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Fact: 4247 had cloth on the top of its seats. So all of them are still in revenue/passenger service except 4479 being MIA.

we REALLY dont need anymore 4 car sets in the system, just kick off a few 179s to the  so the  can have a few more 160 sets for its planned electrical system upgrades

Thanks! The way it was worded, it seemed like they were cutting off access entirely between GCT and GCM!

Late with this (so much going on in recent years), but two years ago,  the current BMT/IND service surpassed the original Chrystie St. service pattern, which lasted 18 years and 5 months (11-26-67 to 4-26-86, when we entered 18 years of reconstruction with temporary service change patterns lasting years at a time! Serious problems, with intermittent smaller [but growing] shutdowns had begun four years before that! ) Growing up in the Chrystie era, that seemed universal, and forever. Then, when all the shutdowns and reroutes began, it seemed we'd never get back to normal. (Remember when the Canal St. bridge tracks seemed abandoned forever; with at one point, the track bed broken up?)  When it was finally finished, 2-04, the new pattern on the directly affected lines was totally different ((B)/(D) swap), but did make sense as to simplifying the service. The public seems to be fine with it (where the original Chrystie plan had been forced on them against their wishes. The new pattern has some elements of the old pre-Chrystie layout, such as the full time Bway service and the two weekday services to Astoria, with both Queens lines having local service to lower Manhattan). I back then imagined the day when that would be as long established as the old Chrystie pattern, or if a new round of bridge problems would surface when the work they did would "wear off"; but the time flew, and the bridge work seems to be holding up this time (for now), and so we've passed the duration of the old pattern,  and for the forseeable future.

MicroLED's are still a ways off. This is where they are down to the size of TV pixels. You can see two displays at the Samsung837 Experience by the High Line, but the costs are prohbitive, and smaller displays aren't out yet. They do have regular LEDs that are pretty small (like the ones by the food stands at Moynihan), but those are probably more expensive, and you really don't need such a resolution for the route sign; these are fine. (The tiny LED's might be good for the FIND, though).  

The Bx11 is 50minutes or more  as it is it can take an extension if it’s a problem I don’t mind running limited service along the route    I would definitely run short turns at the hub  The bx27 can have artics equipped on the route. After doing some math it shouldn’t end up beings any more than an 1 hour and 15 minutes 

For those of us in mabstoa it was only Brooklyn left. The last 3 was sent to Flatbush. 

Thanks for clarifying the situation with ENY. Would it be more feasible to move the to Pitkin while using 207th for the ? Or would they be better off just ordering 8 car R211s if they decide to keep the 480 ft long?   See response above.

Isn't the Bx11 long enough already?   Not every trip, right?   One uses standard buses, the other uses articulated. Which fleet would this route use, and how reliable would it be given its length?

So it's going back to the way it was before COVID.