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RE: Smith-9 Sts Passed that station Wednesday night and one of the lights on the Manhattan-bound platform was already not working. Fancy. Hope they fixed that in time for the grand re-opening...

As well he should. This is a joke of a lawsuit.

I sure as hell am. Not blessed with much height, sadly. And yet even I still wish the seats were a bit taller. The shape is nicer than the ones on the older MCIs. And ride in general is much, much nicer. They also seem to accelerate better, though I doubt there is any actual measurable difference b/w them and the 2012 D4500CTs in terms of acceleration.

Yes, I know that. Your point being?

Did the X1 and X28 sleep commute home today. 4303 on the X1. An MCI is an MCI is an MCI. 2477 on the X28, so much nicer.

Turn it down a notch, man. It's a bus.

Looks like 4 more for CP and 6 more for JG.

NFI almost done. Just 33 buses from them left, right?

I was under the impression the rails generally get a coating of rust when no trains run over them. It's harmless; gets worn off.

Wouldn't the SIR just be the limited?

The piss-poor reliability of the XD-40s suggests to me that maybe the should just get the LFS with the newer rear seating arrangement.

The will use a Thales CBTC system, not that Siemens bullshit the has.

Thanks for the details. Much appreciated.

I'm not aware of who provides those components, though. For ZF, they have details on every bit, with Meritor, all I could find was info on the axle itself. Can I assume the airbags are their own and not provided by a different supplier.

http://www.meritor.com/customer/northamerica/naproducts/nabus_axles.aspx http://www.meritor.com/_layouts/images/arvinmeritor/nacust_frontsteeraxle.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/helm-arm-lod/mm23.pdf I assume (depot guys clear this up) they're using Meritor (probably FH946), as that's what other Orion VII models I've seen on Altoona site had listed. Front steer-axle.

Many of the NG's on the S79-SBS are the same. Narrows Road destroys the front (and rear on one NG last week) suspension on those poor things. There is bump before the Hylan Blvd/Narrows Rd stop going west on the S79-SBS that is almost impossibly bad. It sounds as if the suspension collapses and the front axle gets straight up knocked into the bus when some buses cross that bump.

I don't even know at this point. Like I said, I was expecting a midtown express at 3:35, but was there 5 minutes early and didn't see it. Got a midtown+downtown run after 3:35.

Well if the can put the X29 on schedule for a fall 2013 restoration, hand out a 180MCI/120Pre split on the express bus contract, and replace all of Ulmer's old MCI coaches with Prevosts, maybe they'll see the new, shiny buses and think "Oh, ok, I'll take that bus." Not sure what else they want. They have a subway station all to themselves, but they seem to be scared of the icky subway.

Those towers at the end. Need those people to use it. I suggest my previous proposal, but rather than running it all the way to Corbin, end at Ocean Parkway and Brighton. My previous proposal: I figure to get better ridership, It needs people from the towers in Brighton and by Neptune to use it. I'm too lazy to map it out, but I'd go usual route, only near the end at W 5 St, rather than go West on Surf, turn East on Brighton and go down that way to terminate at Corbin Place Ocean Parkway.

Heard that before, this was a deeper sound. I guess like a muffled dolphin through a pillow. That being said, I'd guess you're right on that.

X1: 4300. AC was ass on that bus. BM3: 3155. Rear axles were shit, way too slow rebound, felt like rear was taking off on some bumps. Also made a tire-dragging sound occasionally. Transit workers on here clarify what that was? Not used to hearing the sound. Also, on the BM3, that schedule means nothing. I'm at the stop in time to catch the 3:35 to BK (I'm there at 3:30) and a bus doesn't show up till 3:43, which is then not a midtown express but a midtown/downtown run. How do the drivers leave that damn early?

I'm aware of all of that, yes, as I mention in my post. Usually, services that are totally different are differentiated by having different route numbers, hence my question as to why three completely different routes are labeled the way they are.

Random Thought: Why are the three X17 "branches", which share as much with each other as any other random SI express route, considered branches of the X17 service? There's three, and all quite different (that X17C weekend route is a doozy). By the logic used in naming them, the Hylan routes should all be labeled X1# (X1A, X1B...) and same for the Father Capodanno routes.

Williamsburg-LIC will run only every half-hour, right? The Q103 runs every 20 minutes peak. Could work if you do the every 20 minutes thing. I always felt it simpler to just extend it from its southern terminus to Court Square or Queens Plaza.

Speaking of route modifications based on nothing but foam or guessing, I got one: With the getting more funds for operations, people are calling for the 2010 service reductions to be undone (though with efficiency, not to throw money around). One of the routes cut was the X29. I figure to get better ridership, It needs people from the towers in Brighton and by Neptune to use it. I'm too lazy to map it out, but I'd go usual route, only near the end at W 5 St, rather than go West on Surf, turn East on Brighton and go down that way to terminate at Corbin Place. Viable? Dumb? Bounds for seeking mental health help?