[PRCo] Pittsburgh seating

Harold Geissenheimer transitmgr2 at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 22 13:00:17 EST 2003


Greetings to all

Interesting discussion about seaiting

PAT returned to long seating on several orders of New Look busses iinthe 
1960's

It did improve passenger flow in the aisles.  But we found that many 
passengers
liked the long seat based on passenger interviews. 

Why:?   Because older passengers, heavy set passengees.
passengers with kids or shopping bags could more easily sit there

The single forward facing seat was not without disadvantages.

There are many points of view.  Did some  older PRC yellow cars
have long seats before the PCC?

As a rider, I found different advantages in each.

Harold Geissenheimer






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