MTA RTS buses: A dying breed...

[bklynkenny]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

ANother bus: What is it?
Description: non-articulalted (single bus,) WHeelchairs in front.Raised Rear is 2 rows of double seats, both sides, facing forward (8 seats total,) then 3 seats on either side facing each other, then 5 seats across the back.


(This was the M95 Xmas Day.)
TIA

The wiki page has photos of each type of bus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_...ions_bus_fleet

Orion maybe?

[Kefir King]

THanks Kenny,
But I cannot tell from the outside.

[Chris.A]

If it was a high-floor bus, then it had to be an RTS as the other user said. All the Orion Vs retired from Manhattan service years ago!

[JFK1983]

Those busses make me think of high school. Pre-metrocard when we just showed a piece of paper.

[scatman]

I wonder if those RTS buses have a better fit on those small, two-way Brooklyn streets (Myrtle, Gates, Halsey, Fulton, etc), and whether, as a result, stayed around for a much longer time?