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How do I report this a**hole? Again 7:15 guy does this. This is the umpteenth time this has happened with B4 drivers having plenty of layover time between runs (this guy was at last stop with like ten+minutes to spare) and still pulling this stunt stranding people waiting up to 40 minutes for the next bus. And aren't the MTA dispatchers supposed to catch this sort of shit now with the tracking system? EDIT: f**king app has my location wrong there, so the MTA probably won't even take this shit as proof. EDIT2: 7:35 bus was on time...but isn't on BusTime. JG drivers give zero f**ks. This is the 7:15 guy being a dick:

Electrocaloric air conditioning should help solve the heat exhaust issue. GE and a bunch of other firms are working on commercializing the technology as I type (however, for simple commercial A/C and refrigerators, not sure when it'll make it to heavy-duty stuff like buses and trains). There's a chance the R212 might be late enough to take advantage.

I got plenty of issues with the XD40s, but AC isn't one of them. Damn that was a good thing today compared to the humidity-circulating shit they have on the RTSes.

Speaking of which, when are the pilot buses due for that order?

Every time I'm on a 3G, I have a little sad on the inside. The build quality is so massively good. What the hell were Daimler thinking? They would've won the contract for 690 buses (+ the option for 700 or whatever it is) easily and made a shitload of money. Instead of we get the idiotically-designed LFS (I swear, the wheelbase...WHY? f**kING WHY?!) and some New Flyer rattle boxes that'll fall apart in a handful of years.

Bored, threw some shit at the wall: S73. Why? Who cares. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202807188220210378870.0004fad1c9f1e5dc1cc12&msa=0&ll=40.59145,-74.097697&spn=0.090466,0.198269 S77. Why? Who cares. This one is actually a twist of a suggestion by others on here. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202807188220210378870.0004fad1d04deeb6fd9e4&msa=0&ll=40.592187,-74.070511&spn=0.090465,0.198269 Anything reasonable on those two routes? Feedback welcome as always.

You mean GBL and Command's 300-year-old shitboxes were not enjoyed by the people using them? I do agree though that the express bus service by Bus does seem to be headed for a constant chopping block with the cuts, which sucks.

Gotta give credit to JG drivers for giving zero f**ks. One of the two buses standing there at the last stop has been standing there for half an hour now.Nothing going eastbound. Good service.

Just saw 445 standing crapped out on 92 St at the 79/53/93/8 stop with an MTA tow truck behind it (or actually just some sort of assistance truck, I don't think I saw a tow hook) and rear panel and front driver-side panel open.

There's a program for an express that says "express", hence the "local" in the announcements. At least I think that's why. The express program does get used enough during PM late runs, so I guess they want to make it clearer for passengers.

I guess ENY is treating theirs good. Ulmer is running their shit into the ground. Hell, I've been on old-ass RTSes from ENY that weren't sloppy, breaking-apart shits like Ulmer's RTSes.

And at 7:46 eastbound bus shows up. But not on bus time.

This f**king a**hole again. Next time I'll get a shot as soon as his ass shows up on the map. EDIT: so a westbound bus just passed by and his ass wasn't on bus time. Basically JG drivers are giving zero shits right now. EDIT2: now the westbound guy is on bus time. But a dozen+ people here waiting for a B4 to show up eastbound and nothing.

7612 moves really, really well. Engine sounds great, turbo blow-off valve nice and loud. Bus is also in better shape than some of the XD40 shitboxes.

I keep forgetting to post this... So on Thursday I noticed BusTime showed an S79 that ran from SI Mall to Clove Road only. Never knew they had those short turns. It ended at Clove Road at about 4:07-4:08, and lo and behold disappeared off the map after making the Clove Road stop. Checked TTMG's list of display options for routes and sure enough they do have an S79 to Clove Road option. Learn something new every day.

Isn't there some provision in labor contract that only Staten Island depots can do S routes?

Was on the S53 this evening, and it was 4014. Odd, don't think I've seen an NG hybrid on the S53 before.

5111 sounds like shit. The engine is rickety as all hell, the transmission is wobbly and makes grinding noises, and the whole thing moves like a rusted out 1970s British car.

Yeah I noticed some of the JG VII CNGs have that transmission sound (no idea how to describe it in English, but you know what I mean, like what all the new Allisons have) and some don't. Those also seem to run pretty well, so I'm guessing maybe those had their powertrains go through overhaul or something.

I don't know if there's a more infuriating stretch of any bus route than the S79 going to Bay Ridge between Ft. Hamilton/92 St and 4 Ave/91 St. The traffic lights are synced such that the buses spend 5 minutes standing at red lights to move a distance of less than 1000 feet. How the DOT hasn't fixed this yet is beyond me. It's complete f**king insanity. The rest of the route is speedy as hell and this one stretch is a black hole of awfulness.

It's a matter of time. They're doing anything and everything to lead to the justification for cutting it.

Bored. Threw some shit at the wall. Here's an S63. Alternate would be to go via Watchogue between Victory and Richmond. Maybe there's demand, maybe not. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202807188220210378870.0004f5db72fb8adbd827d&msa=0 S58, because there's no route going Bay Ridge to St. George (for obvious reasons, but let's go ahead and pretend we need this). Makes no sense to me, but it's a route to the northern end of the island, so it's something. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202807188220210378870.0004f5cc187f2ab0817f6&msa=0 S83, because they need to make this happen already. Didn't need to sketch this out since we all know how the S53 goes. Point is the S53 could use the relief. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202807188220210378870.0004f5da95cbea8d250f2&msa=0 (Oh, looks like I got a part of the 53 wrong there. Whoops.)

I don't think an extension to Spring Creek Towers would be the end of it. It's basically making a right turn and running down the street. Agreed on adding stops in Park Slope. Taking out the whole point of it being a super fast limited. I get the stop at the F/G/R stop, but the other two are pointless.

Or to Gateway mall via Vandalia Ave. Or just to Spring Creek Towers.

So last evening I caught one of those extra expressy rush hour lateness express trains. Kings Highway-bound train, and it stayed on the express tracks from Jay all the way to Kings; stopped at 7 Ave, Church, 18 Ave and ended at Kings. The foamers would've loved it.