Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted March 12 Share #38676 Posted March 12 Supposedly the Fare Free trial will continue for the routes that are free right now, with the article writer speculating that it might end in late September. This comes at a time where lawmakers are pushing to make more routes free (15 more in the proposal) because of congestion pricing. https://www.silive.com/news/2024/03/mta-fare-free-bus-pilot-to-continue-on-5-select-nyc-routes-including-1-on-staten-island.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted Friday at 09:01 AM Share #38677 Posted Friday at 09:01 AM (edited) The Old Generation buses are almost finished from passenger service. There's at least 8 units left and XD-40 units 9313, 9314 and 9315 are lined up in the back of the depot ready to enter service. With more XD-40s and Novas coming in to JFK, they could be done by the middle of spring break (next month in April) or at most the end of spring season. JFK also have 7 Hawker Next Gen units left at the depot (3808 and 3810 are used for parts). Edited Friday at 09:04 AM by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted Friday at 02:36 PM Share #38678 Posted Friday at 02:36 PM So 5928, the bus that was rear ended by a minivan back in July, has been repaired and put back in service. The bottom rear was replaced. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBusLover1 Posted Friday at 02:39 PM Share #38679 Posted Friday at 02:39 PM 3 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: So 5928, the bus that was rear ended by a minivan back in July, has been repaired and put back in service. The bottom rear was replaced. Yes finally!😃 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBusLover1 Posted Friday at 02:47 PM Share #38680 Posted Friday at 02:47 PM I would rather have a city with older more reliable buses than one with only crappy new unreliable buses like we will soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted Friday at 06:37 PM Share #38681 Posted Friday at 06:37 PM What are the next 10 routes to go fare free? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopybutt123 Posted Saturday at 01:37 AM Share #38682 Posted Saturday at 01:37 AM Any Status on Lithium NG unit #3964 JFK the tracker was disabled on March 11 and hasn’t ran or has seen service since 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBusLover1 Posted Saturday at 01:56 AM Share #38683 Posted Saturday at 01:56 AM 19 minutes ago, poopybutt123 said: Any Status on Lithium NG unit #3964 JFK the tracker was disabled on March 11 and hasn’t ran or has seen service since Probably in for maintenance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted Saturday at 03:24 AM Share #38684 Posted Saturday at 03:24 AM Are there any pictures of the B18, B40 and B78 before they were eliminated in 2002? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopybutt123 Posted Saturday at 02:55 PM Share #38685 Posted Saturday at 02:55 PM (edited) 11 hours ago, Around the Horn said: Are there any pictures of the B18, B40 and B78 before they were eliminated in 2002? There’s a few photos of the B40 and one photo of the B78 but I have no idea of the B18. You can find them on bustalk.info Edited Saturday at 02:55 PM by poopybutt123 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM Share #38686 Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM On 3/15/2024 at 2:37 PM, NBTA said: What are the next 10 routes to go fare free? If you're referring to @Kingsbridgeviewer382's post at the top of the page, the proposal by state lawmakers being referenced is to throw $90 million towards the (bus) system... Half of which is to go towards increasing bus frequencies & the other half to go towards increasing the amt. of fare free routes to "up to" 3 routes per borough (which is where that 15 number comes from).... There were no specifics as to which routes would get service increases, nor which routes would be made fare free in said proposal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xD4nn Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM Share #38687 Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM 10 minutes ago, B35 via Church said: If you're referring to @Kingsbridgeviewer382's post at the top of the page, the proposal by state lawmakers being referenced is to throw $90 million towards the (bus) system... Half of which is to go towards increasing bus frequencies & the other half to go towards increasing the amt. of fare free routes to "up to" 3 routes per borough (which is where that 15 number comes from).... There were no specifics as to which routes would get service increases, nor which routes would be made fare free in said proposal. I'm not sure how throwing money at increasing bus frequencies can help at all since a few depots are short on buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM Share #38688 Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM The SIM1C seems to carry a lot of riders today going Uptown early today. Not sure if it happens alot during the weekends or overnights but, seeing past Hylan Blvd and Fingerboard Road, most of the side seats were accompanied by riders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted yesterday at 02:23 AM Share #38689 Posted yesterday at 02:23 AM Just now, Calvin said: The SIM1C seems to carry a lot of riders today going Uptown early today. Not sure if it happens alot during the weekends or overnights but, seeing past Hylan Blvd and Fingerboard Road, most of the side seats were accompanied by riders. Parade goers. 11 minutes ago, xD4nn said: I'm not sure how throwing money at increasing bus frequencies can help at all since a few depots are short on buses. Legislators don't give two shits about those nuances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted yesterday at 02:39 AM Share #38690 Posted yesterday at 02:39 AM 15 minutes ago, B35 via Church said: Parade goers. Legislators don't give two shits about those nuances. The parade was yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted 20 hours ago Share #38691 Posted 20 hours ago Today is the first day where all FR routes have at least one LFS in service. This includes: Q11: 9037 Q21: 9022 Q22: 9028 Q35: 9029, 9068 Q41: 9052, 9063 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted 20 hours ago Share #38692 Posted 20 hours ago 42 minutes ago, MysteriousBtrain said: Today is the first day where all FR routes have at least one LFS in service. This includes: Q11: 9037 Q21: 9022 Q22: 9028 Q35: 9029, 9068 Q41: 9052, 9063 Nice! Queens will be dominated by LFS coneheads by the end of the year. I’ve always been curious about the Q41, is it split between JFK and FR because I could have sworn some of its trips interlined with the Q6, Q8 and Q9? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted 19 hours ago Share #38693 Posted 19 hours ago 15 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: Nice! Queens will be dominated by LFS coneheads by the end of the year. I’ve always been curious about the Q41, is it split between JFK and FR because I could have sworn some of its trips interlined with the Q6, Q8 and Q9? IIRC, the 41 is a JFK route. Far Rock has the 11, 21, 22, and 35. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted 19 hours ago Share #38694 Posted 19 hours ago 6 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: IIRC, the 41 is a JFK route. Far Rock has the 11, 21, 22, and 35. 22 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: Nice! Queens will be dominated by LFS coneheads by the end of the year. I’ve always been curious about the Q41, is it split between JFK and FR because I could have sworn some of its trips interlined with the Q6, Q8 and Q9? From what I've hard, the past run sheets and current, Far Rockaway has the Q41 listed. After last week and before this past morning rush, the Q41 used hybrids as part of the Far Rockaway pool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted 17 hours ago Share #38695 Posted 17 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: IIRC, the 41 is a JFK route. Far Rock has the 11, 21, 22, and 35. Q41 used to be based out of JFK. it's definitely based out of Far Rock. it got sent there when the 52 became sbs and was sent to JFK. Edited 17 hours ago by EastFlatbushLarry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted 17 hours ago Share #38696 Posted 17 hours ago 2 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said: I’ve always been curious about the Q41, is it split between JFK and FR because I could have sworn some of its trips interlined with the Q6, Q8 and Q9? in the past there were definitely terminal interlines with the 8 & 9 at Jamaica terminal when it ran out of JFK. the interlines that currently occur on the 41 are from the JFK Q6/7/8/9 school trippers iinm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMG106 Posted 9 hours ago Share #38697 Posted 9 hours ago (edited) I have a question for everyone. Does anybody collect farebox numbers? Since late 2022, I've been tracking buses and writing down the farebox number from different depots. Edited 9 hours ago by RSMG106 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTheScrub Posted 7 hours ago Share #38698 Posted 7 hours ago 13 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said: Today is the first day where all FR routes have at least one LFS in service. This includes: Q11: 9037 Q21: 9022 Q22: 9028 Q35: 9029, 9068 Q41: 9052, 9063 That means its the start of the ogs and 2008 ngs retiring next few weeks and xd40 coming into service soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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