NYC Buses (Spring 1996) (When the RTS was KING)

[@bleuaqua8102]

Who else still has 1) the bus' exhaust smell 2) memory of the heat from back seat against the engine or 3) feeling of the plastic rails on the back of seats imprinted in their mind forever?

[@kalelc1996]

@@bleuaqua8102 me

[@ccreary2441]

Me too.

[@arjl880]

Me too

[@christopherstory2136]

4) and them being used on expess routes with high seats...

[@bleuaqua8102]

@@christopherstory2136 😂

[@dejohn913]

Talk About RTS Memories. The "RTS" Was The "Official" Transit Bus Of The MTA From 1981-2018.They Were The "Honda Accord" Of Buses, And Damn I Missed Those New York Bus Brakes, Even When Brand New, They've Never Sound Sweeter. 10+++++ Thank You For The "Original" Memories.

[@WooBino.]

I remember starting them up with the air starters...loved that sound.

[@kalelc1996]

Love that

[@xavilopez4716]

Yea I remember that sound when the bus driver started it up . This model type buses was my high school days ride 😊. Great memories great time 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@kalelc1996]

@@xavilopez4716 I have a video of a really loud air start just look through my channel

[@xavilopez4716]

@@kalelc1996 cool thanks. I will look thru . 🍻🍻😁

[@masonjones3780]

Some of those air starters were loud! Starting the bus in quiet residential neighborhoods drove ppl crazy. lol

[@duguid82]

Memories of buses we'll never see again.

[@redsox1935]

We do it’s just remixed and remodeled for modern times

[@knightclassic1]

GAWD DAMMIT!!!!! I don't understand of how can people still living in the Big Apple without those LEGENDS (RTS). Miss those MCI CLASSICS AND ORION 5s. But RTSs were the KINGS. LOVE LIVE RTS !!! ❤️.

[@ragejinraver]

It's so surreal watching people walk around actually paying attention not looking down at a phone

[@AC34D]

Man I miss those times. The city was so diverse back then.

[@SuperDave30]

WYS and Facts!💯

[@loolooland1]

Back when riding transit in NYC was fun. Now its mid and dull and boring and everyone's in a bad mood. I'd rlly like to go back to the 90s and early 00s to ride these....

[@carlosvasquez2196]

90s and early 00s were the best times. Miss those days.

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

Heck yeah they were the greatest times of my life a time where shows taught meaningful lessons like sharing and feelings gone are those days

[@StevenStivoskim]

Everyone is in a bad mood because they’re all on edge. Fearful of assault, rape, and murder.

[@GeneralHawk505]

Your name describes exactly what it has become. Agreed.

[@carlosvasquez2196]

@@StevenStivoskim nah. The loonies me ntally ill,gangs violence are out of control.

[@joefinley350]

I miss those RTS buses and now the current New Flyers are the dominating youngst version of RTS buses

[@YuDoThat101]

I'll never forget being on that bus and the driver was definitely letting us know the bus ain't no slouch that bus and the hot bus will forever be my favorites

[@kalelc1996]

BxM?

[@YuDoThat101]

@@kalelc1996 it was in Brooklyn a B3 going to kings Plaza and Long 5 block with 2 streetlights that he made both 2 block apart on each light that bus hauls zzz while everything shakes 🤣, i❤️mta

[@Penske_Logistics_Roseburg-Ore]

I really miss seeing the RTS and the Flexible busses. I do like the Gillig busses as they are locally near my home in Saratoga, Ca about 45 miles east in Livermore, Ca and they create so many jobs for so many people. But I really miss the older busses from RTS. When I came to the US from Japan, (my native country), I used to always ride the bus in the 1980s and we had both buses the RTS and the Grumman/Flexible. They both were my favorite. Today we only have Gillig (American Company) and New Flyer (A Canadian Company). Orion was never purchased as the county of Santa Clara, didn't like their buses. These days I drive a lot as my job is working for Penske and I drive large trucks daily.

