Express Bus Operator

20 hours ago, SevenEleven said:

Is console both OA/TA or just TA?

SI is TA but like with being a bus op, you have to put in a transfer / initially pick a SI trick to get over here. 

Yes console is all 3 division TA/OA/MTA Bus

On 1/29/2020 at 11:33 AM, lornaevo said:

Day 7 and I qualified. 

Congrats! Welcome to the family! Who was your Supt Instructor?...You can PM me if you would like it to be private. 

Just now, SevenEleven said:

Unless he means people who just got hired off 4700 but took this test as well.

Ahhh I see.... its been 3 years now since I have been with OA and I was also on the TA B/O list 4600. When they called me the first time I never switch over because I was already a month  to go from completing probation. A few weeks ago I purposely reinstated my name on the list to see if the list was still active and I got a call and email yesterday to come to Livingston for 4600 TA B/O. I spoke to my G.S. at my depot and he stated that if I decided to switch over from OA to TA that I would keep my same pay rate now and time serve but would lose 3 years seniority. I've heard that T.A. SLD takes a long time to even establish a list and call candidates compared to OA SLD promotional test which I'm thinking real hard is it worth switching just to take the SLD test for TA or should I just wait for the OA promotional test opens up....... 

6 hours ago, Notransfer said:

I heard 2 of the people that passed are dispatchers already 

Without a list being established?....

10 hours ago, Future ENY OP said:

But, how? I’m confused even with that notion. It’s simple. If a bus has blue local scheme than it’s a local. If it has aqua than it’s a SBS. Look in the next few weeks all those 76xx buses will become local and we will see where the confusion lies. 

Yes some of the passengers out there are getting confused, like EastFlatbushLarry stated  that some of the passengers are just  lazy to even read the destination sign. I will only give credit to passengers that may be visual impaired or have some sort of disabilities. Like yesterday I blew my swing "Break/Lunch" and I was instructed by Console Command Center to do a short trip to Empire Blvd after my lunch break and start back the other direction at my regular time. I swear the destination sign stated in big bold letters  "B41  EMPIRE BLVD" and I also pre-recorded on my phone with the Speak4me app onto the bus speakers where each time the door opens the outside speakers repeats 3 times "This is the B41 To Empire Blvd.....Last stop Empire Blvd" and I made sure I put the volume on the speakeasy announcement loud enough that it would just annoyed the crap out of you and I still had passengers asking me if I was going downtown or they all look shock when they find out my last stop is empire blvd.  

Some of the passengers on the B41 thinks the sbs wrap buses are limited buses only.... All they see a big blue bus with the sbs color scheme and they assume its a limited bus.

5 hours ago, EastFlatbushLarry said:

the confusion lies with people being LAZY. lazy minded individuals don't bother looking at destination signs or even the actual color scheme of the bus. people just see a large vehicle, translate it in their mind as "BUS! must be the one i need, so I'm getting on, and it better be going where I need to go..."

not all, but some.

You nailed!! lol 

9 hours ago, +Young+ said:

Folks I have good news!!

If you look at the Civil Service List Certification page of the NYC Open Data website, you will see that if you type in "Bus Operator" into the search box on the top right hand side of the screen, you will see that on January 10th, 2020, you will see that the agency requested 3,000 names to fill 100 vacancies. Out of these 3,000 names, the first 94 names come from this list!!

Best of luck to those who will be reporting for pre-employment processing within the next couple of weeks.

My name is on that list, I thought about switching over just so I can take the SLD promotion test, But I would hate to lose 3 years of seniority. I regret that I did not switch over when I was on my 7th month on probation back in 2017 when they called me to switch over from OA to TA but I was afraid I would start all over with probation and etc. If I switch over today I will keep the same pay and benefits, but would lose 3 years of seniority which is a big lost. So I guess I'll probably wait till the OA promotional test comes out..... 

1 hour ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

To your knowledge is the artic revision planned to be complete by Summer 2020?

Only time will tell.....

As of today I received a memo from another co-worker at ENY depot that they are starting construction work for Articulated revision.

They look great on the B41....... The other day the Depot union wanted the sbs wrap buses onto the B41, B/2/B31 only since the other routes on the depot are causing mass confusion when they're on the local service.. For example a local 46 was using the wrap buses and it caused a major issue where passengers thought it was an sbs bus in service. 

So after my investigation in regards to if the SBS buses are Pre-wrap or painted this is what I was able to come up with. 

IMG_5901 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_E5894 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5902 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5903 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5904 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5905 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5906 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5907 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

IMG_5909 by Duece Drives, on Flickr

Looks like some are painted and some are wrap. 

40 minutes ago, Brillant93 said:

I was on one today! So nice to see them on one of my home routes. Can’t wait till they have them on the B82sbs. 

Soon soon Soon.

46 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

Nine articulated buses on the B46-SBS! I think it’s fair to say the B46-SBS is officially an articulated and standard bus route. Soon to be just artic.

