[PRCo] Mattapan-Ashmont PCC-D Seats

[Ken & Tracie]

Mark,

You are tipping off us older folk to your relative youth! :-)

I grew up in a transit oriented town during the years of declining 
patronize. I can recall "standees" ("strap-hangers") not getting a seat for 
several miles, often the entire length of their trip.

If they transferred to another line, benches weren't the norm and they 
continued to stand, waiting for their connection!

At that point, any seat might have been comfortable to them......

..........but not quite.

In the interest of economy, our transit company ordered a group of GMC 
Fishbowls equipped with hard, fiberglass seats. Passengers learned the fleet 
numbers of these coaches and would step back from the stops to let 'em by, 
especially during rush hour or on close headway routes, if a following bus 
was in sight. The older TDH-4511s and TDH-5105s, even the smelly, noisier 
gasoline powered Twin Coaches were preferred to that group of 1700s with 
those "awful plastic seats."

Subsequent new buses orders arrived with the traditional soft seats.

K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:35 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: (No 
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:22:15 -0800


> How long is this line? I don't think it's very long and thankfully so. I 
> don't think many people could take a long ride sitting on those seats.