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20 minutes ago, MHV9218 said:

That bus barely functioned when it was in service. Not gonna be preserved with a one-off powertrain – probably long-scrapped by now, I'd think.

The bus is still in Eastchester on hold, still with a shot transmission, but it’s not being preserved.

6 minutes ago, Ultimategamer12c said:

Actually it was, there was a paper I saw inside the bus while I visited the depot, and it said not in use, also the fare-box wasn’t inside ….

They use those slips on buses for maintenance as well. Fareboxes are also removed when buses are being worked on, not just when they retire.

33 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

I mean in his defense, they did run the  to 145th St when the  was out, although I forgot the reason why. 

That happened nearly 5 years ago when  service was cut for a few weekends south of 96th Street.  Trains were sent to 145th to supplement service in Manhattan.

1 hour ago, Wallyhorse said:

Why not then do the to 145 and have the and half of the  both to 96th/2nd (trains not going to Astorita)?  That would solve both issues,

Why send the  to the 8th Ave line when there's no need for it that weekend with the  and  running fine that weekend. Some of these ideas to try to shove the  to 2nd Avenue are a bit much for that one weekend.

On 3/25/2024 at 9:12 PM, R68ACTrain said:

Surprised 

6186-89+5894-97 and 2768-2775 weren't reported

2 minutes ago, The TransitMan said:

As of today, 6186-6189 are on the and 2768-2771 are on the

 

5894-5897 we're on thebut haven't seen them today.

Both were reported on two different threads in the forums 10 days ago.

3 hours ago, SimplyMyself said:

R62As 1934+2177-2180 have returned into service on the  today. (2177-2180 were involved in the 96 St derailment on January 4)
 

1934 has red 240 St stickers now.

So 1934 replaced 2176 in the consist. I know that one car was still visible at the 207 St yard by itself.

10 minutes ago, NYC Bus Roster said:

Don't forget that it's the manufactured date that's the correct date, not the delivery date.

This follows the model year of the bus, NOT the manufacture date of the bus.

On 3/25/2024 at 4:50 PM, zacster said:

I was at the upper level of W4th St today and a couple of R46 trains came through, one an A the other a C, and they really are in rough condition even compared to the CI ones that I regularly ride.  If an R211T C train happened to come I was going to take it, but I wasn't going to wait around for it so I just went and did my regular business.  My Q train home was an R46 and didn't pay much attention otherwise.

From my own experiences, I've had rougher running cars from CI than the Pitkin cars even if they look worse cosmetically.

12 minutes ago, NYC Bus Roster said:

It's a 2005 which would make it 19 years old. But don't worry, it's for MTA Bus, so it doesn't really matter! LOL MTA Bus is used to being treated like a stepchild.

Incorrect. The unit is an ‘06 model.

9 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I agree it definitely is unfair, but it seems that no one cares about real solutions anymore. The city’s solution to farebeating is congestive pricing. 
They will make the entire bus system free and put the burden on the tax payers to pay up. The money has to come from somewhere which is what a lot of people don’t realize when they advocate for free stuff in society. 
All the people who are farebeating must realize that while they may be getting over today they will have to pay up one day in the form of increased taxes. 
 

The solution to farebeating is increase police presence and giving fines to people who don’t follow the rules. However since 2020 no one takes the police seriously and that’s why we are also seeing all this crime in the subways. 

I would argue to making the bus system free, but it's pretty f'n obvious not a single person would want to have that conversation without screaming entitlement or not wanting to pay the taxes necessary to fund it. And I recognize that this is a complicated subject topic altogether that can't be solved easily (as much as people like to think it would be by just throwing more police onto buses).

47 minutes ago, Robert Spire said:

They could've bought some retiring MTA Bus MCI's on the cheap? 

Why put the time and money to train them on nearly 20 year old buses that won't last a year.

40 minutes ago, Chris89292 said:

Once again the project to renovate 82nd and 111 street has been delayed again for 4 weeks, this is getting ridiculous, these stations will never open, the contractors are horrible

Better to do that than open pre-maturely and have an accident that gets more negative PR than this. I do get the complaints about the time it’s taken to complete one side of the renovation.

