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7 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

NJT needs to come up with a better way of doing fare payments. There is no reason the driver has to be collecting tickets, especially at Port Authority. I can’t even begin to remember how many times I’ve left PABT late because all I’m doing is taking tickets or helping someone to buy one.

I've seen drivers pick up passengers a few minutes early so they have time to collect tickets or see those bought with the mobile app. Ticket collection is a hell of a lot faster than collecting cash from people that don't have it ready or don't know how much the zone fare is until they board.

On 12/4/2023 at 8:12 AM, RSMG106 said:

5453: Mother Clara Hale to Gun Hill.

5453 is back at Hale (Never assigned to GH). They get a unit or two on loan almost every day like Quill borrows artics from The Bronx every morning.

1 hour ago, Cait Sith said:

Source? Last I read, it was supposed to be less than 50 XDE40s and 10 XDE35s to send the short Orion Vs into retirement.

They're most likely taking the word from what's on the wikis. Even I'm confused as to where that info came from.

Just now, NJTE said:

I haven’t seen it posted here yet. Or might of and I missed it

You missed the post. @DCTransitFilms posted about it in late October.

2 hours ago, MNR Beacon Line said:

Was on the 84P out of journal square.

The 84P is a ONEBus route so the unit in question is not an ex Coach USA bus. It looks like the tap and go readers are not on the contracted routes as of yet.

11 hours ago, Q43LTD said:

In addition, no routes will be moving anywhere 

Yup, yup. The current depot will still be active during the time the new one is being constructed.

OPINION bit: That’s smart imo. Also, Moving routes and buses over to Stengel and QV would have been a logistical nightmare.

The plans for the new Jamaica depot have been outlined. https://new.mta.info/project/jamaica-bus-depot-expansion

Phase  for the construction of the temporary parking lot at York College (Q2-Q4 of this year)

Phase  for the demolition of the current parking lot and construction of the new depot (Q2 2024-Q3 2025)

Phase  for remediation and demolition of existing bus depot and south lot (Q3 2025-Q2 2026)

Phase  for the new parking lot and administrative building (Q4 2025-Q1 2027)

The whole project is expected to be fully completed by Q1 2027.

54 minutes ago, MTAFoamer said:

Yes, Queens will be full Nova Bus in the future

I don't think it is. From what I remember, Jamaica is a training depot and the Xcelsiors are the standard training buses so they kept some Xcelsiors after the swap with GH earlier this year. Someone feel free to correct this.

8 minutes ago, Calvin said:

I wonder how the Next Gens Manhattanville loaned to Quill got its stickers (Quill itself) but to be sent back to its original depot later in hours or a day. Meanwhile, it's a thought if ENY actually needed the 6 Next Gens despite them being 100% New Flyer back then. 

Bus depots slapping their decals on loaned buses is quite common.

Another user posted these on the Bus moves thread, but I figured they fit here for consistency sake: 7137, 7139, 7146, 7153, 7161, 7167, 7168, 7171, 7173, 7175, 7178, 9016, 9041 have been retired.

6 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

5308-5309: Kingsbridge to Tuskegee Airmen. 5309 has TU stickers, however 5308 doesn't. 

With those two sent down there, 5825 was sent up here in exchange. Still not sure if they're just loans though.

58 minutes ago, xD4nn said:

7568 isn't going to stay at MV... It will most likely head down to Brooklyn (possibly Ulmer or Grand) or head back to Jamaica. 

Well the DOB has done crazy things in the past so I wouldn't rule out the possibilty of it staying in Manhattan (Either MHV keeps it ot its sent to Quill with the other 7500s).

3 hours ago, go25 said:

5312 spotted late last night on the 107 at Newark Airport

The bus was on the 90 not too long ago. It could be a loan from Greenville.

12 minutes ago, Sylveon said:

4676 Quill to Hale, currently on the M7, 3995 JFK to Baisley, 9776 Mannhattanville to Quill, and for those interested, 9356 and 9357 have entered service.

Just to make note of it, the MHV hybrids are only there on loan.

5 minutes ago, happy283 said:

Is it confirmed yet that MV will be losing the XD40s in January or will MV keep the M66 for one more pick?

The M66 is heading back to Quill in the next pick. It's safe to assume the diesels are being sent back, though that can change.

Also, the M60 is staying put at Hale in the next pick.

10 hours ago, Calvin said:

3521, also at JFK is now retired. The unit has parts missing in the interior and exterior. 

I'd wait until that unit leaves the depot before posting that its retired.

6 minutes ago, MTAFoamer said:

4668 back at MV from Hale and also being at MJQ

It was literally in the same post made a while ago. It’s best to check back or refresh the page before posting moves.

Just now, Sylveon said:

oops, 9752 still has a Mannhattanville sticker, my bad 

Yeah, some dude(s) has been removing the Quill stickers on some of the Quill units as of late. 9698, 9724, and a few others have the old MHV decal exposed, with an Xcelsior having a Jamaica decal exposed.

1 minute ago, Sylveon said:

9606 Mannhattanville to Kingsbridge to Mother Clara Hale

4675, 4668 Quill to Hale

4672 Kingsbridge to Mannhattanville (roach issue with said bus as well)

9752 Mannhattanville to Michael J Quill

3995, 9009 Baisley Park to JFK

 

9752 has been at Quill since the hybrid swap happened last year.

I'm surprised that 4672 was sent down for roach issues when it ran earlier this morning.

3 minutes ago, 553 Bridgeton said:

Meadowlands only go as far as Rutherford; 190R only. They have no parts of the 161.

Already knew that. I do admit I needed to word my response better to not make it look like I said that "Meadowlands has pieces of the 161" or something like that.

That being said, a Meadowlands unit sometimes makes its way up whever a unit is straight up borrowed from there.

5 minutes ago, FlxMtroD said:

Do they have 21280? I've seen that bus twice on routes 190 and 161 respectively 

It's a Meadowlands unit. Their buses show up sometimes on Wayne routes. Meadowlands does have pieces of the 190.

1 hour ago, 553 Bridgeton said:

21276 on the 161

Wayne has 21272-21276. They were at that garage for a while now.

4 minutes ago, xD4nn said:

9356 delivered to Eastchester

Are they physically at the depot or is this something from a tracker?

43 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

https://new.mta.info/doing-business-with-us/procurement/new-york-city-transit/sole-source

 

Between October 2022 and October 2023, they made a procurement for 5 Van-Hools.

I wonder if they ended up leasing the CX45E based on the listing saying they're leasing electric buses from Van Hool.

On 11/2/2023 at 8:15 AM, RSMG106 said:

4957: Returned to Michael J. Quill from Kingsbridge. 

Must of been there for repairs as the bus is back at KB. The two units at KB are occasionally sent back to Quill to get worked on.