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12 hours ago, Matthewmp4 said:

2011 NovaBus LFSA #5837 from Tuskegee Airmen Depot AKA 100 St Depot is repainted.

1 minute ago, Snorunts said:

Where was it before?

It got involved in an accident on November 30th when running on the Bx15 LIMITED towards Fordham Plaza.

1045 is back in service at WF, running on the Bx39 right now.

26 minutes ago, Around the Horn said:

7572 has readers, 6063 has bases

 

I Like how you arranged those pictures side by side.

4751 has OMNY Bases.

I am glad that Byford is speaking out about this. It is completely unacceptable that a Transportation Agency is strapped on to the Governor's Balls and everything has to be dictated and manipulated by him. The Politicization of this agency outright stinks and since Cuomo wanted to tie up the strings in this puppet show, now he should be the one held accountable for his decision which caused this mess and now he's responsible for 5.6 Million New Yorkers.

6144 has OMNY Bases.

5597 has OMNY Readers Installed on All Doors.

@Cait Sith Oh shoot, I apologize. I just realized I posted this in the Subway Section by accident. Is it able to moved over to the Bus Photos and Videos by any chance?

As of February 27, 2020
*NEWLY REPORTED BUSES IN BOLD

LOCAL Buses with OMNY Readers Installed

2006-2007 Orion VII OG Hybrid: 6694, 6696, 6700, 6711, 6714, 6720, 6728
2008-2010 Orion VII Next Gen Hybrid: 3800, 3877, 3916, 3946, 3951, 3953, 3957, 4112, 4117, 4229-4230, 4232-4233, 4245-4271, 4273-4275, 4277-4278, 4350, 4358, 4674-4675, 4694
2011 Orion VII 3G Diesel: 7000-7089
2016-2019 New Flyer XD60: 6127
2015-2019 Nova Bus LFS: 8107-8125, 8127-8323, 8399-8400, 8573-8613, 8694-8729

EXPRESS Buses with OMNY Readers Installed

2002 MCI Commuter Coach D4500: 2836, 2866, 2868, 2882, 2885, 2887, 2898

2007 MCI Commuter Coach D4500CL: 4300-4313, 4315-4329

2008 MCI Commuter Coach D4500CT: 2210-2228

2013 MCI Commuter Coach D4500CT: 2285-2298, 2300, 2303

2011-2016 Prevost X3-45 Commuter Coach: 2406, 2410, 2413, 2418-2419, 2421, 2423, 2425, 2430-2433, 2438-2440, 2442, 2449, 2490-2789

EXPRESS Buses with OMNY Bases Installed

*PENDING REPORTS

LOCAL Buses with OMNY Bases Installed

2006-2007 Orion VII OG Hybrid: 6697, 6719, 6731-6732, 6736, 6752-6753, 6761, 6780, 6788
2008-2010 Orion VII Next Gen Hybrid: 3801-3827, 3899, 3905-3915, 3917-3921, 3941-3944, 3960, 4137, 4399, 4416, 4524
2011-2019 Nova Bus LFS:
2011-2019 Nova Bus LFSA: 5450, 5490, 5492-5495, 5497, 5500, 5501, 5506, 5510-5516, 5520, 5523-5524, 5526-5530, 5567, 5597, 5599, 5571, 5573, 5578-5579, 5582, 5587, 5589, 5602, 5792
2016-2019 New Flyer XD60: 6129, 6146, 6155, 6160, 6163, 6184-6185, 6193, 6207, 6225, 6229, 6231-6232
2011-2019 New Flyer XD40: 7596, 7599, 7603
2017 New Flyer XE40: 0015

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NOTE

*As Buses constantly get Transferred around the system, or Being Equipped with readers/bases throughout time, this list is not always 100% accurate.
*BLUE MEANS CONSECUTIVE UNITS RECENTLY LINKED UP.

On 2/22/2020 at 5:49 PM, Around the Horn said:

Can't believe I'm saying this but imagine what Andy could have done under a Governor like Pataki

Andy Byford would've done a lot more under a different governor. Unfortunately it had to be Fredo f*cking the  in all types of different ways with his cynical politics and disgusting obsession for having his name plastered anywhere possible.

Yeah. Fuhrer Cuomo did an excellent job at running a dedicated man with the intentions of sticking around for 5-10 years, but look at the a**hole that had to ruin this.

6 hours ago, Snorunts said:

I caught #7622 on the B41 today in Downtown Brooklyn. The bus came out perfectly! All the stickers/decals are in their proper place, the front number “7622” is the correct size and font, and it even has the new dark blue “KEEP BUS LANES CLEAR” decal (which most Flatbush units don’t have yet) on the bottom left of the rear. 
Light blue paint is visible around the rear license plate, which I think is pretty cool. Wish I can post my pictures here, can’t seem to figure out how to....

