An MCI Classic bus in Vancouver.

An MCI articulated Classic bus in Halifax.

An MCI Classic bus owned by MTA Bus in Yonkers, New York, now withdrawn from service.

A 1996 NovaBus "Classic" operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. They were the last transit system in the United States to acquire the coaches, which were built in New York rather than in Canada.

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History

When GMC in the United States decided to replace the New Look with the RTSII series in 1979, they hoped that they would win over operators in both the US and Canada. But the design and the futuristic look turned off Canadian transit operators. So in 1979 GM Canada's Transit division decided to continue producing New Looks until 1982, when it unveiled the Classic. Several orders for New Looks were still accepted, built and delivered until 1986 for U.S. properties, although the buses were made in Canada. This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The buses proved to be a hit among not only operators in Canada, but in the United States, where the Utah Transit Authority would be the first US transit agency to buy the buses in 1984. UTA bus at a stop The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) operates a public transportation system throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1987 GMC sold the transit bus division to MCI and TMC. By 1992 the bus division changed hands again, this time going to NovaBus. During the two transitions the Classics continued to be built until NovaBus ceased production on the coaches in 1997, as most customers were favoring the new LFS low-floor model. The last ever Classics built were in Canada, in 1997, for Auger Métropolitain in Chateauguay, QC. Motor Coach Industries International Inc. ... TMC was a bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico. ... A Nova LFS operated by Grand River Transit. ...

NovaBus also made Classics in the US in 1995 and 1996 from its now-defunct New York state plant. That version are the ones now used by Buffalo, Connecticut, Rochester and Pittsburgh, who was the last transit agency in the U.S. to acquire Classics.

Models

Classic model numbers use the following format: The first letter indicates the type of bus it is (T for transit), next the model (C for Classic), the length in feet, the width in inches, and an A for air conditioning or N for no air conditioning. There were only two primary models of Classic buses produced; a 40-foot and 60-foot, both of which were 102-inches wide. Thus, the 40-foot Classic model number was TC40-102A/N (A being air conditioned, N for non-air conditioned) and the TC60-102N.

The 60-foot version was not introduced until 1992, after MCI took over production of the Classic design, and only 16 of these articulated buses were ever sold (14 were sold to Metro Transit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and 2 went to the Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) in Quebec City, Quebec. NovaBus discontinued the 60-foot articulated version when it took over production from MCI in 1993. This bus is not to be confused with the rather confusing TA60-102N, a 60-foot articulated version of the New Look manufactured by GMC in 1982, which had the body of a New Look but the front end of a Classic grafted on. This was actually GMC's way of testing the newly designed Classic style front end, but on a tried and tested body. Motor Coach Industries International Inc. ... A Volvo articulated bus in contract service for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Virginia Overland Transportation in 2003 Articulated buses, also known as bendy buses, accordion buses or jointed buses, have an increased passenger capacity. ... Metro Transit is a Canadian public transport agency operating buses and ferries in Nova Scotias Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). ... The Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) was established in 2002 from the merger of Société de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Québec and la Société de transport de Québec to provide urban public transit services in the Quebec City area. ... A Nova LFS operated by Grand River Transit. ... Image:New-look. ... GMC Logo GMC, formerly known as GMC Truck, is a brand name used on trucks, vans, and SUVs marketed in North America and the Middle East by General Motors. ...

Seating ranged from 39 to 50 seats and included handicapped-equipped lifts, which was optional for Canadian operators but was a must for American operators, who had to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 when it came to purchasing the coaches. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the short title of United States Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. ...

There were a lot of unique feature in the Classics, among them was in its exit doors, with most of the orders featuring wide-door versions while some opted for the narrow-door ones. Other modifications during its tenure was in its front destination sign windows, which had been narrow in its GM Canada/MCI 1982-1990 versions. MCI and later NovaBus would later widen it after 1990 as more transit systems ordered larger electronic destination signs to be included in their bus orders. The main exception was Montreal, as MCI/NovaBus built an 'M-version' (M referring to the Montreal edition) of the Classic, which continued with the narrow destination sign windows, which was ordered mainly by properties in the Montreal area up until Classic production ceased in 1997.

GMC, MCI or NovaBus never made a 35-foot version or a 96-inch version of the Classic.

Currently operating Classics

United States

• Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus
• Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh)
• PACE (suburban Chicago)
• Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (Buffalo)
• Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (Rochester, New York)
• New York City Department of Transportation (for 7 private operators, now all MTA Bus)
• Connecticut Transit

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• Calgary Transit
• St. Albert Transit
• Strathcona County Transit
• Coast Mountain Bus Company/Translink (Vancouver)
• Lethbridge Transit
• Fort McMurray Transit
• Medicine Hat Transit
• Red Deer Transit
• London Transit
• Metro Transit (Halifax)
• Metrobus (St. John's)
• Fredericton Transit
• Saint John Transit
• Codiac Transit (Moncton)
• OC Transpo (Ottawa)
• Regina Transit
• Saskatoon Transit
• Prince Albert Northern Bus Lines (For Prince Albert, Saskatchewan transit services)
• Réseau de transport de la Capitale (Québec City)
• Réseau de transport de Longueuil
• Société de transport de Laval
• Société de transport de Lévis
• Société de transport de Montréal
• Société de Transport de l'Outaouais (STO)
• Société de transport de Sherbrooke
• Société de transport du Saguenay
• Société de transport de Trois-Rivières
• Régie de Transport en Commun de Shawinigan
• Various suburban bus operators in the Greater Montréal area
• Toronto Transit Commission
• Victoria Regional Transit System
• Winnipeg Transit
• Brandon Transit
• Beaver Bus Lines (Operates suburban bus services in the Winnipeg area)
• Transit Winsdor
• Grand River Transit
• Guelph Transit
• Greater Sudbury Transit
• Brampton Transit
• York Region Transit
• Durham Region Transit
• Brantford Transit
• Cornwall Transit
• Sault Ste. Marie Transit
• St. Catharines Transit Commission
• Niagara Transit (Niagara Falls)
• Hamilton Street Railway
• Burlington Transit
• Stratford Transit
• Sarnia Transit (Two out of the three ordered have been retired)
• Peterborough Transit
• North Bay Transit
• Thom Transit (Pembroke, Ontario)
• Kingston Transit
• Belleville Transit
• Welland Transit

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Former Classics operators

• Grand Rapids Transit(Michigan)
• Detroit Department of Transportation
• Utah Transit Authority
• Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
• St. Thomas Transit (Ontario, Canada)

Detroit Department of Transportation or DDOT is the public transit operator in Detroit, Michigan. ... UTA bus at a stop The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) operates a public transportation system throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah. ... Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) is the public transportation system in Prince William County, Virginia. ...

External links

• Port Authority NovaBus Classics
• Photos of Classics from Bus Explorer
• STM Classics