The problem with clearance is that if your don't have much clearance anyway, you probably shouldn't escape out that door. And if you don't have clearance, you can't use the wheelchair lift anyway.
A problem with the sliding door is that if you have part of the rail bent in an accident, then the door wouldn't open, it would get stuck. In an accident, it would be easier to simply open the swinging door in one brisk motion than to pull it, though all that depends on the exact door.
As I take, if they worry that much about safety, then they ought to get window escape bars mandatory first and get rid of the little red handles which are no OK in motorcoaches because of the parcel racks and high-back seats, which prevent the passenger from reaching over a seat back to grab the red handle. It's OK for transit but they shouldn't have plopped a transit escape into a motorcoach without thinking.
Of course the sages aren't good for NYD drivers but what is Greyhound going to do? They raise wages, great, union gets mad and asks everywhere to be raised.
Anyways, here's an old timetable for those that are interested:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/103688802@N02/15507739706/sizes/l.
Very interesting local timetable from Pennsylvania.
The D4505 vs X3-45 debate that is raging within Greyhound seems to be going nowhere. Neither seem to have an advantage over the other, while Greyhound stalls and resorts to running the hell out of their existing X3-45s and White G4500s. Not so much the 102DL3 or D4505 because those don't do much turn-and-burns.
