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Re: Proterra doubledeckers in The City of Angels
Author: synonymouse
Date: 07-14-2018 - 21:39
Commuter trains have many more seats than a bus and they don't stop very often and when they do stop it is relatively gentle. I have seen standees thrown on the ground on GGT and Muni when the driver pretty much locked the wheels to avoid a collision of one sort or another. Be worse on a stairway so a calculated risk.
In the real world it will be easy to see if getting up the stairs is a problem. If the upper deck is full no big deal. But if the bottom is full or has standees and the upper deck is not then maybe an articulated is a better choice.
Supposedly Bechtel in its genius thought crosswinds a credible enough problems to use them as an excuse for 5'6". Of course if you believe that cover story you must take the Warren report as gospel.
In the real world it will be easy to see if getting up the stairs is a problem. If the upper deck is full no big deal. But if the bottom is full or has standees and the upper deck is not then maybe an articulated is a better choice.
Supposedly Bechtel in its genius thought crosswinds a credible enough problems to use them as an excuse for 5'6". Of course if you believe that cover story you must take the Warren report as gospel.
