Flxible Metro
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The Flxible Metro is a transit bus that was assembled and manufactured by the Flxible Corporation from 1983 until 1995. From 1978 until early-1983, when Flxible was owned by Grumman, the model was kno
A Flxible Metro 40102-6C of Santa Clara County Transit (San Jose, California) in 1987
Flxible/Rohr 870 prototype at Alameda South Shore Center while testing with AC Transit, September 1976
A 1992 Flxible Metro 40102-6C in Portland, Oregon, in 2013. TriMet was one of the last agencies operating Flxible Metro buses past 2010.
New York City Transit Grumman 870 236, preserved as an historic vehicle
Rapid Transit Series
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The Rapid Transit Series city bus is a long-running series of transit buses that was originally manufactured by GMC Truck and Coach Division in Pontiac, Michigan. First produced in 1977, the RTS was G
Flxible Metro
…development of what would become the Grumman 870 Advanced Design Bus. The Grumman 870 bus was one of two advanced-design buses (the other being the Rapid Transit Series (RTS II) developed by rival General Motors and later taken by MTS). Both models were compromises by the Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA), which…
RTS-06 model with narrow front door
GMC RTS II pre-production model testing in Oakland, October 1976.
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Rear view