Around the Horn

According to this page, weekend ridership is roughly 65-75% of the pre pandemic norm and weekday service is roughly 55-65% of the norm. We'll just have to wait for today's numbers to go up. It definitely feels like more especially during rush hour nowadays.

This is what I was trying to get at with my first response... I imagine it will be an R211 derivative the way R160s are a continuation of the R143 aesthetically.

Where exactly did I say that? I said that the R262s would be the priority then an R68/A replacement would follow whenever that may be. I don't expect that to be anytime soon.

IIRC it was a compromise for not extending the B37 all the way to Court Street. The idea was that they could just take the B103 instead.

He's not necessarily wrong. On a per-rider basis this is actually cheaper than a lot of other projects in the infrastructure bill. Transit projects in the United States are just that bad across the board.

IIRC its 7th, Hoyt, Classon and Metropolitan on the under the recent capital program

They'll probably put out an order to do just that once the R262 bid gets back on track.

I do understand that but it is a cautionary tale for anyone buying electric buses because the build quality issues stem from Proterra attempting to increase battery range by installing larger batteries on the same chassis. I doubt that they're the only manufacturer doing this. There needs to be additional scrutiny of any electric bus with an "extended range" to ensure that this doesn't happen again. I just don't trust New Flyer, Proterra or the MTA to do that based on their track record.

Most I've seen at once was 9 during the PM rush last week IIRC it was 5 on M14D, one on M14A, one on M23 and one on M34A

9273-9277 and 9343-9347 were on the today

Can Castleton even fit artics inside it?

The has all 13 R160s it needs for peak service, however (what will become) its spares are still in use on the so whenever an R160 needs servicing, an R46 or R68 will replace it.

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Oh man, that driver would get fired for this today... What a throwback!

Nah, the switch failed as it passed over it but it did not derail.

The rumor is that buses with the plug doors are grounded because of an incident where they opened in motion.

Two in fact!

I think the idea was the B82 SBS would go artic at some point and then they would introduce weekend service, but I'm sure the pandemic has messed that up.

They are going to be installing elevators at the end of the platform, so they moved the boarding location further up to where the platform will remain full width during construction. The changeover took place at midnight on Tuesday which is why your train still stopped at the old location.

Axle counters can still work for non-CBTC equipped trains in these kinds of edge cases and if its a weekend G.O. you can use the fleet for ~48 hours. It's not ideal but it can be managed until a new fleet goes out for bid.

Which is why said cars are being consolidated onto the one trunk line not yet due for CBTC: Broadway (the notwithstanding) Retirement at a later date can then coincide with CBTC install, as is currently being done with 8th Avenue

It was in Fast Forward. We've reached the point with CBTC technology where it's going to be the de-facto system for any kind of re-signalling project (rather than simply installing new block signals as was done earlier) and IINM Crosstown is due for one in the next decade.

It supposedly uses Annie Bergen's "Grand Central-42nd St" I've yet to hear it in person

You're both correct. A train sitting in the middle track at Whitehall Street means that a train coming through the tunnel from Brooklyn gets a more restrictive signal aspect (I don't remember the exact specifics but it was mentioned somewhere on here previously)

That's probably the set that got stuck at Newkirk