Transporte Municipal de Tijuana #1-132 (Gillig Corporation)

[cph1776]

Ex-Foothill Transit?

[jfs1988]

@1985jon Its probably a late 80s or early 90s bus. Lately I been going every Sunday to Tijuana to get some dental work done. I hope I do see some more Gilligs and Flexibles. Last Sunday there was mostly Bluebirds.

[jfs1988]

@1985jon Since this is a very old bus I would assume it has a air starter. They do have articulated buses in Mexico but not ex U.S like New Flyers. Most articulated buses in Mexico are manufactured by Volvo and Mercedes Benz. They use them on BRT systems that are similar to the one in Brazil where the stations and bus lanes are in the middle of a busy boulevard. The cities that have BRT in Mexico are Mexico City, Leon Guanajuato, Guadalajara, and I think Monterrey.

[jfs1988]

@1985jon The blue/white ones are municipal buses but I also seen some red orange that mostly use school buses.

[jfs1988]

@1985jon Not sure, its probably a division or yard number where they store their buses. Tijuana is as big as San Diego now and it keeps growing. Taking public transit in Mexico looks confusing, they dont even use route numbers.

[mackboync]

how that bus get in mexico

[jfs1988]

@mackboync Ive seen ex U.S. buses that are almost 30 years old. They have diffrent emission standards down there. In CA it is illegal for transit agencies to buy used diesel buses that dont meet emission standards and that are too old. Transit Agencies in CA retire their buses every 12 years.