Orion VII 4 Life

So I'm on 7212 on the 64H right now and it's making all kinds of noise specially some crazy whistling noise up front (I'm thinking the AC unit). The op and dispatchers at Old Bridge wanted to have the mechanics there look at it and take one of the standby buses if they had to and one of the higher up guys told him to be on his way and keep the bus. So now its whistling like hell all the way up the Turnpike. These DesignLines is GARBAGE. G A R B A G E these foamers can sit here and drool over them all they want but they're not the ones riding. I really hope they let Transit get rid of em, at least when all these MCIs come in just let them sit and rot in the depot...

Just saw 7310 on 9...

Gonna be weird seeing anything but the 1200s on the M15 Select...

Nice just a few things: Howell has 7278-7299 Veolia is now Transdev Services

Exactly it's the specs, that's why MCI couldn't bid on it! Then finally they worked on making a 45 foot CNG that would meet NJT's specs so they could win the next order which they got because DesignLine was bankrupt. NJT will find some BS to spec on the next order so EPV gets it, they want the EcoCoach and they're gonna get it.

Transit doesn't give a f*ck what the customer thinks. EPV has it in the bag...

No, Prevost legit bid lower than MCI...

The bus was designed from the ground up with NJT, part of that being the 40 foot turning radius in a 45 foot bus. I don't think Transit was unsatisfied with DesignLine either, they literally only ordered different buses because they had to. Penn Plaza wants that bus just like they want every other bus custom built for them and I don't see the next order going anywhere else..

Well looks like the new MCIs will be the last we'll see around here for a while, between MTA being big with Prevost now and NJT about to order 1000+ of these no doubt (the bus was basically designed for NJT and they really wanted it). Look they even put an EasySpeak in the demo, wouldn't be surprised if it got built to NJT specs like DL's demo. I actually liked the new MCIs too...

Yeah honestly it feels like it's all run from the same depot now. This isn't the MTA anymore amd they don't have to follow their structure. If they're not having every depot do runs on all the routes then it's a situation like JFK/Far Rockaway at MTA Bus where the fleets are constantly swapped out with each other.

Kinda surprised but I got my MetroCard the machine took my money from last month back today in the mail. I've heard of the TA taking months to do it.

7278 on point.. no comparing to the DesignLine Eco Crap. Smooth ride with some great sounds. Mad comfy too, the seats aren't even that hard like the DLs and recline just like on the other MCIs. Just a little upset there's no outlets in the back row like the MTAs but whatever, its a damn good bus.

I go back to NY in the morning but I'm sure they run. I don't think I seen any old CNGs out at all so I guess they're really starting to go..

Saw a few of them out earlier. Gonna try and get one for the ride back tomorrow morning.

Probably MCH covering a local run. Remember the local is out of TU and select out of MCH now and MCH has no standard non SBS artics

But they still got the Franny runs?

CS should have all the 58 and 88 trippers out of John Bowne

The state of Florida has a thing where if you take transit in Miami Dade/Broward/Palm Beach county more than 3 or 4 days a week you can be paid back for an emergency cab ride home a few imes a year.

Why don't you go there and see how long you last in that school?

All of them got color signs. They can be programmed for multicolor or regular orange.

They can't fuel them but if Howell gets 319 holiday runs then they'll be down there...

I think they need some extra equipment for the batteries though...

OK Mr. G so you're ok with the op breaking the TA rules to get his phone out to start harassing the guy taking pictures? Or how about the driver stopping short and jumping out of an in service bus to demand they delete the picture? (that's happened to me in NJ a few times) I'm in public and I'm gonna take pictures of what I want. I'm not trying to take a picture of the op anyways and if he thinks so there's not much he can do anyways, it's public. I can walk through Times Square and expect to end up in some tourist's pictures even though they're not trying to take my picture.

And they're the ones with all the Orion Vs. I won't be surprised if they end up doing reassignments and put them on the list, at least if they make the option order they'll get new buses from that.