Description:

TMC RTS transit buses used in Los Angeles and Bay Area

Vehicle Type:

Standard Bus

Full Name:

TMC RTS

Length:

40 ft. (possibly 35 ft.)

Years:

1987 - 1993?

Distinctive Features:

Very rounded and curved design. Rounded front doors, Plug rear doors which obviously do not match curved body. Some TMC RTS have a squared front, such as Long Beach Transit Below.

Notes:

Not sold Canada because Canadian operators did not want any RTSs. RTS production originally GMC. It was later sold to NovaBus (of Canada!)

Beale St. and Mission St. (fleet 1146)
Jan 30, 1998

TMC RTS have a noticeably flat rear door
Oct 16, 1999

TMC RTS looking good at St. James Station
Oct 16, 1999

Montebello Municipal Transit Lines bus near the bottom of the Angels Flight (fleet 513)
May 15, 1998

TMC RTS bus
Sep 17, 1999

GMC RTS bus
Sep 17, 1999

5th and Flower
Sep 15, 2005

On North Broadway near Los Angeles River
Jan 14, 2006

Long Beach Transit RTS in new colors
Sep 17, 1999

GMC RTS at Norwalk Green Line Station
Sep 17, 1999

TMC RTS at Galleria at Tyler (fleet 9218, lic. <e> 367375)
Sep 5, 1998

Bike tracks look strange on RTSs. Galleria at Tyler (fleet 9217)
Sep 5, 1998