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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Skyliner bus, downtown L.A. 1979.
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I'm not sure what bus-line this would be.
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That's the oval SCRTD logo you can just make out on the side; SCRTD was the predecessor agency to Metro. For a few years from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, these buses were used along the El Monte Busway between that city and DTLA. IIRC it would be impossible to use such equipment on the vast majority of routes because most freeway underpasses were not built with the necessary head clearance.
From the picture this looks like it isn't too far from the old Greyhound/SCRTD terminal at 6th and Main. At the time, RTD was using the lower level; I wonder if this type of bus could even go down there, or if it had to load and unload at the curb?