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25 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said:

THIS is EXACTLY what tripped my radar. and the fact that grown MEN don't lie about their employment, regardless of what it may be. only children fib unnecessarily... and i have to keep reminding myself that there are "children" here 🙄 God bless em... but i don't have the patience for them. 

 

agreed. none of em have any clue as to the task of being a b/o letalone the responsibility of being in that seat. no idea of intricacies of those air brakes. smh there's no legitimacy to most of those vids... it's child's play, speaking from a juvenile mind... "oh, this model bus unit is a good bus because the engine 'sounds' good..." ughh, git outta here! I'm not saying a person can't have an opinion, but, and i stress this, do not offer so-called opinions based on alleged, second or third hand opinions, offer them as your own and attempt to repeatedly speak from a supposed place of knowledge. people in the know see thru that s**t. and don't cry that people are haters when you're called out on your bull. in the hood, if you're a poser, claiming a gang, you get G-checked by members. if you claim have served in the armed forces, others will check you. same rules apply with city/state employees. pull that crap with other dumb children, but don't bring that to grown ass men. 

Yeah, you guys really go through a lot as Bus Operators, and I have seen by experience the things you guys have to put up with, and the stress of having to do multiple runs, interlines, sometimes cover the Extra list, but the shenanigans brought by these Immature kids is just unbelievable how they try and sell this to others. Like I think @Cait Sith saw a review that "The Man" boasted all of us to watch here in the Forums, the review was by a user Sonic57053, that is just a clear example of how pitiful and inaccurate Information can be taken as a fact by people who don't have the common sense or knowledge of the Inner-workings of the  Itself. Rather should I suggest they'd be crying right now if someone told them the truth of how credible they are in being completely false on almost everything they post. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised to see them say something extremely ridiculous at this point.

3 minutes ago, DetSMART45 said:

Just want to say, I've got no personal axe to grind with Mr. Man. Haven't watched his "videos" or really paid attention to his wandering babbling.

But when @Cait Sith calls out a post hyped by Mr. Man that contains Shane's OWN work uncredited and no caveats are offered (even something like, "I'll get back to the creator because that's just not cool"), it says a lot by omission.

Yeah, minor shit like that matters to me, reputation-wise.

It's good you called him out, but I will state this in a Generalized sense. It sucks to see how many of these peoples' hard work gets used by some shitter full of flaws and Inaccuracy, especially when its bloated with people who are just wannabe's and have little to no transit experience, rather than foaming whenever they are riding the bus with their mommy. They think  is about the stories, looks, and fun. But this Agency is an Integrity which you have to dedicate your time to, and craft your best. @Cait Sith @SevenEleven @Flatbush SBS Duece @East New York @The Real @EastFlatbushLarry @Lance and others are people that have to be thanked and credited for their work, and honestly people here have to comprehend their lives and how busy they are day in and day out. These people gift us with their knowledge and Information, and unfortunately people here take it as a demand. This foaming, speculation, and distortion of Information is really damaging, especially to the credibility of the source. Like I understand where some people come from when they feel restricted to make their speculations, but the problem is we have people here of all different ages and walks of life, and there are people who may take the speculation unfortunately as a fact, and when that speculation is taken as a fact, it is spread around the Internet like wildfire, you could say the most exclusive thing ever, and in less than 30 seconds, you'll see someone from here go to a YouTube video and blurt all of this out to more eyes. Like I understand, but the Moderators here know as to why they always say, "Wait and see." It is not because they don't like what people speculate here, but it is because of others who may take that unproven speculation as a factual statement and try to make everyone believe it as something truthful, and in the age of social media this is highly unavoidable. I feel everyone has to do their part, and try to minimize this speculation, because it creates a tough environment for everyone here, and when you have more people joining here, adding on to that speculation, it makes the Mods job worse because now a big influx of people convey into the unconfirmed speculations of a person, and it becomes hard to correct and contain. As for the mods here, they do a great Job, they work hard, and sacrifice their time in order to maintain an Informed environment whenever they are able to, and to help this place be what it is truly supposed to be.

