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6 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

8212 and 8224 are on the B68. 8143 also did a trip.

They're loans for the weekend to beef up the B68 during the shutdown in Brooklyn.

4 minutes ago, Melbx15 said:

5575 & 5577 from MJQ to KB with kB decals 

Already mentioned on the last page.

To recap, KB has #5574-5578, #5442 #5865, and #5347. Gun Hill has #5567-5568 and #5570-5573.

7 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

They have one for the B99, but where do they have the schedules hidden for the Bx99 & M99? Because it sure as hell isn't on this page & they aren't listed with the rest of the Bronx & Manhattan (respectively) local bus schedules either....

I mean after all, this is a stellar way to apprise passengers that there's extra overnight bus service being supplied during the coronavirus pandemic....

They’re at the top of those pages, underneath the “Enhanced overnight bus service” sections. 
 

Bx99: https://new.mta.info/document/18871

M99: https://new.mta.info/document/18866

19 minutes ago, NBTA said:

I don't know if I can call this a move, or a loan, or just...just hear me out.

5599 is doing runs on the M15 Local, so I don't know if this is a miraculous move to 100th, but we shall see later today.

Quill has been doing a couple of late night runs on the M15, and the M102 as well

28 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

There is definitely a need for it. I’ve seen trucks blocking the way, I’ve seen cars on that street stopping to pick people up, and I’ve had to wait several minutes for B26, B57, and B62 buses because of it. Sometimes the 57/62 is 10 minutes late.

Not to mention the NYU shuttles that will hold up traffic to drop students off / pick them up in the middle of Jay Street instead of letting them off inside the B54 layover... those drivers really don’t give a damn about holding up traffic 😂

And on that note, those B54s and NYU shuttles hold things up even more trying to turn onto Jay Street from Myrtle Avenue cause of the cars sitting at the light there unable to move with the way the bike lane is set up...

6 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

Well it’s not like they’re getting off topic if they’re mentioning which units caught fire and may have been retired....

He wasn’t at all making the argument that this conversation was “off-topic”, but go off I guess...

But seriously, people need to realize that it isn’t all about the depot or the depot’s maintenance... and that’s what the original post was making fun of... people trash the Bronx’s maintenance all the time (and to be fair, it isn’t exactly top notch), but the second it happens to another bus elsewhere, everyone is shocked and can’t believe it.

The fact of the matter, like @MysteriousBtrain stated, is that anything can happen to any given bus at any given time, and blaming it solely on a depot‘s maintenance is pretty stupid unless it is actually is their fault, and not some other reason...

And to quote a recent post up above:

15 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

Accidents happen and just because one bus got caught up in flames doesn’t mean anything. 

It works both ways sometimes. That’s all I’m going to say on the matter. Carry on.

12 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

It’s not like they’d change the scheme in a single day.

I'm aware, just giving confirmation for anyone that might have thought it was in the local scheme.

Also 5577 is still in the SBS scheme for those wondering.

18 minutes ago, NBTA said:

Looks like those 2018s that moved to the Bronx are for local service. 5577 is on the Bx1, while 5565 is heading onto the Bx4A.

5565 is actually a Gun Hill original.

On 9/3/2020 at 4:49 AM, Kevin Madson said:

Where is the proof of this? I haven't seen any reports of bus fires anywhere?

On 9/3/2020 at 9:07 AM, Snorunts said:

There was a picture going around a while ago. You have to look for it, because I don’t have it on me.

8 minutes ago, FLX9304 said:

 

 

You gotta have proof of that bus or it did not happen. As @Kevin Madsonmentioned, Gleason has taken good care of their buses. As for Kevin, I heard about that fire. 

Here's a screenshot of a video someone took when it happened, back around August 4th. You can't clearly see that it's #808, but you can make out the fact that it's an XN40. I haven't seen any other videos of that bus since, or any pics of the damage.

If it makes you feel any better, the last time #808 tracked was Aug. 3rd, here's proof of that:

19 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

7806, for whatever reason, still has its white line in the original spot. It wasn’t pushed back. Rode it a few minutes ago on the B52.

They probably never got around to that bus...

43 minutes ago, Calvin said:

230 on the Q25, still has the MTA "New York City" Bus decals sides to back. 

And 266 at West Farms still has “MTA Bus” decals... 🙄

37 minutes ago, 1train2255railfan said:

6734 is currently on the M57. 

1 minute ago, NBTA said:

That's normal.

Yeah, 6734 has been assigned to Quill for a while...

21 minutes ago, Q39 to Ridgewood said:

23 is going to Eastchester from what I've heard. Even a Yonkers Dispatcher confirmed it

A Yonkers op said that the bus would leave  Yonkers and go to other depots a week after it hit service... it ended up staying there for a month.

Not saying he’s right, not saying he’s wrong. But let’s wait and see on this. I wouldn’t be surprised if it went back to the manufacturers so they could start production on the rest of the fleet.

4 minutes ago, Daniel The Cool said:

The  via the  Local to 145th Street is happening every weekend this month as well as the first weekend in October but I didn't put it up because the G.O isn't really rare.

