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7 minutes ago, brakethrow said:

Always wondered this but never cared enough to ask until now.. On the buses where the stop request sign is behind the driver, is there a notification specifically for the driver? I'd imagine it may be easy to tune out sometimes and not hear that stop request sound.

There’s a little indicator near the wheel and the internal turn signals that lights up when someone hits the stop request sign. I’ve spotted it a few times when I’d stand near the front door.

3 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

I meant to say what was the point of completing the swap. IIRC, the pandemic occurred right in the middle of the swap right?

The bulk of the swap occurred at the beginning of the year, before the pandemic started. IIRC, Jamaica had roughly 5 sets of R46s left when the city started shutting down for COVID-19.

3 minutes ago, T J Trainman said:

what happened to 808?

Fire. Bus looks pretty bad. No injuries tho.

28 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Don't know if anyone already knew this but the Bx39 isn't split with Gun Hill as an overnight route. Its midnight hours is covered at West Farms. 

You sure about that? #5784 is on the 39 right now, and that's a GH bus.

To whoever was asking before, the Bx99 seems to be an artic route. #1001 and #1050 are the first buses on the route from Woodlawn and SoHo, respectively.

Apparently, in all the confusion, a  ended up on the Fulton Street Line bound for Queens. 
 

Video by “Metro Railfan” on YT:

On 7/28/2020 at 8:51 AM, Future ENY OP said:

4396- MHV to MQ

3456- ECH to YON

5493- MQ to MCH

3981- FP to ENY.. (Currently working on the B12

3982 FP to ENY.. (Currently working on the Q56)

 

5493 was a loan. It’s back at MJQ and currently running on the M34A SBS.

23 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Ok, but whats up with the local XD60's operating on the Q53-SBS lately?

3 minutes ago, Jdog14 said:

 

The SBS scheme is gonna (possibly) be phased out so now buses aren't coming in the light blue scheme.  

Not to mention there was something a while back about how they didn’t want to keep those MTABC buses in the SBS scheme just for the Q52/53, and they wanted to put them in the local scheme so they could run on any route if needed (i.e. the buses at JFK showing up on the Q10 and Q7, or the LGA buses showing up on routes like the Q33 and Q49 which have had an artic from the Q53 pop on due to some delays in Jackson Heights on several occasions)

1 hour ago, LegoBrickBreaker101 said:

4797 GH to UP, on the B1 right now

4794 GH to UP as well, GH is down to 3 XD60s

4797 GH to UP, on the B1 right now

7 hours ago, paulrivera said:

Bx99 schedules are up on Tripplanner (no M99 schedules yet)

What really intrigues me is that according to Tripplanner the Bx99 starts running on Sunday, August 2nd, since I can plan a trip from Fordham to Houston Street on that date using the Bx99...

51 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why wasn't the just rerouted via Mountague all the way to 96th St?

They’re doing work along the  Line, my guess is that the work is happening between Lex-63rd and 57th Street, which is why they can’t sent  trains up there anyway.
 

If that weren’t the case, then there wouldn’t have been a reason to send the  to 6th Avenue in the first place...

I’ve been seeing shots of 0023 at Yonkers. Is it currently there or did it go back to the facility in New Jersey again?

Also, whats the status on those M99 and Bx99 routes that were mentioned a while back? Just curious, not being pushy.

23 minutes ago, 4CNRailfan said:

4369 is running on the Bx2 right now and it doesn’t appear to be on KB’s roster. It has KB decals as well.

It’s already on KB’s roster. If I’m not mistake, it’s been at KB for a very long time.

Edit: 4369 and a couple other KB buses were in storage for a bit, but they’re still at KB. 

2 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

That's correct. They were supposed to be fine tuning it as time goes on, so the reality is it's only operating on Staten Island buses (local buses from what I've seen). 

1 hour ago, Abba said:

No it works in Brooklyn as well and very good.

1 hour ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

So then they expanded it. Good to know...

