MTA double decker in service

Here is another short clip of the MTA's double decker bus that they are testing for service possibilities on 5th Avenue and elsewhere. Here, we see the bus, 0053, going west down 42nd Street at 8th Avenue as it heads for Hugenot on Staten Island on the X17J. 0053 is a Van Hool TD925. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The video was taken on September 25th, 2008.

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[BUSMAN6000]

0:15 what bus is that and what company

[havenas1020]

tht is the Megabus man. NY dnt own it. London was the first ppl to make it.

[TheDavewarford]

@scottishlowoflow these buses meet all federal laws regarding travel on US roads. The overall height of the bus is a hair over 13'1" tall.

[ks10308]

@sammydenyc Nope, they are NOT going to be using these buses

[KenneWilleJ1102]

nice !!!

[scottishlowoflow]

ummm, a double decker bus hitting a tree branch isn't the end of the world. usually the branches just get brushed aside. federal law usually demands 14 feet clearence. and what about the bridges?

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

I looked up 5th Ave Coach on Wikipedia. The first doubledeckers were put in service in 1907 and the last ran in 1953. The company ran regular buses until the city took it over in 1964.

[yardlet6]

Did Surface Transit take the doubledeckers offline when they bought Fifth Avenue Coach?

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

The 5th Ave Coach Co. ran doubledeckers from the 1920s (possibly earlier). A youtube video called Driving Around New York City- 1928 has a good shot of doubledeckers, open and closed, at 5th and 42nd. The buses continued in service until the 1950s with the open tops being retired first. 5th Avenue Coach was a private company, not a branch of the Transit Authority. They charged a premium fare: when the city buses were 10 cents, the 5th Ave buses cost 12 cents.

[yardlet6]

The Old Fifth Ave bus line had them in the 30s and 40s. No luck on new buses.