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I guess 0016 is back. It's tracking on the B32 down in Williamsburg currently.

Jesus F. Christ it's so annoying when they do this. I'm not 100% sure but I think operators tend to do this because they don't want to have the light turn red on them as they're crossing, leading to a potential write-up...

0017 and 0018 are delivered to grand avenue.

Also 5563 OH --> Scrap

2419 MA --> CA, 5259 KB --> WF, 5941 MQ --> WF All per TTMG.

2883 scrap

I'd throw in a few of the Gun Hill buses too. 19 may still not be enough? With the potential to get to 30 with the GH units, there's probably hope.

7659, 7675, 7681-7682 scrapped per TTMG

Codebreak. It's currently doing the x28.

Yeah they haven't.

Did they fix that ding on the front or is that too much to ask of the MTA lol

Chances are it'll go out in the afternoon rush. Yesterday it took a bit of down time for a driver change in the midday so maybe that's what's going on now. That said, I don't know for sure...

It was at WF, but it's no longer there. I just double checked the 1/8/2018 edition and copy-pasted, it only lists these units: 5564, 5567, 5573, 5583, 5586, 5600, 5604, 5614, 5617, 5626, 5647, 5664, 5670, 5676-5677, 5682-5683, 5690-5691, 5693, 5696, 5707, 5712, 5722, 5726, 5736, 5738-5739 I did a command-find search for 5769 on the page also, but 5769 wasn't found anywhere on the page.

5769 scrapped per TTMG

Are these loans temporary one-day affairs or more long term? Or is it unknown how long they'll last?

It was stated further down in that comment thread that it was 9215's tracker when the bus was first retired. 9215's still at LGA

Quite a few arctics are out and about today. Is there any reason why they're using quite a few more arctics more than usual today? A lot of routes are either mixing them (M101) but some are almost completely arctic (Bx1). A few are 100% 40 footers though (B44 SBS).

So the transit museum is basically done with its bus fleet? Not even a chance that 5249 will be added in a few years time? Or is it too far off to guess/be able to tell.

Is Orion V 9923 retired? I heard some talk about it still being active, but it logically makes sense that it's retired considering that SCT has focused on retiring Gilligs and high mileage VII NGs... Is there any proof, like an auction link, that shows the bus being scrapped?

M79 SBS is mixing 40s and 60s now

Queens seems to be mostly the same, except there are fewer 1996 RTS out and no C40LF loaners, at least last I checked. Small difference in Brooklyn is that the M Shuttle is using arctics this time around (IIRC they used 40 fters last snow?) Manhattan's M14A,14D23,34,34A,60 are all still using arctics. M86 SBS is using 40 footers this time instead of the arctics it had last snow. M15/SBS,79,86,101,102,13 all have 40 footers and each route except for both 15s has or had RTS at some point today. Also earlier 5165 did the Bx2. I assume that one's back at Jamaica now.

5131 is also in the Bx. Doing the Bx39 currently

To be fair, quill is supposed to get brand new XDE40s in 2018, and it has recieved a handful of XD60s fresh from New Flyer. And when the m14 SBS ultimately occurs, it'll either get new LFS-A or (1-2 year old) XD60s.

Some of the JFK 4100s still had the original paint as of a month ago. I don't know of they've since been repainted. I think 4155 is one of them but I'm not 100% sure anymore...

Quill is only supposed to get 17 LFS (8073-8089) so they're not losing all the 5200s very likely.