A Look into the History of Bus Transportation | MotorWeek FYI
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- We talk a lot about cars, suvs and trucks here on Motorweek, but buses are a big part of the history of transportation. Well, the largest and most telling collection of buses in the country can be found at a museum in Central Pennsylvania. Our FYI reporter Stephanie Hart was on board as these giant people movers took to the open roads to tell their stories.
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I love the way old busses look. So much character.
I agree
@@anibalbabilonia1867 Very nice this event old buses. I love old buses specially 1985-1988
SO DO I. SO MUCH CLASS.
I drove New Look buses at my university where the ex-municipal units were used as campus shuttles. They were outdated, crude, lacked comfort features for driver and passengers, and steering them was was a workout without power steering. Yet strangely it was very enjoyable and the two examples we had were always a favorite for us drivers! Many preferred them to the newer buses at the time, and if I remember correctly, their dispatch reliability was better than all the other buses in our eclectic little fleet!
The GMC New Look was the best ever bus there is. This was a mainstay in many cities in the United States and Canada.
A friend I know has one one used by Fun Bus down Southern California. It is a 1981 GMC T6H-4523N which was built in Canada and it is essentially an imported or foreign vehicle.
We had 6v71 powered buses here in Ireland , the sound they produced was amazing. Who doesn’t love a screamin’ Detroit diesel?
For a long time I thought I was the only extreme bus enthusiasts,but that's a wonderful feeling when you find out you're not alone. My first word I ever spoke when I was little baby was bus, believe it or not.
I can smell the GM New Look bus. They were my hometowns entire fleet forever, specifically generation 2’s. They still use them for emergency service when the new buses are down :)
The GMC New Look buses were a mainstay of transit agencies in the United States and Canada.
Very cool video I'm now 49 years old from downtown Hamilton Ontario Canada and grew up in Toronto and remember riding those late 60's and 70's GMC buses alot.
Any bus of the buses on the set of speed by far the most valuable asset there . Thanks!
The fishbowls are what got my attention, mostly due to seeing them in many, many movies, Speed being the most iconic.
A legendary bus used by many transit agencies in the United States and Canada.
Those New Looks are gorgeous, as are the others with the stainless steel cladding. (And I'm a sucker for the GM RTS bus in the background at 1:44 too!) Glad to see these are still being cared for so that future generations can enjoy and appreciate them.
This is so awesome! I used to drive for Texas A&M university. Their fleet back then was an exclusive RTS fleet made by nova bus and millennium transportation.
I miss those Fishbowls.
Best ever bus. Used by many transit systems in the United States and Canada
Very cool! Love that little tour of some of the old buses.
Thanks Motorweek for talking about buses I’m into the vintage stuff
I love these sorts automotive history videos.
The GMC fishbowls are my favorite
I always think of the military who rode busses to boot camp or back home after a tour of duty. Awesome.
Beautiful buses
Cool video ! I drove a 1978 GM New look city bus in Canada .
Didn’t know Scania sold vehicles in the US.
They apparently sold some cab over units in the US. But none here in Canada. Not sure about buses/RVs.
@@revolution1one how old? Because I believe someone imported a few using the 25 year rule presumably
Me neither, but is it legal or not?
@@emilianoperezdominguez8642 that’s definitely older than 25 years, but idk if the 25 years old import law apply to commercial vehicles.
@@xnopyt13 I've no clue.
1:34
yeah, yeah. fuel injection is so new and fanged, and theses young guys don't know what a carburetor EVEN is. how many times have we heard this one?
Fuel injection is not a new fangled thing. All of Detroit Diesel engines were fuel injected & naturally aspirated with a blower since the 471 back during WW-II. Carburators were used on gas powered engines.
@@BitchinSpectre Not @ all. I'm concurring with you.
@@swt32567
right on. thanks man!
I work at a truck shop and even every young tech has at least worked on a small engine with a carb at some point. These "I don't know what a carb is" stories are just that, stories.
Yeah it’s so funny, I’m sure even 40 years ago there were people already lamenting the phasing out of the carburetor
Gary Hatt... wears impressive and practical hat.
Hat's off to ya, and your converted bus!
As much as I love the fishbowls and the amg buses, the advanced design buses were from my childhood like grumman 870, flixble metro and the rts.
Thanks!
Surprised to see no Orion/OBI representation.
I love busses they're so cool
I used to drive city bus. When I left, they brought out a new fleet of CNG powered buses. Those things were fast. They couldn't handle highways that well, but they were a blast to throw around the city compared to the garbage hybrid buses that were barely putzing around. The fact is, most bus companies out there still us and prefer diesel. The only time you'll find a fully electric bus is in jam packed cities like D.C., and even then, those buses cant go for more than 8 hours without needing a charge. Public transportation will be relying on Diesel and CNG for many decades to come.
What, MW did a vintage bus episode? And Gary is in it, Sweet!!!
