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If you really believe that, you might want to take a look at this then....photo credit goes to fellow member Nyctrman1278

 

 

Units seen here are ONE Bus bound. Ironbound is currently receiving another set as well. Order WILL end at 6614. A whole bunch of RTSs have been sent to the scrap lot with some at/some more heading to Olympia for NWK Airport Service.

Something's definitely been done wrong then... nothing about it on procurement at all.

1851 has a messed up sounding engine too like the one Piney posted the other day.

Or god forbid they go with Gillig.

 

 

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Nah, you'd think it would probably be LFWs.

Only high floor transit model still offered would be from El Dorado

Doesn't have to be high floor and really shouldn't. If there's another order I'm sure i'll be LFs unless NABI is willing to build the 416 one more time.

You can not order any more 416's New Flyer already said its discontinued after this order is finished.

A separate order for another model that is...

Well then what are they going to do with the remaining rts's with no replacements on order ? Orange still has a bunch some IBOA'S still have some too.

I don't think they care about the PBLs... they don't need the Clever Devices or nothing like that. I still think eventually they'll shift the remaining RTSes to the PBLs for some of their NABIs. Or they could put Clever Devices in them and keep them for a couple years at NJT Bus Ops. Or they could make a separate new order to finish them off...

Did some research the option did happen on June 9th 2011 the order was extended by 158 buses to cover all the remaining RTS buses and approved that day. I forgot all about that happening back then. The original order ended much earlier than 6538 so we will see how high they go.

Up to 6538 was the option. It was going to end even earlier.

Those inspectors better not be dumb, they should just walk around the corner.

This guy with the Nextel is just gonna tell the other drivers he moved and tell the people waiting where they are now. It's funny they don't notice him, or maybe they're just too focused on checking a brand new shiny LuckyStar Vanhool right now.

So the state is here on Division doing surprise inspections on the Chinabuses...let me tell you the Flushing van drivers are freaking out! They have a LuckyStar pulled over right now but there's a guy with a Nextel sitting in front of it I guess talking to the van guys and telling them to stay away, they're picking up around the corner. When they show up the driver SLAMS open the door and I guess says hurry up cause everyone starts running in and they aren't even collecting fares (guess they will when they get off). Goes to show how safe those vans really are, but hey they get you to Flushing in 20 minutes from here so f**k it lol.

Probably the recordings on the easyspeak.

Aren't the exterior announcements disabled on most of them because the drivers would play random crap through them?

But nobody else makes a standard floor bus so bids are not needed.  Nabi is it. We will see soon if they go higher than 6538 which i think they will. 6531 is already in service for Coach usa.

Doesn't matter. Still needs to go through the process, if any additional buses were are being bought it's a separate order since the options on this order have run out. NJT is obligated to put out an RFP for that and post everything on their procurement site.

They have to go higher these RTS's wont last much longer. Orange still has quite a few rts buses running. Don't be surprised when they go higher than 6538 the original end of order. 

Well for that to happen, they'd have to open up bids for (and award a contract to NABI or another builder for) new buses to go from 6538-6614 or whatever. The options on the current NABI order have run out, and they have to by law go through a new bid process to get however many new buses they need. The bid and the results of it have to be posted on the NJT procurement site, and AFAIK there's nothing there about any extra buses coming in.

 

Basically, they can't just go to NABI and pay them for more buses without going through a bid process and especially not without telling the public about the contract on the NJT procurement site. Everything Transit orders from new buses to cleaning contracts has to get put up on that site.

Rode 1839 today and it sounded like it was in deplorable condition, and the back smelled like a mix of burning oil & natural gas. Sad as these buses are only around 3 years old. Also huge potholes at the Roosevelt Field bus stop still have not been fixed, not sure who is responsible but someone is going to fall in one & get hurt.

Anything on mall property (including the bus stop) is Shitmon's job to fix.

Saw an older MCI coach going into NYC today around 8:10 PM. It was 6106. I wonder where it was heading to...

6106 is a NABI lol

I thought Academy ran the wall street rte 9 service?

Yeah, but some rush hour 13x runs are contracted out to Academy. Mostly 139 in the AM and 136 in the PM.

1538 (might have mistaken that one for 1583 when I was on the 139) 31104 and 11521 are also out on the EWR Express. Instead of a luggage rack they're folding up the wheelchair seats and throwing the bags on the ground lol

1538 is being used on the EWR Express.

What propulsion are they using again? Bombardier's site lists it as the BOMBARDIER MITRAC but is that just the same one as the propulsion on the R142As/R143s?

There is a newer version of the mitrac but now that they brought back the R142A version for the 188s they could decide to use it on the 179s for compatibility.

Is it okay to take pictures of buses outside the bus depot, instead of going in the actual depot? (<- That's considered tresspassing right?)

You're on public property, no biggie. If the security or whoever told you otherwise they're wrong, but usually as long as they're not trying to get me to delete my footage I'll usually cut it out because it's not worth dealing with the cops. The other day when I was taking some vids of the 7 train shuttles by Citifield this plainclothes guy with a weird looking badge (thinking it might've been a detective one) around his neck told me I couldn't take pictures of the buses, so I just got on the next bus and got the rest of my footage in Flushing since I had to go there anyways.

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They emerged from bankruptcy, something went wrong with the potential MTA order and it didn't go through. Not good for them, a big name like the MTA is exactly what they needed.

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There's a 10 car R32 set on the this weekend on the 207-Jay St part of the line, head car is 3716, happy hunting

Caught it literally 5 minutes after I swiped in. Dead.

Can a mod merge this with my other post? The app is acting up.

 

 

It's confirmed. 8622 is at Howell. I saw it boarding passengers at the 320 gates, and I know Academy doesn't run to Route 9 from PABT.

Academy might have gotten some extra 139 runs as of late. They already do much of the 136 in the PM rush.

Also, CNG coaches wouldnt make much sense having, you only have two places to move them around, meanwhile, every other depot is shuffling around buses for mileage and other reasons.

Well look at NJT. You have 1 depot in the whole damn state with a CNG station and they do fine with the CNG buses. MTA has 2 express CNG depots in a much smaller service area.

Veolia has already kicked in some money into the system. They kicked in some money for the tracking system IIRC.

Wouldn't be surprised if they kicked in for the Clever Devices. The CAD system can be used to discipline employees.