And to make matters worse they sent some hybrids down to BK also lol, however grand seemed to clean theirs out prior to starting service. Theres pics of them getting cleaned.
You can't do much with the crosstowns besides send them up or down different streets to the terminal. North and South routes have more room to be messed with.
If you goto the B46 SBS stop at Kings Plaza you metrocard will be demagnetized there also. I made it a habit of avoiding the SBS ever since I found out about those machines screwing up cards.
Because most of Manhattan doesn't have OMNY at their subway stations, and none of the buses besides the NGs from Staten Island, that could be one reason.
Start at Flatlands Ave and E105. Take the B103 to Brooklyn College. Walk to Ave K take the Bm1/4 to Madison and 23 St. Take the Bxm7 to Co-op. Take the Q50 to Flushing. Q25/34/65 to Jamaica. Take the Q113/114 to Seagirt. Take the Q22 to B116. Take the Q35 to Brooklyn College. Take the B103 back.
In the airline industry, having one type means less time and money spent training. The whole purpose of Southwest is to provide the consumer with a reasonable price. When you add more fleet types, you're adding costs.
In his defense, MTA has hybrids with OMNY bases installed and working, but they decided to mass retire the 63-64xx as priority. Yukon could have kept some of the hybrids with the readers and then when enough buses have the readers installed, then ship them out. This is how I see it anyway.