On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 8:01:59 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
      
   > - some of us (cough cough) were around during NYC's debacle   
   > with the Flxible [a] brand buses which got pulled out   
   > of service. DC had a reserve fleet and sent us a big   
   > bunch of temporary replacements... along with their   
   > local bus advertisments.   
      
   Yes, the NYT reported that they flew a group of NYC bus drivers to DC to pick   
   up the buses and drive them up to NYC.  For some drivers, it was their first   
   air trip.  Some got airsick.  On the way back, some buses didn't make it.   
      
   Phila also acquired DC buses, and left the Washington advertising cards in   
   place.   
      
   Back in the days when SEPTA/PTC offered charater service, one could find a   
   Phlia bus in Washington on a charter trip.  The Feds made SEPTA get out of the   
   charter business.   
      
   SEPTA buses were utilized in the Amtrak incident to bring first responders to   
   the scene and take mildly injured to hopsitals.   
      
   For the shuttle between Trenton and West Trenton, NJT is using both city and   
   suburban* buses.  The suburban buses seemed like overkill for a five mile   
   trip, but many of the passengers had luggage, and those buses have luggage   
   compartments.   
      
      
   *The bigger buses where riders have to step up, like a Scenicrusier.   
      
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