Our hopes for 2010

[Tritransit Area]

Yeah, to be quite frank, out of all the "suburban" agencies out there, I think DASH would benefit the most from hybrid buses.  Brand new "clean" hybrid buses would surely match their LEED "Center".  I can't wait to see what a DASH low floor would look like!

For 2010, I'd love to see significant progress on Silver Spring Transit Center.  For Ride-On, go get some Voiths for your next batch of clean diesels!  Enough of this Allison nonsense, lol.  Oh yeah, bring back the tip-in windows - I miss fresh air on Ride-On.

For WMATA, I'd really like for 2010 to be a better year for them, and for everyone to just calm down and enjoy riding them.  So much highly publicized bad things happened that just has everyone running scared.  Let's get back and remember that WMATA has always been there to take us around safely, except in blizzards.

ART - keep on bringing in those NABIs, although...NABI really owes them some warranty work on their latest batch of NABIs.  The floor on those buses is deplorable - Crappy NABI quality indeed!

PG THE BUS: OK, you got some stellar Phantoms and other real buses.  Now, let's create REAL routes!  Someone needs to go back to their sketchpad and redo that 17!

[OrionFlyer]

The only thing I want for WMATA to do is bring back day passes or transfers.

[aznboy4305]

Ride On
-Give the interior roulette wheel one more spin, not a big fan of the new "standard" interior.
-Bring back the tip-in windows
-Avoid service cuts
-Retire what remains of the Helldorados
-Replace some of the ancient, outdated timetables at various bus stops
-Bring on some new non-Gillig buses

DASH
-New interior
-40' buses
-Hybrid buses
-Low floor buses *ahem*with a LOW FLOOR paint job*AHEM*
-Bike racks
-New paint scheme
-Alcoas

[79MetroExtraMD]

Ride On
-Give the interior roulette wheel one more spin, not a big fan of the new "standard" interior.
-Bring back the tip-in windows
-Avoid service cuts
-Retire what remains of the Helldorados
-Replace some of the ancient, outdated timetables at various bus stops
-Bring on some new non-Gillig buses

DASH
-New interior
-40' buses
-Hybrid buses
-Low floor buses *ahem*with a LOW FLOOR paint job*AHEM*
-Bike racks
-New paint scheme
-Alcoas

Yes, Ride On definitely needs to bring back tip in windows. Those sealed windows on the Gilligs are not suitable for the summers here, plus you kinda loose the emergency exits on the windows just in case something happens.

Ride On definitely needs to put better timetables at the stops. Just putting up print outs of the online stuff aint gonna cut it.

The Helldos really gotta go.

Heh. Yes for non-Gilligs. I thought they were supposed to get another order of CNG New Flyers. I want to see some ISL G powered buses running along the 55.

A couple of additions for Ride On
1. Redesigned website. Alot of cluttered stuff and out of place. A little organization goes a long way.
2. Nextbus. I mean why not join the bandwagon with PG, Circulator, CUE, and Metro. They have the new radios in place (albeit with some glitches here and there), bringing in Nextbus could improve things and provide good customer information.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

going for more than 3 wishes I see...well in that case...

WMATA:
4. More artics for Montgomery, especially newer ones not the crappy 5200s
5. Bring back the regional one day bus pass...even though Ride-On still sells them and all the regional TAs have to accept them, some drivers still won't accept them because they think that if their own TA doesn't sell them, then they can't accept it. Or at least make it available to the public to have 1-day passes on your smartrip
6. Bring back the 5B, make it go to Herndon-Monroe P&R to ease crowding on the 5A

Ride-On
1. Bring back windows that we can actually open
2. Bring back some '01-'02 Orion Vs to Gaithersburg (probably won't happen lol but that would be nice)
3. Nextbus service would be AWESOME
4. New buses for Gaithersburg

DASH
1. Get some low-floor hybrids now that they have a new garage

All TA's
1. Have a safe year, no more metrorail accidents, no more bus accidents, no more casualties

[Tritransit Area]

Hey, in terms of Ride-On - bring back some 40 foot Orion Vs to boot!  Outside of the 2001 Orion Vs, Silver Spring's a Gillig town!