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They'll make it to age 60 if they're maintained well enough. They're older than the R42s and in even better shape than them still. The R32s were on the road for nearly 30 years before they were refurbished, compared to 10 years for one of their NTT-counterparts, the R160.

It won't be a big deal if Lexington Avenue is governed by CBTC and a set of SMEE's from 7th Avenue is rerouted there—the Line utilizes CBTC but R32 and R42 sets have used the many times to head to the car wash at Canarsie Yard.

This has to do with a lack of adequate supervision, inefficient management protocol, and uneccesarily restrictive Track Worker safety procedures.

In an effort to provide more bus and subway connections for the purpose of improving public transportation between The Bronx and Queens in general, I feel the Q44–SBS route should be moderately restructured. As it stands, the Q44–SBS route utilizes the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road for approximately 50% of its mileage in The Bronx. Other than providing bus connections to the Bx4/Bx4A, Bx5, and Bx22, it serves predominantly residential neighborhoods located along and around the Cross Bronx Expressway, which I feel is in effort to maintain the "straight-shot" approach to the Bronx Zoo. What I propose may be controversial, but I feel aligning the Q44–SBS route with the Bx36–LTD route starting at the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road and 174th Street, ending at Tremont Avenue and the Grand Concourse, will increase the number of bus and subway connections, in addition to enhancing the Q44–SBS coverage area in The Bronx. Under the provisions of this proposal, the Q44–SBS would provide passengers with access to the following bus routes (not previously possible) – Bx1/Bx1–LTD, Bx2 (at Tremont Avenue and Grand Concourse), Bx15/Bx15–LTD (at East 180th Street and 3rd Avenue), Bx17 (at East 180th Street and Crotona Avenue), Bx19 (at East 180th Street and Southern Boulevard), and the Bx41, Bx41–SBS (at Webster Avenue and East 180th Street or at Tremont Avenue and Webster Avenue). Also, passengers would have access to the * and subway lines at the Tremont Avenue Station. *Connection to the subway line available during rush hours only. If implemented efficiently, I'd be interested in knowing how this works out.

I use the acronym "MTA" and the word "problem" as synonyms.

A set of R62A's running on the ? I'll wake up eventually...

I was on a set of R42s the night of July 20th traveling to Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue. The moment we reached Central Avenue our C/R was reluctant to open up, and was insisting the T/O pull up further when we were flush with the 8-car marker. I don't know if there were any SMEE trains in rotation going to Middle Village this weekend other than that R42 set I caught.

Physical attraction level (x) =/= authority level (y) =/= IQ (z), rather, x < y < z. So, in other words, since the majority of society vehemently despises mathematical reasoning, x outperforms all other attributes. The ego (y), not so much.

If you're commuting between Midtown and Canarsie during the shutdown, all you'd have to do is take the to Broadway Junction and transfer there to the . So, I wouldn't say you'd be amongst the most "screwed." Not to say that the closure of the 14th Street Tunnels won't come without frustration, but passengers will gradually adapt to their circumstances.

Some people think that they can get into the MTA without meeting the minimum experience requirements for various job titles. If you didn't have at least 18 months of customer service experience, where you were employed for 12 consecutive months with one employer, by the last day of the application/filing period, you are ineligible for appointment to become a Station Agent. You cannot appeal for a position you weren't qualified for to begin with. Even if you did manage to get in by some miracle's chance, they'd terminate you the second they find out you're not qualified when they conduct an analysis of your employment history. Sometimes they will run your background history after you're on the job, and if you think you'll get away with it, please think again. They will review your social security records, contact the IRS to request your tax returns, everything.

MaBSTOA and MTA Bus Company do not require applicants to take and pass a competitive civil service exam to be considered for appointment. For this examination, MaBSTOA Bus Operator Exam No. 9100, it is no different. Candidates are screened for suitability relative to the position by taking a psychological assessment known as the Bus Operator Selection Survey (BOSS), which is then analyzed and compared to established standards on a strictly pass or fail basis per individual.

With the next subway car order (R211) being of B Division-type, the , , and will have to wait for anything significant.

