Orion VII 4 Life

Is it just me, or are buses operated by MTA Bus Company beginning to use the "MTA New York City Bus" label that New York City Transit buses use? I've already seen a few MTABC buses with the label on the sides and rear. Is the "MTA Bus" label about to be phased out?

Not quite yet, after they finish merging all the systems and all that between MTAB and NYCT they'll be doing that but I hear the new brand for both will be MTA Bus. All of the RTS at MTA Bus now came from NYCT and they don't usually bother changing the name so that's why you see NYC Bus still on MTAB buses, then there's a few hybrids that got painted with NYC Bus by mistake.

There's a new CNG behind me getting on the Parkway from 9 right now. Can't get the number just yet but it has a Howell sticker already, looks like they're more proud to get these than the DesignLines lol

I can see eventually njt completely giving Academy Howell & Egg Harbor. Njt is broke, if it was not for the ada njt would have been went under and the federal funds they get.

Then Route 9 would be up in arms about their already high tickets going up to Academy prices lol

Not seeing the new CNGs out but I am seeing Academy doing alot more PM runs on the 130/2/6/9.

I really hate when buses are full and people don't move up the steps and into the rear. I feel like nobody does that until I do it, so I'm basically setting an example for everybody.

 

I AM FREAKIN' 11! WHY AM I SETTING EXAMPLES FOR ADULTS!?

By federal law this site can't let you on here knowing you're under 13... just sayin you really shouldn't have said that.

577 B103, Spring Creek bus but listed as JFK

I don't know why it'd be listed at JFK even if SC is loaning again. They can't fuel them there or nothing, obviously they're still SC buses and can end up running for SC or getting loaned to JFK any day.

There's no testing going on. With 10 more on the way at DD/Allison, they'll be anywhere at this rate. Different ops had that 7279, yesterday it did the 139/136/139, a day or two ago it did the 133/136/139.

 

They'll be anywhere at this rate. My question is, how many 7000s are left?

They're still around. Lot of em were out on the AM rush Friday morning when I was coming back to NY, didn't see any new 7200s except 7278 on BusTime when I woke up but I didn't get out to 9 to make it on time.

 

Was 7279 the only other 1 in service at Howell on Friday morning? Are the other ones in service or just there?

I don't think they do the same runs every day. It runs on whatever driver pulls it out's run.

There seem to be more of the greens than the oranges left.

I didn't really see any today in Jamaica or Green Acres so idk what they're doing with them. The Foothill O5s might be their replacement.

Well I'll be damned. Next thing you know it'll be nothing but CTs during Rush Hour.

 

MCI is on the ball here. They sure doing better than DesignLine that's for sure.

MCI delivers damn fast. Their last MTA order took them about a month to get all 50 or so units here.

The Orion Vs (at least the oranges) got the new Clever Devices now. GPS should be online very soon...

Does Foothill use Clever Devices? If they're not in the bus those will have to be put in as well, then the MTA farebox, orange paintjob, etc.

Anyone who uses Bergen Street on the can you get the machine number of the left most cash Metro machine on the uptown side by the booth? Damn thing took my money and wouldn't even print a receipt and I'm gonna need that number for the claim form

NICE now has a Foothills Transit Orion V CNG. It's sitting on in the yard on Oak street side near the entrance. Couldn't get a picture.

They're not cutting back on the new bus order now cause of that are they?

The shocking thing to me was they actually employed the mini-me Nova RTS buses on the 24

Did they keep those buses or just the 40 footers?

Do the LFS have colored signs too?

 

1240 on loan to MCH for the M60.

That 111 is something else. I've never seen an MCI that full before...

 

I was too far back in line for one bus at Jersey Gardens (where it was full with standees to the front) and had to wait for the next one, the driver didn't let standees in and left an easy full load behind and he only came 10-15 minutes after the first bus left. They need to have that shit run load and go from the mall after 3 during the holidays. When the first bus left I was 1 of 5 or so people that got left behind and in 5 minutes a full MCI load was behind me, then like I said by the time my bus pulled out there was another full load left behind. That place is a mess, the bus is a mess, never seen anything like it.

 

On a side note, that Coach USA is a shit operation. Waited a few buses going to Jersey Gardens in the morning at the Elizabeth train station to see if I could get a RTS (31557 left on me right when I got off the train), sometimes it was half an hour between buses and 3-4 would show at once! I swear it felt like they purposely bunched the buses. In the end it was too cold to keep standing around and the buses were so unpredictable I got on one and left for the mall. They need GPS I swear...