It’s on all boroughs: some of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens routes have them as well. As mentioned earlier, it works with every single bus that has the passenger counters, and every borough has a few buses with those features.

18 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

*image*

I decided to take my grandfather out to the West Side Pier. My plan was to give my grandfather the future of transportation by riding the XE40. However, I did some thinking, and I found out that maybe MJQ did not use the XE40s at this time, due to the heat. So instead we rode 7611 on the M42 to the end of the stop at the pier, and come back to 3rd Avenue on 7597 on the same route. For me, 7611 is a beauty because it runs so smooth, and its definitely one of my favorite 40 footers to ride on. Despite not riding on the XE40, it was still an enjoyable day nonetheless. But I must question this? Is the XE40 just exclusive for the M42, and M50 routes? Because I see the XD40s and the XE40s the most on the M42 and M50 routes. 

This post should be in the bus section btw, but to answer your question, the XEs mostly run on the M42 and M50, but they've also shown up on the M9, M57, M66, and M72, as well as the M11 school trips from 110th to 34th.

Quill tries to keep the XEs on the M42 and M50 since those two routes are close to the depot. They recently started running them on those other routes I mentioned towards the end of last year, but since 2020 started, they've gone back to only being on the M42 and M50.

12 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

What happened to the Bx25. I thought there was a possible return for that route. Looks like it’s scrapped. Is the Bronx re-design on schedule for the fall? 

I haven’t heard anything about the Bx25 being cut, so I think it’s still planned to return.
 

It could just be that the MTA doesn’t wanna put that route up on BusTime to avoid confusing people and making them think the Bx25 is running in service or something.

57 minutes ago, B61In2002 said:

And suddenly we have a new contester for longest bus route. Youd think an overnight uptown 4 train would be Grand Central to Woodlawn. But Houston? That's WAY too far. 

I strongly disagree. Starting at Houston means that the route can pick up riders all along Midtown and Upper Manhattan. By starting at Grand Central, you'll be making things harder for people commuting from 14th Street and NoHo, and a lot of those folks are the ones heading uptown as well, so it doesn't really make sense to leave them out, or to make them transfer to get to the Bx99.

There's a reason the B99 goes up to Columbus Circle and not, say, Penn Station or Times Square. It spans the entirety of Midtown, reaching more people.

2 hours ago, RailBus63 said:

Someone should have called 911 on those idiots.

Someone sent the image to the MTA’s Twitter account and the MTA apparently shared it with the NYPD as well

33 minutes ago, Nova Fly Guy said:

4791, 4794-4799 are they at UP or still somewhere in the BX ??

4791 is at UP, 4794-4798 is still at Gun Hill, and 4799 has been out of service because of a fire that occurred about a year or two ago 

1 hour ago, Deucey said:

Sample of my idea:

Route duplicates  and  - Runs on the Concourse to 149th, goes over 3rd Av/Willis Av Bridges, down Lexington/up Third Av; terminates at Bryant Park. Bk Segment runs from New Lots along Livonia to E 98th St, up Ralph to Eastern Pkwy; up Flatbush, the Bridge, then Bowery, up Park Av, terms at GCT with timed Transfer to the Bx segment. 

I should write/draw this whole Subway OWL plan out. Been years since I drew a map.

Unless I missed it, where would your route terminate in the Bronx?

14 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Saw an 8-car set head northbound along the 8th Avenue Line last night, I'm assuming it went to 207.

It might have actually gone up to Concourse. There have been three 10-car sets laid up for a while, and today there was an 8-car set alongside them, which wasn't there on Wednesday.

2 minutes ago, RapidoNewLook said:

I know, I meant what kind of a facility is there that the pilot was sent there?

Most likely a Prevost / Novabus facility 

41 minutes ago, RapidoNewLook said:

What's in Secaucus?

The pilot for the new 2020 Prevost order, #1300. It was stated on the last page.

5441 is now in the local scheme, saw it along Fordham Road today.