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The next 60 allotment of articulates will be split between Fairview and Meadowlands garage. They will be transferring their existing MCIs to Oradell. I do not have the exact ratio. Have a good weekend everyone

I would help, Dave, but it’s becoming difficult keeping up with the constant shuffling and reshuffling. At this stage, the rosters are not settled just yet.

MC’s are not standing room only friendly. This is why I don’t allow standing room it increases dwell times as well as customer tension on the bus. The only exception I allow standing room only if I know I’m the last bus for the night.

If you want change, write to the NJ transportation committee board. Than they will convey to bus operations. Than bus operations will seek NJT board for any changes requested. This is from a citizen perspective. But if an actual NjT employee submits the letter, it is likely to be frowned upon. It is preferred for the long bureaucratic approach by the citizens to request changes

Also all Hudson county lines don’t need MCI cruisers, they need low floor buses. These poor elders risk breaking there bones exiting off the MCI and the kneelers are not designed to be used frequently

The forth wall at NJ transit between front line labor force and back office who have full authority to make the changes is made of military grade armor. Only people who have the keys to open the forth wall are the politicians. Just accepted it for what it is

What surprised me is the recent bus order for articulated buses. Meant to consolidate some of the existing 40 feet nabi. Does NJT even have room to accommodate? Something is missing here, remember this bus order was created in joint effort between Transit and the private carrier committee. I suspect a good chunk of this will be dispersed to the private carriers whoever they may be at that time.

2023 had been an interesting year for the DT4500CT bus reshuffling since the downsize of Coach USA and Academy service settlement with NJ. We are done with any future cruiser type order and fulfillment. I was hoping to see a D4500 CRT in the fleet this year, However that order has been put on hold indefinitely. Next up are the Nabi replacement with the XD40 diesels. Last board meeting, there was not any discussion from public at all regarding the approval of diesel only order. This shows you how the public does not invest enough time to provide feedback on bus operations nor they ask who are the new buses for?

One for the history books. As of November 16th all the above units have been decommissioned and no longer on Oradell Property. You can find them at the North Bergen lot Doing a last check, it appears all of the D4000 system wide are no longer in use. My gosh 20 plus years of public use they survived well

17078 @Oradell awaiting plates/reg

Since Oradell split to Westwood, it leaves Oradell room to expand service including adding more buses to the fleet. The physical limit of 45 footers at Oradell stands at 182 but management wants to stop at 160 for comfort. Originally, we had 209 40 footers. They will go to garages that have the oldest buses in the fleet not miles driven. Take your bets :-)

NJT prefers to use the age of bus metric over miles driven. They are focused on replacing oldest bus on the fleet.

They are being built at two different manufacturing plants 11th character in VIN W: Winnipeg P: Pembina

22070 assigned to Oradell

Listening to the Jan 31 2022 operational meeting, head of Bus operation said "will have 1" out 8 by June while rest will arrive 4th quarter 2022. The current demo is a temporary lease to test out the charging stations and not used for revenue service. I know MCI sales team is pushing for their next gen products in hopes NJT indeed select D45 CRT E cruisers for the next phase. Remember we still have a 172 cruiser RFP that has not been finalized. At this rate I don't see this being finalize until next year as more garages have charging stations.