I just watched a video of a person who is also on this forums and inactive. Not gonna say his name, but he played with the rollsigns on an R62 train. You literally had this stick and turning thing that you put into the hole and spin until you get correct sign. You had to do it one by one, so that is about 60 signs you have to change. Very hard stuff.

Oh boy you mean the railroad vigilantes get to report thisguy/bother the NYPD again?

Orion VII 4 Life, was this you?  I'm disappointed if it was!

 

I'm going out on a limb here to assume you (when i say you I'm referring to whoever made the video) weren't entitled to a transfer but like every other piece of trash you felt you were entitled to and act like a child until you get one....just like the piece of trash who assaulted the bus operator recently you both carried on like children except I think you were scared this bus driver was going to beat the shit out of you if you took it any further!  lol

 

When you didn't get your way you escalated the situation until you pissed off the bus driver enough where he started cursing at you!  Not getting your way and not getting your transfer you record the driver cursing at you?  Maybe the driver should have been a little more professional but you obviously pushed his buttons and then started recording.  Now you want us to look at your video like NICE or the driver was wrong?  Sorry, there was one person wrong in the situation and it was you!  No free ride!  ...and when a driver tells you to get off the bus, get off the bus,stop having a temper tantrum because you didn't get a transfer you're not entitled to!

Are you trippin? No it's not me smdh

 

Seems as though every NG and 3G is in the process of being upgraded or has received the upgrades to the Clever Devices. What was the point, though?

GPS. The Orion Vs should be getting them too, if they don't they won't be trackable on the GPS system.

Have you ever used the QM4 to actually comment on whether some trips carry or not? For what it's worth, there are quite a few express buses that can fill up and empty out quickly and if you saw them at certain points in their trip you would think that they didn't carry anyone. Furthermore ridership fluctuates. That's why the provides average ridership totals. You can't just cut service because of that because if service levels were based solely on how ridership fluctuates you could have situations where buses, subways and the like were overcrowded unnecessarily. It is also extremely discriminatory to call for service cuts to areas that are difficult to reach or have limited subway access. The reason that the city subsidizes Bus is because the city understands that EVERYONE who lives in New York City should have reasonable transportation options. Cutting the QM4 would force residents who rely on that bus to endure longer commutes and numerous transfers and also higher transportation expenses solely because they live in an area that doesn't have subway access, and it's not as if the would improve local bus service. Neighborhoods that lack subway service are generally not as desirable as those with subway service, so the express bus helps to keep these areas desirable in terms of people wanting to move there. If commuting is too much of a hassle, fewer people will want to live there, and that certainly does affect communities overall. My area for example is seen as difficult to reach and isolated because there is no subway, and even with three express buses and Metro-North people call the commute a schlepp. This in turn makes prices slightly lower here because of the perceived transportation "woes". Any time that they have cut express bus service, the local bus service that communities received were generally worse, so that even if they increase headways, there is no guarantee that customers will benefit from those improvements, especially if those buses consistently come late or are no-shows.

 

That's precisely the point. People have places to go, and they are traveling at all hours which includes holidays, etc., and aside from that there is no way of knowing which buses will carry and which buses won't since people tend to change their commuting patterns during those periods. Just because you were on buses that didn't carry that well that doesn't mean that service should automatically be reduced. I honestly don't understand this obsession with constantly calling for service cuts to bus service (not just express bus, but local buses as well). Bus service in the city is VITAL to thousands of commuters, especially given the fact that the majority of New Yorkers DON'T own a car. it seems as if some folks have a hard time understanding that for some reason.

 

For someone like yourself who complains about how poorly the Q38 runs and what a schlepp it is to reach the subway from your neighborhood, it's rather baffling that you call for more express bus cuts when you benefit from them overall, as they provide a faster commute.

The REASON and only reason MTAB gets city money is because the city subsidized the PBLs and the MTA would not have done the takeover without the city paying for it.

Put turnstiles on the M15 SBS and Bx12 SBS. They will scan or eat the ticket. Disabled can take the local.

 

Wait! Better idea, the turnstiles can use MetroCards!

Yes than I can walk onto the street pass the turnstile and get in the stop area lol

Probably Beach Channel to Cross Bay, Belt then Flatbush

They can't use that part of the Belt with the draw bridge

Should've been the OGs, UGH!!

 

I'm happy it's not the 6600s...