1998 Gillig Phantom Wheelchair Lift - Santa Clara VTA Bus 9819

I’ve been wanting to see one of these in action for quite a while. Earlier this month I finally got a chance! This is the wheelchair lift on a high floor public transit bus, something you don’t see too often today since high floor buses are being phased out. Nowadays transit agencies buy low floor buses which just have a deployable ramp. Still kind of neat, but nowhere near the same. I believe these lifts are hydraulically operated. This is especially evident when it is being lowered. They are designed (un