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

I was bus fanning along the B6/B82/82SBS earlier and not a single person in the span of 15 minutes paid the machine for the SBS82.

I seriously think the TA needs to temporarily discontinue the B82SBS, convert to front door boarding, or have the eagle team at high usage stops to fine anyone who doesn’t pay. This is crazy.

This is something that happens often on almost all routes. That and more people are using OMNY, so I would not make a judgment call just for looking at a stop for the amount of time it takes to finish lunch.

10 hours ago, Calvin said:

I wouldn't have it 100% retired yet. it's a weekend, so, a lot of older buses are put to rest on those days. 

The bus is on the Q60 so it's still in service.

1 minute ago, TyBusLover1 said:

What was the last time it ran?

Mid February.

1 hour ago, Calvin said:

I wonder if Queens Blvd will be fully local during late nights once the  is back running all times along 63rd St. If so, then the  and would be the only late night express lines.   

The  already makes local stops during the overnight hours. That change happened a year ago for CBTC work.

12 minutes ago, poopybutt123 said:

I don’t know if this was posted but 4165 now has baisley park stickers to go along with the transfer 

It was mentioned in the post above yours yesterday.

4 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Why?

To fill in for the Nova they sent to LGA for training. The post is in the same page.

2 hours ago, Chris89292 said:

So the  will run in two sections:

 are not running between 74th Street Broadway and Times Square 42nd Street April 6-8 

Because of accessibility improvements 

 will run in two sections 

Flushing-Main St- 74th Street Broadway

Times Square 42nd Street

This service is pretty rare, hopefully they’d still use this in the future

It's literally the same as the recent weekend G.O. but with the added shuttle between Times Square & Hudson Yards to accomodate riders heading to the New York Auto Show that weekend.

22 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

We now have 100 LFSes at Bus, with 9081 being the 100th LFS to be delivered.

I counted 99 with the following:

BP units: 8964-8966, 8968, 8970, 8972-8973, 8975, 8977-8979, 8983, 8985, 8987-9005, 9007-9009 (35)

JFK units: 9010--9014, 9016-9017, 9019-9020, 9022, 9024-9025, 9027-9031, 9033-9049, 9051-9053, 9056, 9060-9061, 9063-9064, 9067-9068, 9070, 9074, 9078, 9080-9081, 9083, 9086, 9111, 9114, 9117-9118, 9125, 9127, 9131, 9134, 9138, 9150-9152, 9167 (64)

Anyone feel free to correct the overall list.

1 hour ago, danielhg121 said:

#3350 broke down at Whitestone Expwy. A lot of these MCI's look like they're on their last legs. Some are running around with huge dents and gashes on the side lol.

The Bronx units still look pretty good and run well. Sometimes the cosmetic shape doesn’t tell the whole story. I know a lot of buses that looked bad were ones than ran better.

8 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

I said it once and I’ll say it again, I HATE new buses.

Alright, just keep it in the random thoughts thread instead of cluttering other threads here. It’s getting a bit annoying seeing you spam the threads with misc comments that don’t have much to do with the topic at hand.

21 minutes ago, BreeddekalbL said:

What is this i hear that Meredith Depot is closing?

Check the fleet & depots thread. This is the scrap thread.

3 minutes ago, FLX9304 said:

The last MCID4500CL on the roster (3000-3474), not the last one to operate for MTABC is gone! Is one of the buses will be saved since it was the first express coach under the MTABC brand? 

3000 is being held at Eastchester for that.

28 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

This decision is not good to me. I've been going to Queens via QBL before and during the shutdown, and the via 53rd Street did help with the delays near Queens Plaza, where trains interfere with one another.

 It is best for the to run via 63rd Street, and continue running on the local tracks to Forest Hills, and allow for the to be via 53rd Street. This service pattern is popular with riders, and it is sadly being thrown out of the window in favor of how it was prior to the shutdown.

Riders are going to complain about the lack of weekend service on the 63rd St Line and I doubt the  wants to put money to have the  be extended and run full-length trains again on weekends.