1 minute ago, Around the Horn said:

I mean if I legitimately had access to Quill I wouldn't even be asking this thread but what do I know? 😂

If it were the case, this shouldn't have even been a Question in the first place. Just go and find out, and try to speak about something Productive that would invite people to join in on the conversation, but unfortunately it feels like if he's just giving us Homework for us to Investigate in these Depot's somehow to try and find out.

24 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said:

didn't school let out about 2 months ago? UGGH... 

Trust me, you don't want to see the classroom experience with 'em. 🤣

4 hours ago, Deucey said:

It’s just interesting that RTD/LACMTA, SF Muni, and a few other places have been doing signage with destinations included since at least the 80s, and bore that as part of the cost of doing business, while NY needed a grant.

Also, other places’ fares are lower than NY too. Pretty sure there’s a business practices correlation somewhere in there.

Another thing is that this was all an NYCDOT plan. NYCT Simply agreed, and set the standards for what they wanted in terms of Bus Stop signage. For 's case its different since the stops are maintained and owned by the DOT, not the . If you look at Long Island Bus's signage  had a metal sign for LIB, so this is more Jurisdictional and orchestrated by the DOT if you research closely. Unlike some other transit agencies who probably outright own the Bus Stop Infrastructure. In this city when it comes to the Bus Stop, the sign, shelter, etc under the Bus Stop's grounds, it's owned by the city. The only thing MTA can do is request to close the stop or negotiate with DOT a relocation. 

2 hours ago, aemoreira81 said:

One would only need to paint blue and yellow...and turquoise. Everything else is shrink wrap or decals.

Speaking of new buses though---8583 is missing a large panel on the door side.

Already Staten Island?

19 minutes ago, ItzYeBoiAnthony said:

So is ENY getting XD60's or not?

 

#1 Calm Down, you're hitting the curb too fast.

#2 The Depot is not Artic ready yet, It has been stated that next Summer if there are no delays, the B82-SBS will be Articulated.

4 hours ago, DetSMART45 said:

The Feds are really more concerned about signage on interstates and others part of the National Highway System, in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). But--following the MUTCD to the letter is NOT "law": some states follow it completely, some states have their own modifications (like New York).

But even the Feds can't keep up with their own signage. In 2004, FHWA wanted signs in the new font Clearview, something that Michigan and another 9-10 states adopted. However, effective 2016/2017, the Feds said, "Nah, let's go back to the old Highway Gothic".

So, does that mean that because of their about-face, the FHWA sent the states that adopted their dictates for using Clearview because it was supposedly "more easily readable" a nice huge check to cover making new replacement signs in Highway Gothic, and all the costs of removal/mounting? Of course not!

Likewise, the MUTCD has now adopted (as of 2009) using the fluorescent green-yellow background for most school signs. Here we are in 2019, ten years later, and do you see any of the old plain yellow school signs up? Sure you do! It was obviously a priority for the FHWA to adopt the more reflective/identifiable background, but not enough to require uniformity through dictating states do a replacement plan (because that costs money). The way they get around that is to do the weasel-words: "The new signs must be installed when making a replacement of an existing sign."

Really, the Feds have nothing to say about the MTA lollipops, especially since they were "invented" and installed some 20 years ago. Hell, most of this country's Transit Agencies' bus stop signage is in violation of MUTCD/the Feds, from mounting levels to locations along streets to the actual fonts used or size of the sign itself. (A big no-no according to the MUTCD is regarding reflection: If the sign is not in an illuminated location, it has to have a reflective coating, blah blah blah. From those absolutely hilarious pictures of "safe bus stop locations" of Bee-Line that were posted in another thread -- on the shoulder of a busy highway -- are those bus stop signs reflective? Probably not.)

Real problem is that the MTA lollipops aren't somehow a priority for the remaining MTA Bus routes using the old sheet metal signs. But, hey, there's only so much time in 15 years to do something like that, right?