Yeah, I acknowledged that... my point was that the uptown  and will be replacing the uptown  and along 8th Avenue, and the uptown  would be replacing both the uptown  and that weekend.

15 minutes ago, Daniel The Cool said:

Some interesting G.Os for September

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Sep 5 - 7, Sat 5 AM to Mon 10 PM (includes Labor Day)
No trains between Westchester Sq and Pelham Bay Park 

trains run between Brooklyn Bridge and Westchester Sq. 
Note: During the day service in the Bronx runs every 16 minutes.

 Free shuttle buses make all stops between Westchester Sq and Pelham Bay Park.
• Transfer between trains and buses at Westchester Sq. 

 

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Sep 11 - 14, Fri 11:45 PM to Mon 1 AM
No trains between Times Sq-42 St and Lexington Av/63 St 

service runs in two sections: 
1. Between Stillwell Av and Times Sq-42 St, every 12 minutes days and early evenings.
2. Between Lexington Av/63 St and 96 St, every 15 minute days and early evenings.

 

ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS
Sep 18 - 21  •  Sep 25 - 28  •  Oct 2 - 5, Fri 9:30 PM to Mon 1 AM
Trains are replaced by the between 21 St-Queensbridge and Delancey St/Essex St  

trains run via the between Roosevelt Av and Canal St* and via the to/from Jay St-MetroTech.   

Travel Alternatives:
replaces at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63, 57 St, 47-50 Sts, 42 St-Bryant Pk, 34 St-Herald Sq, 23, 14, B'way-Lafayette Sts, 2 Av, Delancey St.  

• Transfer between and trains at Roosevelt Av or W 4 St.  

For East Broadway and York St, take a free shuttle bus.

• Transfer between buses and trains at Delancey St or trains at Jay St-MetroTech.  

*Downtown trains skip 23 St and Spring St, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 1 AM, Sep 25 - 28 and Oct 2 - 5. 

 

 Trains will also only run to/from 145th Street every weekend of September although that G.O is obviously not rare at all. 

IIRC on the weekend of the 25th-28th, uptown  trains are running on the  from West 4th to 145th (this G.O. obviously isn’t rare), so it seems the 6th Avenue Line will be taking over the uptown 8th Avenue local for those two days while the  and  are running express, and the  will be the sole uptown service on the 6th Avenue Line.

19 minutes ago, Bill from Maspeth said:

Grand Ave. has had 9500-9509 for well over a year now.

I was referring to the XDE40 fleet as a whole...

24 minutes ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

If anyone is curious, proposed numbers for the LFS-HEV is 9620-9784.

So the XDE40s would be 9500-9619?

1 hour ago, danielhg121 said:

I remember when the Q44 pre-SBS would display BRONX ZOO (on top) W. FARMS SQ (bottom) and after SBS, became just one big bold line: BRONX ZOO. Given how massive Bronx Zoo is, I think they should specify. I think I prefer it the way it was before. 

 

Also, I think it should display via Cross Bronx Expwy on a new scroll considering it uses that route for the entirety of its Bronx portion. 

It's a MUCH bigger problem on the "Bx9 Bronx Zoo" short turns. Most of those short turns end at the entrance at 183rd and Southern (which I think is a pretty odd spot to terminate), but its signage is extremely ambiguous, since it travels along the western end of the Bronx Zoo and runs two blocks south of Bronx Park South (the southern end).

18 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Was the white line on the buses moved or that it's a brand new line but being stepped on? 

IIRC the MTA talked about moving the white line back on buses a while back in an effort to help keep some distance between riders and the driver after the chains and plastic barrier were removed.

23 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

So they changed it again, because at one point, it used to say Washington Heights on the top line (no abbreviation) & 166th st on the bottom line of the destination signage...

Actually it still says the full “Washington Heights” bit, but yeah. Another chance like 168 to 166 was for the routes that end at 3rd Av-138th Street (the Bx1 and Bx2 used to say 136th but now they say 138th...)

How about routes that have a “via” destination sign for only one direction?
 

The SB Bx39’s signs say CLASON PT, whereas the NB Bx39 says WAKEFIELD - 241 ST | via WHITE PLAINS RD

The SB Bx7 says WASHINGTON HTS - 168 ST | via BROADWAY whereas the NB Bx7 says RIVERDALE - 263 ST

44 minutes ago, Jdog14 said:

 

Maybe the runs start in the boroughs the depots are in (could be wrong tho)

Nope, they start from both ends (the Bx99 starts trips at 1 from both Woodlawn and Houston Street, and same with the other ones as well)

24 minutes ago, NBTA said:

5252 (ex-5299) is finally trackable, doing runs on the Bx5 as we speak.

It’s actually been trackable for about a month or so.

8 hours ago, Gotham Bus Co. said:

One of the first things I noticed is that two bus stops (7th Avenue S. & West 10th and Varick & Clarkson) are shared by all three "99" routes (B99, Bx99, M99), along with the M20.

You also have 14th Street and 8th Avenue, where all three routes cross each other in both directions. They share the M14 stop going southbound, but they have two different stops northbound (the B99 shares the northbound M20 stop, and the Bx99 / M99 shares the northwest bound M14 stop).