I grew up with these old GM buses in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Great 👍 history of buses 🚌 from the past ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 2:35
Very cool video! Love the variety of content you all put out
I remember ORION 1 Buses in 82 to 95 and Flxible bus from 83 to 95
My childhood bus is the Orión 1 operated by Pace in Chicago I loved that 6V92
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I LOVE THE MANY FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
Very cool history Uncle John!
So awesome!
Nice I'm definitely a vintage bus enthusiast!
If I wanted to bring my own bus to the Spring Fling, it would not just be a school bus, but also a different type of bus that is associated with a university.
I have an RV that looks like an old bus. You can catch a glimpse of it in my videos. It's a beautiful machine for being almost 30 yrs old.
I had no idea Irizar buses were sold in the US. Apparently they've been in the market since 2016.
They've been in the US market since the late 90's.
@@swt32567 Was that brand of buses for sale legally in the us?
speaking of buses, they know which europpean bus brands are legally in the us?
@@emilianoperezdominguez8642 besides Irizar, I know Van Hool, Daimler (Setra and Thomas, previously Orion), Volvo (Prevost and NovaBus) and Temsa are in the US market. Neoplan and MAN used to be but not anymore; International and Freightliner may count as they're owned by VAG and Daimler, respectively.
did he just say be became a “bus nut” 🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And the lady said “he made us one too” 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 MY POOR MIND 🥴🤣
Awesome 🤩
some of the info here is incorrect as well as the pronunciation of the name Fageol. The fishbowl bus shown here was not used in the film. This one has a glaring difference between it and the real movie bus. The missing "D" window on the right side. This was common on the 1986 Canadian made buses. The last year they were made GM must have run out of parts and they didn't have right side "D" windows. Also they showed a flxible bus when they were talking about a Scenicruiser.
the fishbowl gm bus.
Im a assembly Worker at NovaBus in Quebec Canada we are building the LFS since 1996 before the plant was built in the late 60's and owned by GM they were building the iconic GM bus for the Canadian market
i thought the first bus was built by acf-brill of philadelphia.
you have Scania and Irizar in the states, had no idea
Amigo quando é a próxima Live 😃😁👍
Zazur museum of bus 🚌
I wish they included RTS
I rode those and they were a design from the late 80’s. My city had 1999 novas.
1:43 on the right side
@@42luke93 The original GMC design for the RTS was from the 1970's, the first series went into production around 1977. One of the RTS's they showed in the background was from the initial production series run, from Long Beach Public Transit.
@@Tyrone181 0:57 - Original series 01 from Long Beach Public Transit.
Bus 2525
Zazur flyer industries
Where is the MAN Americana?
Bus da hora 👍
GLI (Greyhound-USA) did not operate MC-9's with manual transmissions.The last GLI buses with manual transmissions were the 1973 MC-7's, GLI's MC-8's, MC-9's, 96-A3's, 102-A3's, 102-D3's, 102-DL3's/D-4500's, G-4100's/4500's, & Prevost X-3's have all been automatic transmissions, so Mr. Nelson must have driven another company's MC-9 if it was a manual transmission.
Right. He made that up just for the fun of it. There's the attention you were seeking.
I was nervous please forgive. It was an MC-8. My favorite is still the MC-9. Thanks for the correction. It’s. Mr. Nelson. 🤣
Greyhound Canada has gone out of business due to a lack of ridership. Half of all long-distance bus companies in Canada have disappeared over the past 4 years. Everyone is either flying to taking their car.
And now I wish I went to aaca just a couple weeks later. I could of possibly met John Davis. Oh do I wish. Anyway, tucker torpedo. They have a few off them. And I disagree with the electrification of vehicles. It's air vs ground water. Would you rather have the air be polluted, which we can create more of or the world's drinking water which we can make more of. Sleep on that one...
I'm finna bus nut
As cool as it is to see these classic buses, it's sad to see 5180, the GM fishbowl from Santa Monica, being the most misrepresented bus in their collection. That bus was never part of the movie Speed, although the ones used in the movie were painted similar. The movie ones were decalled differently from the actual to give that degree lf separation. This bus was never used as a backup in Speed, nor was it even on any of the production sets.
The real and only key valid history of this bus is 5180 is the absolute last GM fishbowl bus off the production line from Canada, and built 9 years after the last GM fishbowl came off the US assembly line.
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For us Millennials what about the beloved Flixble Metros and Gillig Phantoms and Neoplan AN440,l.
Trust me very few want electric cars.
I would travel to Hershey Pennsylvania to meet her but her voice is strange
Good thing you have no chance anyway buddy 🤣
She hot
Ah ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to da back of the bus...
Ahh if only those busses could talk about the racism they encountered
This lass has her tan lines correct
electric cars is not the thing that people are wanting lol 🤣 were did u get that from lol most people feel like it's being shoved down our throats
Forget the busses, Stephanie you’re looking smashing!