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500-series Optima Opus

The rear doors of prototype bus #500 while at Skokie Shops on June 17, 2006. Like the 1000-series New Flyers, the rear doors make use of motion sensors, however they open inward instead of outward.

The rear doors of prototype bus #500 while at Skokie Shops on June 17, 2006. Like the 1000-series New Flyers, the rea...

Photo by Robert Madison

Bus #503 at Michigan and Adams working route #173 University of Chicago/Lakeview Express on November 9, 2006.

Bus #503 at Michigan and Adams working route #173 University of Chicago/Lakeview Express on November 9, 2006.

Photo by Kevin Zolkiewicz

Bus #530 at Halsted and Armitage working route #173 University of Chicago-Lakeview Express on April 25, 2008.

Bus #530 at Halsted and Armitage working route #173 University of Chicago-Lakeview Express on April 25, 2008.

Photo by Tony Coppoletta