One more week to go... Jan 19, 2020 will be full in effect. 

2 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

 

The bus in question did not go to Downtown Brooklyn, and only went to Empire (somewhere during the 8 PM hour). Another artic was out during the 7 PM hour on Wednesday (5483) and also went to Empire only.

Yeah I kind of figure this would happen sooner or later. But this will only happen when that dispatcher at KP is on duty during the PM hours Sun - Wednesday. He's the only one that actually uses the SBS46 operators to do extra service on the B41 when the 41 is delayed in service.  I'm an 41 operator and I have the intention to try to bring the artic out one of these days over there on the 41 if I ever get the chance too, but I already know the yard dispatcher won't take that chance since the route is not program for artic buses yet. 

11 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Are headways increased when a standard route gets converted to an artic?

*(B46-SBS: 3-4 minutes to 5-7 mins)

Yes the headway is increased and less buses are out on the route. If the route use to have 37 runs, they would cut back the runs to save money. One articulated buses is consider two buses load. 

On 1/7/2020 at 8:11 PM, NBTA said:

So 6143 is on the B41 LOCAL, full length.




What a turn of events..

What time was that?..........

2 hours ago, Future ENY OP said:

6112 to Flatbush. 
3977, 3980 to Fresh Pond. 

The 3900's hybrid buses were awesome. Felt like driving an old sport car that still has interest value lol..... Especially the way the steering wheel was using the old RTS style wheels with the three spokes instead of the 2 large spokes that all the latest buses has. 

24 minutes ago, XcelsiorBoii4888 said:

I thought they all had a blue paint base with a yellow paint rear and the stripes being stickers. 

32 minutes ago, MHV9218 said:

Yep, you're right that's a wrap. You can also tell by the reflectiveness. Paint would be much glossier than that, more of a mirror effect. If I remember right the XD40s at Quill are wrapped like that, which I always thought was a little weird. Where were those buses going to go into SBS service? Flatbush? Or maybe it's just a wrap over a blank base.

Hmmm Interesting........ I remember before 7650 was sent out on local service it was parked inside the body paint bay and I remember seeing the select teal blue was hanging off the side of the bus like they were starting to peel it off. Some of the sbs buses at my depot has been hit, or scuff marks and sometimes you can see like a slight black marks on the Teal blue part. The back of 7649 Yellow is two different yellow tone. The bottom of the back of 7649 yellow looks fresh and the top yellow where the destination sign is a little darker from the bottom yellow at the back of the bus. This weekend I will be working at the yard, so I'll ask the yard foreman or Superintendent  for "Maints" if these buses are wrap or painted.

Here's an old video when the SBS first started

28 minutes ago, Brillant93 said:

Do you know when the B46 sbs will be fully artic? I’ve seen two over the holiday since it’s one of my home bus routes. 

January 19 “supposedly” 

4 hours ago, Future ENY OP said:

7621, 7628 working the B41. Uncertain if wraps are taken off from B46SBS. 

Its a wrap bus. We sent out 3 to 4 wrap buses out on the B41.... More will be all over the depot routes this week. 

Last year at my Depot “Flatbush” the first week of the new pick they had 2 buses for route training purpose and the depot both union chair and vice took all pick-in operators In groups out on the road on a Sunday doing not in service tour on the routes. But the depot you’re going to are suppose to give you a few days to go learn the route and get paid for  hours. The crew dispatcher will give you a slip  for you to fill out and whoever is the operator you decided to ride with has to fill it out their section. “You have to dip your Pass into the fare-box”.

They are planning to send some buses out to other depots such as ENY, Fresh Pond to get rid of the Old Hybrids OG’s. At the same time I’m try to fight to make sure the bush keeps all their 7600’s new flyers and send them for local routes. Right now we have a load of Articulated buses thats taking so much space. 

53 minutes ago, JeremiahC99 said:

Not only do I live near there but I pass by it and I do see a few buses stored in that parking lot on Avenue N here and there. I also recall seeing nearly 15-20 buses (all standard units) parked on both sides of Flatbush Avenue, the south curb of Fillmore Avenue, and the west curb of Utica Avenue.

We are over the max with buses not enough room to park them due to the high deliveries of Artic buses.

I got the artic bus again on the sbs46 for the rest of the day.

29 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

4454 running on the B44-SBS. Might be a extra. 

Strange....... The depot is currently over flow with buses especially articulated buses.

3 hours ago, Brillant93 said:

Time being meaning before New Years? 

Yes for now only 3 - 6 buses will be out in service at a certain time. We still have a few issues we are experiencing since DOT hasn’t  keep up with their part of the bargain. 

Alrighty Folks I got some Flatbush Depot news:

This morning I was one of the first Articulated buses to operate on the SBS46 from Kings Plaza to DeKalb Ave. It was a full passenger service test and expect buses to be out on the road during AM rush hour and PM rush hour only for the time being. Management wanted more buses out on the road but the union wanted only 3 buses out for the time being.