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Saw an XD40 on the B6 today (looked like 4886) that had a bunch of those little purple LIMITED signs in the front...and also something I've somehow never seen before: a little green EXPRESS sign in the middle. Bus driver gonna troll.

They all have a shitload of flatspots. Hate the Siemens sets.

If the took those lines, I'd hope they don't dick around and run them accordingly. If demand is that high, service levels better remain high.

I guess Yukon or Charleston?

Same can be said for the X23 and X24. Would the city consider handing those off to the eventually?

They've been doing it for a while. Political power is the only reason the franchise is still there. Problem is: what Bus would run the route? I'd keep the route, but nearest Bus depot is I guess Spring Creek.

This is why I say the city needs to strip them of that DOT route franchise. They wanna do a private "club"-like service where they force women to sit in the back because their pee-pees feel small if women are equal, go right the f**k ahead. Free country and it's your right if it's a private religious service, but don't get a public route franchise and try to enforce your batshit fundamentalist ideology on it. The only reason religious groups get away with shit like that is that their members are by and large morons who do literally whatever they're told to do and vote out anyone who doesn't bend over.

What if you're standing?

Oh sweet Jesus what morons. It's like nobody thought that at any point someone other than the person in the window seat might want to request a stop.

This is technically LIB, but the buses were bought back during control of that agency. Why the hell do the Long Island 1700s have the awful stop-request tape instead of the pulleys and buttons on seat handles? What was the rationale behind that? Was on 1754 today and shocked to see that the only way to request a stop was to lean over a seat for the tape.

Haha, I take no offense. This route was half-assed. The had that cross-town routes thing on their presentations about future routes, so I was thinking along those lines. I originally wanted the line to continue west at prospect park and down Ft. Hamilton Parkway. I don't remember if I posted that one. But yeah, this isn't a well-thought-out proposal.

When NFI eventually wins the larger chunk of this next order, I just hope they don't rush on their buses. The current XD40s are rattly, unreliable shit. Also, too many of them (Ulmer Park ones, anyways) have more jerk in the transmission than a west indies food spot.

Interesting. The upper back support sounds nice. I have the chance to use the B6 now on some days, so I'll keep a lookout for that bus. Would you say these seats are better than the ones the other XD40s and the C40s have?

*Beats Dead Horse* Another B102 attempt. http://goo.gl/maps/PlSnK EDIT: Slight mistake with a small one-way street error on north end. Too lazy to correct. You know how it would go correctly.

Saw one of those RTSes (presumably) coming back to UP this evening. It still had the S89 signage on when it turned off Hylan onto Midland, possibly en route to the bridge to go back to UP. This was some time after 7 PM. Didn't catch the number.

Sigh. This is why there needs to be an age limit for the internet. Also, one of these days I'll think of some way to make that B102 thing work. Looking at the cross-Brooklyn route stuff, I don't know if there's that much left to fill in, but I'll think of something.

Are 58 3Gs enough to cover the S53/93 during rush hour peak? Even with 90 of them there, Orion Vs still show up on those routes. I'd do the 58/32 split and keep the 79 and 53 all 3G, with as many as possible on the 93. Freshest buses out there, better to have them on the routes where they can open up on the bridge.

Late response here, but I feel this is one of those things they could've solved by giving Yukon some 3Gs (32 in this case) to be wrapped and Castleton some hybrids in exchange. Routes that run on highways just shouldn't run hybrids.

http://phys.org/news/2013-08-wireless-online-electric-vehicle-olev.html http://gizmodo.com/these-incredible-new-buses-are-charged-wirelessly-by-th-1043337254 Progress continues...

It's an interesting point. The comparison between the van and express bus isn't what it is with van and packed local bus, with the express bus pretty much guaranteeing a comfy seat. I dunno, I guess they have people willing to do it, it is $5 savings.

The X1 runs pretty frequently, so I'm kind of lost as to what their marketing strategy is there. "Hey, pay us money to ride in this van instead of taking the big, comfy bus where you get a seat anyways."

Interesting. Any idea as to what's the cause of that on those buses?

4263 on the S79 was interesting. It was tremendously fast for a hybrid and absolutely hauled ass up the Verrazano, so I assumed it was really well taken care of. It might actually be in shitty condition under the hood, however. It kept making that all familiar pop-off valve sound (I know there's other air release sounds, I'm talking about this specific sound we all know and love), and I've literally never heard an NYC hybrid bus make that sound. Odd. Any ideas?

Did the set you were on have any flatspots? Those hippos always sound loud on the viaduct with their flatspots every time I'm on a . As quiet as they are inside, they're no fun to be around in an underground station when they pull in.

I'd guess 86 St stop and traffic bunched them up pretty well in time to reach Midwood. In my case it was heading south, and I'd guess the hub over on Flatbush slowed them down. Couple of decades living in the area and first time I've seen 4 of them back-to-back-to-back-to-back like that; at least that close and not spaced out over a few blocks.