From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 4:30:26 PM UTC-5, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 1:08:03 AM UTC-5, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > > 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.)   
   >   
   > I believe the Feds mandate a low floor entry, so putting stairs within the   
   vehicle works out (modern LRV's do likewise, like the River Line cars).   
   >   
   > Years ago they had a lowering feature where the bus would lower itself to   
   ease entry.  I gather that was a maintenance headache plus slow.   
      
   NJT still has plenty of the older models that do that. The NYC fleet may be   
   entirely electric or hybrid by now, so as the old ones were replaced, the   
   low-floor models came in.   
      
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