Orion6025

The B7 has only three buses right now... Is that normal?? For a route that long with only three buses... That must lead to awful service levels.

Yeah I just double checked to make sure right now. For whatever reason Quill has gotten a few higher numbered XD60s. 6183 as mentioned by aemoreira81 and 6184 too. — FWIW this is what’s currently at Quill: 6127, 6132, 6135, 6140, 6144, 6146, 6148-6153, 6155-6156, 6158-6160, 6183-6185

This has been discussed already, please read above

It returned but hasn’t re-entered service

They’re probably just running the remaining units with minimal maintenance till they have a major breakdown. Not much point in fixing little things in a bus retiring in a few days/a week anyway. — anyway 6390 is also out right now on the M4 if anyone’s interested

Perhaps its the clientele? I always thought their routes generally served the less rough parts of SI but I’ve never explored Charleston territory so what do I know. sounds a lot like west farms though lmao

I would just wait and see

Right track

6393 6400 removed from service

8649 QV 8637 GH 7605 7601 6156 6185 6159 MQ

Well, yes and no with a "but". I'm still seeing it registered at QV but it is for sure doing a regular M100 run so either it's a loaner or it just hasn't been transferred yet. -- It looks like even though it's registered to QV, it went directly from the vendor to KB, completely bypassing QV so it could very well become a KB bus.

while we’re on the topic of MJQ LFS, 8077 is still at quill, it’s not at QV. ————— 6160 new to quill

8643, 8654, 8661, 8663 QV

6440, 6446 removed from service

Correct it is a loaner. Was at OF this morning, MQ this evening. It's on the 79+ rn ------ Nova (Or rather the vendor?) is on fire today; 8640, 8653 also to QV. 8672 to KB

8645, 8647-8648, 8650-8651 QV 4661 JA-QV

6366, 6368, 6370-6371, 6401, 6453, 6470, 6472 removed from service. Remaining Orions are as follows: 2003: 6383, 6390 2004: 6393, 6400, 6412, 6418, 6423, 6427-6429, 6431-6434, 6436, 6439-6442, 6445-6450, 6454-6456, 6458, 6460, 6463-6467, 6469, 6471, 6473-6475, 6478-6481, 6483-6485, 6487

never mind

Jesus are any of those BxM or QM buses the 2800-2900 series MCI (+2204/2209)? Even so, shameful how disgusting some of those are, especially the SIM31 and X28 images... Those buses are oldish but not too old and to see them in such trashy condition for $6.75 a ride is deplorable...

Wow they created an actual timetable for it!! Did they make one for the B91 and 92 too?

Speaking of Bronx-Queens services, what became of that Co-Op to Jamaica idea that was referenced in one of the early Bx redesign pamphlets? That seemed promising as well. Perhaps all these Bronx-Queens local services are being tabled for consideration under the Queens bus redesign program?

Suppose that’s possible. A shame they screwed over generations but it is what it is I guess.

I was reading a 1953-1954 transit authority report and came across this (direct quote): Bus Terminal At Main Street, Flushing Plans for a Flushing bus terminal with an underground connection to the Main Street Terminal Station of the Flushing Line, IRT Division are under study and consideration by the Authority and the Board of Estimate. A firm of real estate developers, has proposed to construct and turn over to the City a $4,000,000 bus terminal consisting of a basement and two-story bus terminal building at Roosevelt Avenue and Union Street, Flushing. A $1,500,000 subsurface passageway 1,000 feet in length with a moving sidewalk, or “speedwalk” would extend under Roosevelt Avenue from the proposed bus terminal to the Main Street subway station. it goes on but the info isn’t really relevant to the design. obviously it wasn’t built, but what killed this plan?

7846 Ulmer 8630, 8636 Gun Hill

So will the B91 and 92 be running tonight for a few hours before the switchover to the B91A?