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Why aren't those people getting on that bus?

MBTA 66 bus

Because, as Stephanie reports, it just ran out of fuel. How does that happen?

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Happened to me on the 50 once -- luckily only a few blocks from Forest Hills.

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And notice the wide space between the bus and the curb at the bus stop. Had the driver pulled up to the stop like they're supposed to, a lane of traffic wouldn't be blocked by the bus. This is all sounding familiar...

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To be specific, the driver has stopped just to the left of their clearly marked bus stop space. I commute daily on the 66, and this is a constant problem, in many cases (like this one) without even the excuse that they are blocked in some way from pulling up to the curb.

BTW, I have many times seen bicyclists pass buses that are stopped this far from the curb on the right, even as the buses are discharging passengers - a confluence of two evil and illegal behaviors. (Yes, yes, I know - it's LEEEGALLL for bicyclists to pass traffic on the right, apparently even when it's dangerous in every way to do so. This past Monday morning I watched a cyclist squeeze between my bus, stopped at a light, and the parked lane of cars, through a space so narrow he couldn't actually pedal the bike - he was touching both the bus and the car as he eked his way through. But is it legal for ANY vehicle of ANY kind to pass a streetcar or bus on the right while it's discharging and taking on passengers? I don't think so...)

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It's easy to run out of gas when it's the 66, it spends more time idling in traffic then it does actually moving.

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I know that the RTS buses do not have fuel gauges, and it is quite likely that the NABIs don't either.

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