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The Gillig Low Floor is produced in three nominal body lengths in its standard transit bus configuration: 40 ft (12.2 m). [9] Maximum seating capacity is 40 passengers for the 40-foot length. The turning radius of the Gillig Low Floor is 43 ft (13.1 m) (40 foot body).
Gillig transit buses (Current) Model name Production Configuration Length Notes Gillig Low Floor. 1996–present: Low-floor transit bus: 29, 35, 40 ft (8.8, 10.7, 12.2 m) [25] Originally designed as airport shuttle bus (Gillig H2000LF); released as the Gillig Advantage transit bus in 1998.
After 1982, Gillig discontinued the Transit Coach after 42 years of production, concentrating its resources on the Gillig Phantom transit bus. For 1986, the company reentered school bus production, developing a school bus variant of the Phantom that was offered from 1986 through 1993; the high-floor Phantom was manufactured through 2008.
When introduced in 1980, the Gillig Phantom was offered in a single configuration: a 96-inch width and a 35-foot body length. For 1981, additional 30-foot and 40-foot lengths were introduced; in 1983, a 102-inch body width entered production.
In 2009, Ride On introduced a new logo and a new blue/yellow/green paint scheme. Also, in 2009, the 29 feet Gillig Advantage Diesel buses (5007–5031), the 40 feet Gillig Advantage Diesel buses (5747–5757), and the 40 feet Gillig Advantage Hybrid buses (5314–5348) all went into service. 5314 was originally numbered 5349.
In 2011, DASH ordered three new 40' Gillig Low Floor diesel-electric hybrid buses, which are 5' longer than the rest of the DASH fleet. [13] These buses went into service in April 2012. Five additional 40' Gillig Low Floor diesel-electric hybrid buses went into service in March 2013. The new 40' buses are used on the AT8 route to reduce crowding.
Metro Transit ventured into e-buses in 2019 by purchasing eight 60-foot buses, the extended kind with three axles and a middle that articulates. That represented less than 1% of its overall fleet ...
Gillig G21D102N4 9901-9908 40 First Gillig Low Floor buses bought by PSTA, retired around the mid-late 2010s 2001 Gillig G27D102N4 Low Floor 2101-2116 40 2102-2104, 2110-2112 are retired. 2111 sold to City Sightseeing San Francisco 229. Retired 2019 2002 Gillig G27D102N4, G27E102R2 Low Floor 2201-2210 (40-foot), 2230-2233 (29-foot) 40 and 29