In 2018 Clearview was actually reinstated.

https://www.equipmentworld.com/font-designed-for-easier-readability-on-roadway-signs-is-reinstated-two-years-after-fhwa-prohibited-it/

5 hours ago, CenSin said:

That’s pretty tame. I’m pretty sure they’ve got their fingers elsewhere given the shit work.

More like a fist-full in the shit.

46 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

If the overhead blowers are off then the driver didn't turn them on. Just ask the driver to turn them on. Not sure why you would sit on a bus and not inquire. I certainly do. I am not paying what I do a month to sit on an express bus with no AC.

Agreed. I usually Inquire if the Bus A/C is off or whatever the reason may be. It is highly inexcusable to ride a Bus with Air Conditioning off.

6 hours ago, DetSMART45 said:

Here's quoting TWICE directly from the horse's mouth:

MTA Launches Public Pilot For OMNY Contactless Fare Payment System – First New Payment System In 25 Years

Press Release -- May 31, 2019

MTA Leadership and Congressman Max Rose Announce New State-of-the-Art Bus Fleet, Contactless Fare Payment System on Staten Island

Press Release -- June 17, 2019

Yeah, my bad for not understanding MTA officials on how this is supposed to work. 

The thing is that Cubic Employees do the Installation, not the  directly. Most of the times these buses go into service to move other buses outside of SI to reitre the buses in the Mainland. OMNY is in a testing phase right now, there is no such priority to shove down every depot's throats. New Buses could even be put into service overnight, we're talking about an un-controlled environment, readers are delivered in bulk, and the work is done by Cubic Employees during their availability. There is a lot of Ethernet, and fiber optics that are installed on a bus before simply receiving a reader, this is a pilot phase so there is no such priority at the moment, and as @SevenEleventhe bus is flagged, and Buses without OMNY the ride is free. People would rather have a bus than nothing, just because it does not have a reader. Transit is not a controlled environment when it comes to pilots and tests, so just take down the notch, these buses will get their OMNY readers installed when they are scheduled to. In the future it will have top priority once it becomes the Main Mode of Fare Payment.

3 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said:

I'm on the MTA Wifi right now on the QM6 and it is working beautifully...I see three other folks on their laptops as well connected to it rather than a personal hotspot. 

That's good to see. I guess  just needs to toughen up on the WIFI and make sure it is ALWAYS WORKING and work out with Verizon to Iron out the kinks and make it faster.

4 hours ago, Mtatransit said:

 

Own the fleet, and tender out the operation to see which one is the most cost effective. Renew every five years or so. That’s what Nassau  did. It is also used in Las Vegas, Reno and some part of NJ Transit

Not really, cuz instead of these comapnies having their routes and runtimes laid out, they can do whatever the hell they want.

5 hours ago, Q23 via 108 said:

Would it be a smart idea to Basically paint the current Cuomo buses (2016~2019) to Black and the Blue Stripe. I feel that white makes buses look older and dirtier (white is super easy to dirty). The new scheme buses could be painted Black and Blue so that #1 its still recognized as a newer bus. #2 Black paint can hide alot of the NY dirtyness. #3 its a simple paint scheme that only needs two colors. The only purpose that I see for the Cuomo scheme is to make the bus stand out as a new bus. But I think the MTA can make it work with a simpler paint scheme. At the end of the day, I love how the Cuomo Buses look, but I don't want to the MTA to blow millions on something as simple a uniform paintjob. And it dosen't have to be Black and Blue, but something that will make it stand out as a new bus.

That would only happen if  gave zero f**ks, and wanted to find a way to easily Incinerate their fleet with minimal effort.

6 minutes ago, paulrivera said:

Just yesterday the service wasn’t popular because everyone had their own phones with their own data.

For better or for worse, the  is proving the governor right. They tried to pull a fast one by sneak cutting one of his babies and they got caught. Then they complain when Cuomo chastises the MTA on TV.

The battles the governor chooses to fight the MTA about might not be the best ones to be fighting about, but that’s a whole other discussion.

I tell you, this is just hilarious.  thought no one was watching, til Cuomo got the earful about it.