[@csouth28]

Hearing all of these various Detroit Diesel engines & screeching brakes just brings back so many memories, granted I was only 2 years old at the time but man…these were the days man!!!

[@kemperlewis7139]

If the those Grumman Flixibles would not have had so many problems with their cracked A frame chassis in the early 80s, they probably would have been the kings of the NY MTA fleet, but those RTSs seemed to have held up real well, great video.

[@kalelc1996]

@@kemperlewis7139 it's funny because the side of me agrees with that meanwhile another side of me thinks that they probably would have had both just like LA

[@harysuper]

Thanks for uploading! These used to be all over LA and OC! We still have one in our historical fleet here at Metro!

[@kalelc1996]

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it there's more coming soon

[@matthewhernandez8342]

I remember riding these RTS on the Q32 from Penn Station up to 52nd street and Roosevelt Avenue by the 7 train in Woodside. Also remember them on the Q29 going to high school by Queens Center Mall.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Beautiful RTS. This ones have a similitude with 1981 and 1983 San Juan AMA units in blue belt scheme later changed in 1985 and 1991

[@RobertPaniagua]

I lived in Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and I remember those AMA RTS buses!

[@FitzArias]

They were introduced in 1980. It was so unreal to ride in new buses after la AMA was using red or blue Flxibles and white GM Fishbowls. Those RTS's had no sliding windows, only flush glass (check out the bus at 10:47) Their AC was ice cold and it only cost 50 cents to ride in them. They were exactly like these NYC transit buses, white with the blue stripe, but had the AMA diamond below the drivers window. Wow those memories.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

@@FitzArias In October 1980 AMA place th 1st order of 35ft units, and finish in February 1981 when RTS 04 introduced. You are right, no sliding windows on RT, the 1st unit featuring sliding windows was 1991 Flxible Metro 35ft. used on Metrobus, later 1995 the sliding windows are available in whole fleet, but in 2010 and now return to a complete sealed windows

[@BrooklynBound4]

Great footage! What great memories! The RTS Novas rules the city streets

[@kalelc1996]

GMC, TMC & Novabus

[@DHSFEMA]

Great video, I’m retired Queens Transit/Surface/ MTA Bus

[@brooklynelite5428]

I really miss those buses they were big and roomy inside compared to the plastic feel cramped buses they have now. Does anyone remember these NYCTA RTS buses having an all white plastic panel interior before it was changed to the dark grey color. We actually still had streets before bike, and pedestrian lanes started destroying the street space we had. Looking all those missed and loved buses you also see cars, which were a joy to have instead of now pointless SUV everywhere. I miss those old fun NYC.

[@quanthebronxny3996]

I miss those days. I wish those buses would come back

[@adammars1438]

I remember taking a ride on an RTS along the M42 around 2014. The RTS will forever be my favorite bus in NYC!

[@jarell1996]

i was born in 96 but i remember growing up when i would come to nyc i would see these buses and always wanted to ride one and back in 03-04 i got to ride will never forget these legends

[@GeneralHawk505]

Along with the old buses look at all when the 1990s Crown victoria was the KING car of the streets of our once stylish city. Town cars everywhere as limos and what not. It was great back then.

[@bigzclipz5104]

The sounds of the brakes bring me good memories

[@SuperDave30]

It’s a video game called “Bus Simulator” I play on my PS4 Pro, they all type bus models and company built brands, I wish these classic RTS Novabus can put them on the video game I’ll drive them anyway and put them on some of my routes and my fleet for legendary and OG buses are they truly are!

[@S3NDP13]

Ohhh my goodness! I miss these busses! In the winter, the rear bus seats were close to a heater and they were as close as we could get to actual heated seats! Also these buses just had that good sounding engine rumble when it picked up speed. I fucking miss it all so much....😭

[@javierluque1378]

Should’ve converted them as “trackless trolleys” (powered by overhead wires) These buses were literally a “landmark in motion”

[@kedrinraymond5261]

The RTS bus was a great bus but the driver’s seat didn’t go back far enough it felt like you were driving with your knees

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

True…

[@ethanpadilla1131]

I used to ride the RTS’s a lot when they were in service

[@bigmo4341]

Bring the RTS busses back to life .....

