Roosevelt Island Tram and Red Bus

Here we are above 59th Street, as we take a nice 5 minute tram ride over to Roosevelt Island. The ride affords a nice view of Queens, Manhattan, the East River, and Roosevelt Island. Once on Roosevelt Island, we see the Red Bus, which is the local bus that runs around the island. There are only 5 buses in the whole roster: 4 Orion hybrids and one 1994 New Flyer D40LF. We see the New Flyer and one of the Orion's. Enjoy the commentary made by the French children and their mother, who I was sitting next to. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The video was taken on March 17th, 2009.

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[paulgreenfields]

Those French kids gave me a headache.

[Hengist1]

Great video... thanks!

I love riding the sky tram with my kids every once in a while. Then enjoying the grassy areas for a picnic.

PS Just turn off the sound if you don't like it!

[indyfan22k]

That lady has an easy job!

[spanishkg123]

i was on this yesterday it was soo cool i was all the way on the back seats coming from manhattan to roosevelt island it was soo cool.

[RocketRodder]

@rhymeandreasoning Just the usual  vibration like on ANY tramway or gondola lift when the cars hit the towers.

[R160Vtrain]

im going to go on there this weekend.

[Mamasan41]

@PandaBaby51 used to be where all the insane or disabled or homeless etc were sent in the old days.

[Mamasan41]

You could have moved, camera person, unless it was like sardines!!!

[Mamasan41]

@keith6400 I thought they came from Louisiana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mamasan41]

@Hengist1 They speak French very well!

[DCussen]

Shut up, kid; enjoy the ride.

[mayhem001boats]

Very good video, thanks for sharing.

The the ride smooth and quiet.... when the French kids are not on it?