Bought in September 1978, serial nos. 274-275, no wheelchair lifts, usually operated on Airport Downtown Express and Kenner Local.
RTS Nos. 501-502:
A Times-Picayune/States-Item press photo by Pat Patterson dated October 10, 1978 shows the two brand new GMC RTS buses
ordered by Louisiana Transit Co. Location is unclear, but depicted are vice president of operations of New Orleans Public
Service Mero Edwards "looking & wishing" (according to the back of the photo) and La. Transit president
R. Kent Mitchell showing off the RTS buses. (The City of New Orleans would buy RTS buses on behalf of NOPSI
in 1979.) Neither has been numbered yet. Scan of a photo from my collection added 06/03/19.
A Times-Picayune/States-Item press photo by Pat Patterson dated October 10, 1978 shows the interior of one
of the two GMC RTS buses ordered by Louisiana Transit Co. La. Transit vice president
Pete Mitchell and driver Mike Scardina are pictured. Scan of a photo from my collection added 09/11/19.
RTS No. 502:
RTS 502 on the Airport Downtown Express at the Tulane Avenue and Elk Place
terminal on July 16, 1982.
RTS 502 on the Airport Downtown Express on Tulane Avenue in the early 1980s.
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