After the 14th Street Tunnels are rehabilitated, the R42 sets that remain will most likely be retired. However, do note that this is a tentative prediction, and may be either correct or incorrect. I will be looking out for information posted by @Dj Hammers and @RR503 in confirming or disproving this. As for the R32s, I have a feeling they'll be sticking around longer, but even that may not ultimately be the case.

This might've been answered here before I joined NYC Transit Forums, but I thought I'd ask anyway nonetheless. Sometime back in January 2015, the Q27 started serving the section of Springfield Boulevard north of 56th Avenue, instead of continuing on its normal routing along Luke Place, followed by 216th Street. The official MTA NYCT Queens Bus Map (May 2018) still retains the old Q27 routing in the aforementioned area. I heard of a construction project taking place in the neighborhood, but I'm not sure about anything other than that. It's now been over 3 1/2 years since then. What caused this detour to become a permanent change in the Q27 route?

Wouldn't it have been easier just to say the 145th Street Station?

Referencing the credible user @RR503, the R42s will be displaced to Coney Island Yard to service the . As the R179s are steadily making their way to East New York Yard for service, R32 sets are being transferred to 207th Street Yard for service. This coming fall, the R32 sets occupying a portion of the 's fleet will be sent down south to CIY to service the and . The source of this piece of information is reputable member @Dj Hammers. These plans have been finalized and are pending implementation, as he has stated.

Sounds like a noble idea, I like the proposal. However, is there any realistic chance that The Bronx segment would be constructed in our lifetimes? If I had to take an educated guess based on the length of time it took to complete SAS Phase I, which took 10 years, what are we looking at? 50 years? I'll be in retirement by then.

Would this be a originating from Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue? What I'm thinking is: –Broadway Express via Brighton Local, Broadway Express, 2nd Avenue Local, 125th Street Local, Webster Avenue Local. Is this the routing configuration you have in mind? I was a bit thrown off when you wanted to send the trains up 2nd Avenue, then have them curve northwest onto 125th Street to Broadway. The reason why is because I'm thinking how you're going to get those trains onto Webster Avenue from there. If you have them run on 2nd Avenue to 125th Street, you could send them over the river into The Bronx and up Webster Avenue to Gun Hill Road.

I was thinking of an alternative to the Q44-SBS, as that route serves the eastern Queens population seeking The Bronx. For passengers from western Queens seeking locations in The Bronx, it requires traveling into Manhattan first. If there were a bus route that existed between, say, Jackson Heights, Queens and The Hub, Bronx, over Randall's Island, I'm curious to see how it would do.

That's a very compelling observation of the NTT's. If a set of R32s were compared to a basic run-of-the-mill bike, a set of R179s would be a cyclist's dream in relative regard, consisting of a traction system operating off various gears to compensate for weight contributed by passengers, rail grade, and even weather conditions that cause tracks to be slippery. I would think it's easier to program the electronics of a system to execute some function than having to overcome these factors with just a mechanical beast with no "brains."

Jamaica to the South Bronx. Enough said.

For all the railfans, get your RFW footage when you can, because the ol' brown will be in town the weekend of July 20th–23rd, operating between Broad Street and Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue. (This is assuming at least one set of R32s or one set of R42s is kept in rotation on the western portion of this G.O.)

Starting Friday, July 20th at 9:30 PM, trains will operate in two sections: 1.) Between Broad Street and Myrtle Avenue, then via the to Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue. 2.) Between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center–Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue. There will be no trains in revenue service between Myrtle Avenue and Crescent Street in both directions from Friday, July 20th at 9:30 PM to Monday, July 23rd at 5:00 AM.

Has there ever been a bus proposal that would utilize the existing Q52-SBS in extending it to serve The Bronx? This would be a western Queens alternative to the Q44-SBS, which serves eastern Queens.

Correct, torque has an influence on a train's acceleration, as it is a consequence of RPM, but top speed can be manipulated by various factors, such as propulsion output, aerodynamics of the car body design, and weight. An additional factor to these is known as field shunting, which caps the top speed of an arbitrary piece of equipment by use of resistors, increasing the duration that current takes to complete circuits within the traction system—it's physics at work.