and 150 marked down as Kalihi. I guess I’m changing them back to PC. Thanks! I believe the 30s are just 2020 models of the 2016 20 series. They should be similar. Bus 170 might not have been taken out but I can’t be certain. I doubt it would have been retired since shes only 11 years old. TheBus has more important buses to retire if you know what I mean I see, but the thing is I dont see bus 170 on the GPS or i haven't seen it in real life, for like a year already, im just concerned, so im not sure yet but, you might be right about it's not retired yet tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_91119 Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 10:41 AM, Jared Kam said: Weren't 137 and 141 previously the "Silver Bullets"? I thought that entire series was retired early? Those were Kalihi buses from what I remember. And it is certainly possible that artics were moved around with the last of the 890's arriving. Which I have to say are pretty nice artics. My understanding is that the 30's have seats above the curbside wheelwell similar to the Nova's. I also heard that those buses are particularly nice from a driver friend. They've hit a sweet spot in my opinion on specs for both Gillig and New Flyer - some of the nicest buses in the country off the factory line I would say. I just wish they took a little better care of them cosmetically. We will continue to wait and see what their next moves are with 40' and 60' RFP's out. Though I don't see TheBus straying from Gillig on 40' buses, if Nova puts in a competitive bid on artics we might see another fleet of Novabuses on the road. TheBus still feels that the 800 series Phantoms are best on particular missions, likening their capacity as in between 40' and 60' buses, meaning that they may stick around for a while longer. However, the last 300-series bus I saw on the road earlier this year looked real tired. Interesting, on 137 and 141. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alika.valdez1234 Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Bus 293 is back on the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/13/2021 at 1:38 PM, Alika.valdez1234 said: Bus 293 is back on the line! Its been 1 year, I see it on the GPS now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 18, 2021 Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 May 30 route changes http://www.thebus.org/updates/RouteModification2021May30.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Finally! According to the GPS, electric bus 4002 was in service this afternoon (5/20) on route 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 3:43 PM, Williamv said: Finally! According to the GPS, electric bus 4002 was in service this afternoon (5/20) on route 4. Well I also found bus 4003 on Route 7 today, as its in service right now, Im gonna try ride it on route 7 today and hopefully can show a video off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 I have rode it today on Route 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alika.valdez1234 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/25/2021 at 10:12 PM, Honolulu TheBus said: I have rode it today on Route 13 i was sitting on the front right side guy in a white sweat shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 i didn’t know I was that scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 6:11 PM, Alika.valdez1234 said: i was sitting on the front right side guy in a white sweat shirt LOL OH MY YEA LOL I DID SEE YOU THERE Wait what happen, why does it say call police? 23 hours ago, Williamv said: i didn’t know I was that scary! Why did it say call police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamv Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 When the driver put the wheelchair ramp down at the beginning and end of my ride, the front and side destination signs started flashing “Emergency” and “Call Police.” I don’t know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Williamv said: When the driver put the wheelchair ramp down at the beginning and end of my ride, the front and side destination signs started flashing “Emergency” and “Call Police.” I don’t know why. Interesting, I have never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Kam Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 9:21 PM, Honolulu TheBus said: Interesting, I have never seen that before. Guess it makes sense that the "CAUTION" with the arrows is just a sign code when the ramp is deployed - and that with the new color LED signs that it's possible the code for that particular sign when the ramp is deployed is different on these new buses. Pretty nifty stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Neat riding a nova bus on bus #222 sweet Also I rode this on route 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Rode Bus 4002 today smooth ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honolulu TheBus Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Was Bus 302 ever retired I see it on the GPS right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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