josephnyy42

Yeah I know but not our depot

Unfortunately due to my age and time of hire, the oldest buses I've driven were the old gens and I only got to drive them a few times, the last one being 3771 out of Zerega. But I honestly liked driving them. That's why I'm happy to drive the 1200 series LFSAs as much as I can

6109 TKG at Gun Hill, probably just for some maintenance. They're currently working on the bus at the moment

8154 from Charleston is currently at my depot, Gun Hill

Saw both of them on the Bx38 as I was pulling out the depot

Looks like 6061 is here at my depot for maintenance. They are working on it as I type this.

The current time is on our fareboxes. But in the event that it doesn't work, we have our watches, which is required as part of our dress code.

Yeah XHE from what I've heard, but I wanna get artics

Damn, as a former Quill operator, I really really reeeally miss those XE60s. Wish they sent a couple to Gun Hill 4955 was the first articulated bus I've ever driven.

It also works as a backup camera when shifting to reverse. The camera points straight down to let us know if there's something or someone directly behind the bus that we wouldn't be able to see with the mirrors

I was able to get up to 65 mph on Gun Hill's LFSA #1272 on I-95 a few months ago. They have since "fixed" it tho and it no longer goes over 40. I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it. But yeah, all local buses can only do 40, except when pushing the gas going downhill.. it can barely reach 45. I noticed on newer fleets, it can go slightly over 40 (maybe 42-43) while the older fleet will struggle to reach 39-40.

It's a shame, I've only recently started to love NovaBus from a driver's perspective. Never cared for them as a passenger. Even thought about owning my own LFSA smartbus in the future

100% no to this. People already hate and get impatient when I'm driving an artic in front of them in Fordham, a bi-artic would make traffic even worse there. I've driven the SBS12 at 207th Street in Manhattan and it gets extremely challenging. I love it but it's very risky. A bi-artic in Fordham and 207 would cause chaos, lol

There are YouTube videos of this technology in action. It's great during rain/nighttime driving. Personally, I see more good in this than bad. Able to squeeze into tighter spots, better visibility, and saves money by eliminating the cost of replacing broken mirrors. If it stops working, bus simply goes out of service. The previous comment is also something to worry about. I've only driven for transit for a year and a half so the change won't be too drastic for me but for longtime operators, it'll be harder to adjust.

The Fordham Rd & Decatur bus stop is one of my least favorite stops to pull into. There's almost always someone parked there so I gotta merge over to the non-bus lanes cutting off everyone else behind me while I service the stop lol.

I live very close to GH, I no longer have to drive to work. Commuting to MJQ is more stressful, I reported late 3 times in 2022. But I do still love Quill and recommend it to everyone.

I work out of GH doing the Bx22. Most of our artics are really beat up, especially the white 1200s/57/58/5900s. I worked in Quill last year. I don't know if it's just me and my weird luck, but I've had way more breakdowns with Quill buses than GH buses. Believe it or not, since I transferred to GH this past January, I haven't had a single breakdown. As far as work environment goes, I love it here. But I also loved it in Quill. Dispatchers and other fellow b/o's in both depots get along with me fine. I'm just waiting now for a new order to be announced to replace our 2010 LFSAs.

Yeah I find the OMNY readers terrible. There's gotta be a better updated version

I can't be the only person that feels that paying with Metrocards is actually faster than people paying with OMNY

Yep, I was a MJQ operator at that time. I remember the slow takeover of LFS HEVs and how some people online assumed it was a temporary swap.

I remember the 4700 artics but I was still in school back then lol

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I'm a Gun Hill operator. It's nice to get some New Flyers back here again

Yep I still see several of them everyday. I remember when I first boarded one on 2010 after school. Now I'm actually driving them lol

I drive out of Gun Hill. I was wondering when all the 1200s retire, will Quill give them their 5400s and 5500s LFSAs? If so, what will replace Quill's LFSAs? More XE60s?