Miscellaneous NFI Group Media (New Flyer Low Floor, Page 2)

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Notes: The New Flyer Industries Low Floor was a line of transit buses available in Canada and the United States. The bus had a low floor front section and a raised rear section after the rear door. This allowed for the easy boarding of mobility aids such as wheelchairs and walkers. The design set the standard for future low floor buses in North America. The standard Low Floor was offered from 1989 until the 2010 model year. The Low Floor saw a restyling (LFR) in 2005 with a curved front end as well as a smoother rear with recessed taillights. The LFR had round headlights and lines that gently curved upwards towards the edge of the front. The restyled Low Floor was designed in collaboration with Styl&Tech, a Quebec-based design firm, and launched with TransLink's first low floor trolleybus. Also in 2005, New Flyer introduced their first bus built with the BRT styling, also referred to as Advanced. The first production BRT styled buses were 60-foot buses built for Lane Transit District. BRT models are designated as LFA (initially "LF-BRT"). All models, irrespective of fuel, feature a streamlined, raised roofline. Much of the BRT styling originated from the design concept for the Invero DE60i. The sleek front had a large, one-piece windshield, projector headlights, and more curved front end. Production buses would be similar, but more angular and feature conventional slide-glide doors. Production for the Low Floor continued to the end of 2010 and a large order for the C40LF placed by the New York MTA continued into 2013. Production of the LFR, as well as the LFA, concluded in 2013 as well.

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