[@alexguity20]

I miss those good old rts days when they were taking over NYC transit in all 5 boroughs

[@robertcamble3543]

I remember comi g down I 78 east one night & pulled up on one of these bad ass buses owned by n.j transit coming from phili & even at 80 m.p.h couldnt pass it . I never knew those buses could haul ass like that . Last of the good looking transit buses .

[@tweetingsparks]

I feel that the last years of revenue service for these buses, the legroom got tighter, which is obviously very uncomfortable.

[@S3NDP13]

Definitely! And the seat closest to the window in those 2 seaters in the back has an annoying ledge that makes it uncomfortable to sit in. Feels like it takes up more useable seat room on purpose. Which is annoying.

[@kevinoutlaw2764]

Look how fast those buses were going…in the middle of the day. Before all the bus lanes and bike lanes, and citibike stations, all designed to reduce traffic and make it “faster”

[@Clipper1094]

How would they justify congestion pricing if they didn’t find ways to cause it in the first place?

[@kalelc1996]

That's the 1st thing I noticed when I watched it for the first time

[@Spectacular66]

Was just about to comment on that. Things used to move a lot quicker back then!

[@stevenasante8662]

No they were designed to make traffic slower, and thus push people away from their vehicles

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

@@stevenasante8662 How do you know this please?

[@CRAPO2011]

Air conditioning sucked in many of these, not until the refurbished ones with the cap on top did they get good.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

True

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Oh yeah, the AC sucked until they got refurbished…

[@nezarionbraxton8790]

DAMN man those RTS Buses take me back to my childhood, those buses were literally the Barbarians of NYC Transit, why did Transit have to do away with those? they should've kept those i mean yes i know they were old but i mean come on those Buses were the RTS Kings and they always will be 😎👊

[@elijahbee34]

As a kid..I didn't like them..now as an adult, I appreciate them more and wish it was still around.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Samr

[@BE40_Zx5]

love to see this!

[@WooBino.]

The very first RTS buses had no sliding windows and looked even better than this model. Front dash was all blue, until later models that were painted black.

[@kalelc1996]

I remember those

[@simonmiller5405]

Thnk it wasl the Orion V was #618..a X10 assigned to Castleton depot

[@jamallhayden2512]

Thank You!

[@kalelc1996]

You're welcome!

[@jorgegaston5391]

6:55 me standing there on my way back to the office

[@kalelc1996]

Where?

[@therckoger5405]

I enjoy this video 😊

[@kalelc1996]

I'm glad!

[@kalelc1996]

I re-upload this for you guys

[@carlosvasquez2196]

I miss those taxis 😂❤

[@Nelson-od9ns]

When it’s going to be a Orion V CNG cummins L10 G video MTA Brooklyn

[@kalelc1996]

@@Nelson-od9ns when one circulates

[@knightclassic1]

Uhh Ohhh i see an 1984 GMC. 3433

[@WestchesterXBeeline]

Awesome!

[@kalelc1996]

Thanks!

[@WestchesterXBeeline]

@@kalelc1996Oh I got a question to ask you by the way

[@alanmays7935]

I was 11 years old

[@PRiNCE_MiR97_GAMiNG]

These were the Redbirds of busses

[@John-u6d4h]

I loved the TA and MaBSTOA RTS II buses with the single seats on one side…you had room to move around….The franchisees (Green,Jamaica,Queens Surface….with the double forward seats totally sucked

[@frankscognamillo3758]

Easy to maneuver.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Did you drive the bus?

[@marcuscerdanshow4522]

GMC/TMC AND NovaBus

[@barbarastukes5167]

The main form of transportation of ''The Big Apple'' aka New York City! I wish these types of buses would come back, and exist from now on nowadays in New York. Trolley Buses are so overated!🚻