1 hour ago, Mtatransit said:

There will be no replacement buses

Its states the termination of the commitment to buy two buses as well as the contract. In short whatever the outcome, Metro North will no longer subsidize the service, so if no one picks it up it will be discontinued

Is there any implications for NYCT Bus to take over the service instead?  is such an expansive agency that if they allocate money properly, and coordinate within their subdivisions accordingly, the MTA can do this themselves as opposed to contracting some other company.

9 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

I already have. I got confirmation supposedly that this is just something they are considering, and that the plan is to continue the service. They don't expect to make any changes until a year or so from now. I was accused of "inciting fear" in the community, but I held firm, so that the issue was looked into ASAP. My interview with the Riverdale Press will probably be out in the next few days.

That is absurd for you to be accused of "Inciting fear" because you are just doing what a concerned citizen has every right to do, and that is have their voices heard. I will look into the Interview though, and hopefully with the pressure from elected officials, things can be done.

2 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

I will post a link once my comments from the Riverdale Press are up. We've been having a heated discussion about this proposal on social media where I've been respectfully exchanging talking points with a rep. from my Assemblyman's office. Thanks again to @Union Tpke for posting this. These shuttle buses are extremely important to our community. Both the Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil stations have very limited parking and could not handle any capacity should the service be cut, not to mention the very narrow and hilly roads to get to the stations.  There are also some seniors that use these buses to get to shopping in Riverdale even though that isn't their purpose, but they use them because there is no other bus service nearby without having to walk up very hilly terrain.

You should see their other cuts. So they are getting rid of Bus WIFI, cutting back on bus repaints by 75%, reducing Cleaning positions,  reduction in flagging, reduction in the IT Department, and most likely more other cuts coming from left field. Hudson link isn't the only thing right now about to be sabotaged. I recommend you get your elected officials feet above the fire and get them to take action ASAP on all of this, because it is highly unacceptable how this plan is disgracing everyone. Cuomo is such a political hack and a disgrace, if only we had term limits... Smh

5 hours ago, rbrome said:

What about AirTrain?

Its already been stated, anything using Metrocard today, will transition to OMNY in the period of 2020-2022.

Its great to see an Xcelsior without a Front Ad, those tiny square things looked painfully horrendous.

351 has the screens. @Snorunts

Does anyone have an update on 5477, ever since it had that accident in November, the bus has been out of service and 8 months later the bus still is not back.

8 minutes ago, dman1455 said:

So this is all managerial positions? Or civil service too?

According to what has been stated in this article, seems like MTA HQ is the place being swept.

MTA reorganization report calls for agency to eliminate up to 2,700 jobs

MTA officials said they first would look to achieve the job reductions by not filling vacant positions, and through attrition. Photo Credit: Corey Sipkin

By Alfonso A. Castilloalfonso.castillo@newsday.com  @alfonsoreportsUpdated July 17, 2019 4:34 PM

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The MTA’s plan to reorganize its agencies, including the Long Island Rail Road, could require the elimination of up to 2,700 jobs — including through layoffs, if necessary, according to a report released Wednesday.

The full “MTA Transformation Plan,” which was commissioned by the agency and developed by management consulting firm AlixPartners, promises an “elimination of redundancies, reduction of layers, and streamlining of processes” that would result in annual savings of between $370 million and $530 million, according to the report.

AlexPartners is a Manhattan-based management consultant firm the MTA hired in April and paid $3.75 million to come up with two reports. 

Getting to the savings “could result in a potential reduction of roughly 1,900-2,700” of the MTA’s 74,000 employees, according to the report. MTA officials said they first would look to achieve the job reductions by not filling vacant positions, and through attrition.

A significant round of layoffs would be the first since 2010, when in the face of a nearly $1 billion budget deficit, the agency laid off about 1,000 workers, including about 150 at the LIRR.

The MTA Board will vote on the reorganization plan next Wednesday.

https://nypost.com/2019/07/15/mta-transformation-plan-is-just-another-cuomo-con/

This seems like a good read... Has Cuomo written all over it, just as he wants.