POV Night Bus Drive: '16 Gillig Advantage on Shuttle-UM's 104 College Park Metro

Today, we drive along the Shuttle-UM route 104 in a 2016 Gillig Advantage diesel. This one has 140k miles (226k km) on the odometer, and is the cleanest of the '16 fleet. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Cummins ISL9 with the Voith D864.5 transmission on this autumn evening on the university campus.

[@anthonymurphy2449]

WOW! This bus trip POV just seems VERY special. From the people laughing on here to the sound of the engine, and was made even more spectacular by who was behind the wheel. Eugene, SO glad to hear you back, my friend. You made this blind bus-nut's day! :-D Smiling from ear to ear on this! Hope all is well. Great ride as always. ...I wish I could see what the configuration of the seats were on this, and what kind of seats were on there. :-D

[@TheBurlingtonTransitFan]

Finally, the King of Driving POVs has returned! Welcome back man! Love these videos!

[@AviTheWolf]

This bus is basically the same spec of the majority of the buses at my local agency! Pretty awesome!

[@Pa_school_bus_enthusiast]

Awesome video love the sound of the torque converter at 2:50 when it shifts

[@xanderestrada5584]

So that’s what that noise is it always sounds like something’s breaking when these shift 🤣

[@GilligBusOperator]

🎉 He’s back with a gift for the holidays!

[@bandmarc141]

these are such a blast to drive! great video! 😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎Great skill and technique. One smooth operator sir!

[@turbochargedtransit7241]

Return of the king, love these videos!

[@Turkelton]

I love these lowfloors, ive been eyeing them in auction ugh

[@strredwolf]

Heh... it's been too long. Rode older iterations back in 2000 when I was in college then. Good times.

[@Roblox-gameur]

This it great driving a 2016 gillig brt Diesel Cummins ISL9 EPA2013 Voith D864.5E

[@chezlove2002]

love it

[@Martincho1]

Espetacular 👏👏

[@desireeandkenny]

Tell me, Eugene, do you just drive around in different buses for the fun of it? Is there not a real destination? At any event, I love taking these rides with you. Nice videos!

[@UpBassPlayer]

I can tell that this is a newer gillig because of the lights that shine down from the top of the doors and light on the bottom right corner of the back right wheel and a few other things. Why do the left blinkers blink slower than the right ones, because the buses in my town blink all at the same speed. Also, love the bus and great driving.

[@eugew23]

It is only for the light test function that the signals flash at different speeds. They operate normally when you're driving!

[@superbrownsheep3777]

The engine sounds good even in the front, at least on 40 ft buses and under. shame people don’t do this when recording onboard rides or drives of buses. Also do you think they should order buses with the Allison Transmission again?

[@Noah-r5b]

I remember when they had these at BWI But I like the new ones too 😁

[@daienaa]

I like this bus much. It must have been made with very good quality since it is able to work for so long. I wonder if all those new modern electric buses will last as long or not 🤔

[@Defianthuman]

Most motors can last far longer than the batteries that energize them and batteries last at least 10 years on most EV's you can get a 2012 Tesla Model S with some degradation but plenty of usable range. Proper industrial motors can go for years of operation(like the ones use to pressurize the water supply) but I expect them to last a long time.

[@843Reboot]

i like the red recaros on this bus.

[@eugew23]

One of my favorite things.

[@cameronblue7829]

We need more in service povs 5:39

[@JoeysAutismAdventures]

Very nice

[@clovaanderson2239]

They have these buses where I live

[@10vingers]

People don't find it strange you wear a cam on your head? ;)

[@airbus7373]

Is there a light on the dash to indicate a stop request? I thought it was there on Gilligs. Awesome video!

[@eugew23]

There are. Low-floors usually mount all indicator lights overhead.

[@airbus7373]

Cool, thanks. I have seen low floors with the light beside the speedometer but maybe that's how my local agency (DASH) specs them

[@eugew23]

@@airbus7373 Are you referring to Alexandria's DASH? I... actually work there myself lol

[@airbus7373]

Yep. Do you drive there or work another job?

[@eugew23]

@@airbus7373 I work there as a planner!

[@clovaanderson2239]

Along with the flyer xcelisor

[@polywannacrackrock]

Love the videos, how do you record them?

[@eugew23]

I use a GoPro mounted on a baseball cap.

[@iwantsomeofyourlove]

Man we need a nabi BRT drive

[@superbrownsheep3777]

They don’t have NABI BRTs

[@marcusneikirk7225]

Our fleet has 6 electric byd buses really quiet and nicer all teal

[@JackoNiceo]

Will you ever drive the hybrid again?

[@eugew23]

I hope so.

[@MujoNovak]

Why blinkers are not synchronized...? Look confusing as hell.

[@eugew23]

They only do that during the light-test, no worries lol

[@ezekialenglish8712]

Question do the buses ever get kneeled?

[@eugew23]

They do fairly often

[@ezekialenglish8712]

@@eugew23 I would love to see in one of your videos you kneeling one of those fillings

[@ezekialenglish8712]

@@eugew23 *Gilligs

[@ouueee]

Сколько лет этому автобусу? Дизайн выглядит устаревшим

[@underdamud.]

It’s from the year 2016