Do you have Flickr? Usually I would copy the link of the image and post it here and it automatically renders it as an image.

W 181 St is closed from Amsterdam Av to Broadway due to a movie shoot and St. Nicholas Av is closed because of a parade from W 190 St to W 180 St.

Verrazano Narrows Bridge is destroyed in a Terrorist Attack, all SI Buses to/from Brooklyn no longer have access to Brooklyn via the bridge.

I'll give it a go and create a scenario...

Washington Bridge is structurally unstable, and the bridge is closed for stabilization and inspection for possibly more than a week, 207 St Bridge is closed Manhattan Bound, and Broadway Bridge is closed Bronx Bound. While at the same time  Cannot run past 215 St due to the Bridge, and thus Shuttle Buses have to go from 215 St to 242 St. Go ahead and have fun!

P.S. 155 St Bridge is closed for Bridge repainting.

1 minute ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

If it's any help, all of the express buses are supposed to have OMNY by the end of this year.   I will let you know if I hear of any other date.

Sure it'd be great assistance. So far the roll out has been expeditiously quick, let's see if they can implement this on Express Buses quickly. Especially since coins are no longer accepted.

5314 GH Repainted.

1 minute ago, B35 via Church said:

He was also fighting an uphill battle he was never going to win.....

Yeah it's true. Especially since he was an Agency President, he always had people above his shoulder, besides Cuomo himself trying to limit his abilities, and it would never be possible for Byford to make all problems go away.

16 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

You talkin about that Vanterpool chick, or that other one, Trottenberg?

Trottenberg. To sum it all up...

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/06/06/anatomy-of-a-resignation-why-polly-trottenberg-quit-the-mta-board/

3 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

You're reaching now. Charles Moerdler left because his term finished.  

I'm not reaching. Under the reorganization there was a clause which stated that Board Members would be replaced once the term of the Elected Official who recommended them to serve on the Board ended. So basically once DeBlasio's term is over, the people that he appointed to the MTA Board will leave as well and it will be up to the next mayor to recommend people to serve in the Board. It was also part of the law passed by the legislature in April in order to approve congestion pricing.

12 minutes ago, Brillant93 said:

Yes they're losing money, and yes it to fare beating, guess what? Its been going on for the longest time and things were only put in place recently to stop it. Its not like it was 5 years to get it done, they literally just started having cops on the bus since last year. So its not even fare to even put all the blame on him when others had the opportunity to help stop fare beating. Remember 2010? I was in high school and student metrocards were on the chopping block so I mean its not like you can blame him for a problem thats been going on. He actually tried to stop it and was public about it. 

Its not even comparable to your department to the MTA. As I said before its run by corrupt politicians and many other people who know the problems. Why do you think Byford was able to have an okay time at other agencies around the world but yet managed to storm out of ours? We have a very, very, very corrupt agency, from the corrupt workers, the union bosses, contractors, lawyers, and you name it. The MTA is a cash cow for them and they'll milk it until it will run dry. 

Blaming Cuomo isn't a joke, its the truth, the butt heads and this was the result. The transit system has been crap for years and it took social media and the news to get him to care, hell, even our crappy mayor didn't give a crap about our buses until now. The MTA is being held by its dingies and Byford fought to make things change. 

The  reorganization plan took the cake. In his initial resignation letter around October or November, it did state one of the reasons was that he'd lose oversight of Fast Forward and many of the construction projects he had planned, let alone he was CONVINCED to stay under the agreement that Byford would retain oversight and control of Fast Forward. Now let's not get started with the lack of city representation on the Board. Notice how rules were changed which caused Moerdler, Weisbrod, and another one which I don't remember by name, to leave the board. Each Board Member has to get confirmed through the legislature which is heavily Establishment Democrats (Cuomo's one too) and those City seats that have to be filled are MIA. Polly Trottenberg left because of Cuomo's corruption by literally stripping the board even further of its rights, and making the Board look and think like Cuomo himself. It shows how inept, corrupt and toxic that the work environment at the  is and honestly this is not something that would get fixed quickly. It's unknown what the future is at this agency...

4 minutes ago, JeremiahC99 said:

 

I was surprised at this too.

Listen, at this moment I still can't cope with myself. His resignation is like if a Family Member had passed away. This guy turned around the system, made a big blueprint for success within 100 days of his leadership, and has stabilized the system and made it a success in the 2 years as NYCT President, and I thank him so much for his service which will be missed.

If only I could say this was not real, but it is... 😭

17 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

Thursday morning shocker. Andy Byford. Gone from . Breaking news. 

What in the Fu-
I need my coffee.