From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   The most likely answer is that that's where the engine is. (It can't be up    
   front because the door is kept low so as to avoid a big step up from the    
   street or the curb.)   
      
   On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 10:14:06 PM UTC-5, jme...@verizon.net wrote:   
   > I'm sure someone here will know the answer to this:   
   >    
   > When I go to my chorus rehearsal on Saturday morning, I often take the bus   
   along Myrtle Avenue to Richmond Hill. On many of the buses the back section is   
   raised two or three steps, and I enjoy sitting up there and having a different   
   view of the streets    
   and shops as we pass.   
   >    
   > I'm sure the bus wasn't built that way for my pleasure. Could someone tell   
   me why it's designed that way? (I never see this on the articulated   
   buses--they are all on one level.)   
      
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