Ultimategamer12c

7935 and 7937 from FB to ENY Depot. (Most likely a loan)

Looks like 7200,7204,7219 and 7234 is now under FP now from GA as they have stayed a bit longer then what they were supposed to.

7182,7216 & 7229 from GA to FP Depot.

On 1/16/2024 at 11:31 PM, Ultimategamer12c said:

Both buses are now back at GA Depot after a whole month of being at the Vendor. Also 4964 from Quill is still at GA Depot if anyone is wondering.

4964 is now back at Quill after staying at GA for a couple of days.

On 1/15/2024 at 11:00 AM, Ultimategamer12c said:

4965-4966 arent at GA anymore they are at the JFK Vendor.

Both buses are now back at GA Depot after a whole month of being at the Vendor. Also 4964 from Quill is still at GA Depot if anyone is wondering.

4965-4966 arent at GA anymore they are at the JFK Vendor.

4 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

So are they actually assigned there or were they only sent to CMF?

Yeah they are actually at the Depot,but from what I'm hearing they will be used for service on the B38 not sure when though, 4964 had did a joy ride around the Depot actually and then was parked outside of it earlier.

The only transfer units is 4951,4959 and 4964. The rest of them are currently at Quill Depot.

4964 from Quill to GA Depot.

4026 from EC to JFK Depot.

1 hour ago, Ultimategamer12c said:

4025 from EC to BP Depot.

4025 is now at JFK Depot from BP.

4025 from EC to BP Depot.

18 hours ago, Iron Valiant said:

7199 is back at Grand Avenue.

7204 and 7234 still remain at Fresh Pond.

7222 isn't running at the moment.

7222 is back at GA Depot.

6 hours ago, Iron Valiant said:

You didn’t say 7298, 7716 or 7754 returned, sir…

I only knew about those main 3 buses that ive said... not the other ones that you just mentioned. 

2 hours ago, MTAFoamer said:

All buses are back at FP from ENY

I literally  just said that... come on man.

7291 and 7852 has returned to FP Depot after being loaned to them for the week. 4068 is back at FP as well from ENY Depot.

4 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Or at the very least, an extensive enough an explanation (not those lazy ass explanations they typically give either)....

Yup.

Second draft - Local routes

Second draft - Express routes

Ridership, period to/from there is very low nowadays.... Once upon a time, ridership across the then 4 routes (as in, B13, B14, B15, and B20) was rather moderate.... Around the time they took the B15 out of there, overall usage across all the routes had already gotten low then.....

At this point, I would only have the B13 running in & out of there, with absolutely nothing terminating in there anymore....

It's going to get even more worse as the ridership also used those routes to get to that Movie Theater, which will be getting demolished soon and replaced with an Key Food so there's that. 

7199,7204,7222 and 7234 from GA to FP Depot. Looks like they are loans for today. 

Just now, Iron Valiant said:

It was mentioned on the previous page...

I wouldn't know since I'm not active on here...

Disregard.

1 hour ago, Jdog14 said:

 

Trust me when you're out waiting 30 min for a bus that should be every 7, the type of bus showing up means diddly squat 

Yes agreed, I only had concerns as I take those routes on a daily, the timing wasn't too much of the issue with me. It was the spacing and the crowd that got to me. But I definitely can agree with you on that.

4 minutes ago, Jdog14 said:

 

I'm going to go completely against this and say none of them really need artics but rather, the rather the service needs to run as scheduled. Pre 2018 you could say the B35 also needed artics, now they got artics and the route is still bad cause of missing runs. 

So missing runs is the problem I'm assuming?

1 hour ago, NBTA said:

I don’t see any of those routes besides the 82 to convert to artic outta ENY. Once the standards are off the 82, then you can throw more on the 12 and 15.

I wouldn't say convert, I'm saying if they were to get them, I'd like to see those routes use them, they can still run the 40ft buses as they are supposed to, aside from the B82.

26 minutes ago, The TransitMan said:

I agree with the Q54. I think that B25 would also benefit too. Would you agree?

The B25 would to an certain extent Id say around the pm hours is when the route picks up with heavy so maybe 1-3 artics would do it. But it does fine for the most part. But the routes I'd say should really use artics from ENY is the B12,B15,B42,B82/SBS and B83. Those are my personal thoughts on what routes should use artics they all pick up heavily especially that B12 and can definitely benefit if they had some on the route as they all pick up during the AM and PM hours, I'd also throw in the Q24 and Q56 as those routes can pick up as well.

2 minutes ago, Nova Fly Guy said:

The B15 is dead for Artics if it does not go to JFK as for Gleason there’re not assign a Diesel bus to JG it does not have a fuel line set up for full time Diesel anymore. The B57 could go back to FP and now the B48 is a candidate.

I could see that happening again, but we'll have to wait and see. It's fun to see which Depot gets what and what they have to give up in order to get what they need.

17 minutes ago, Nova Fly Guy said:

The B15 will not get 60Ft it does not go to JFK, JG will not be getting diesel buses WF can handle Diesel. Anytime JG gets a loan it’s fueled at the respective Garage before going to JG. As far as the Q58 it’s not set I stone that it’s staying at FP if they push for 60FT for both routes. 

I'm aware of the B15 not going to JFK though it wouldn't mean anything.  I was just saying that it was supposedly going to happen, that is what I heard. Also JG can handle diesel buses as they have in the past except they are more equipped to handle cng buses and even so they'll most likely work on the depot for that to happen its similarto the UP situation yes they arent a CNG Depot but they are still able to handle them (aside of them going back and forth to get fuel at it's respective Depot) act. And for the Q58 even if it leaves the pond again, a Depot would have to give a route up in order for it to work which is why I said GA is the odd ball in this equation. 

28 minutes ago, Nova Fly Guy said:

I don’t expect the B82 to get 60FT with the Redesign I expect the B5/B6 to become 60FT. The rest will be for the B55, Q51, Q58/98(only the Q98 if the 58 stays at FP), not sure if they will move XN60 from WF for the B55 which will likely go to JG.

The B82 was definitely in the conversations of becoming artic, at least sbs wise, also the B15 from what I heard,  it was stated that ENY would either get Xcelsiors for artic and or Novas, but as we can see Nova didn't make it in the long run. Also from my understanding the Q58 is definitely staying at FP though GA is the odd ball of this as we've seen previously how they handled it... imo I like it to stay with FP as they do pretty good with it, and I do see problems luring with the route but for the most part I enjoy it at the Pond. Now the Q98 people already made future Depot assignments with the redesign and it was apparent that the Q98 would be at GA. Which does make sense since FP dosent have artics and GA does so there's that but who knows? Anything can happen. Also I can't see WF giving up XN60s unless they make it where JG gets diesel ones and what comes into play? XD60s and Novas, now I'm not saying they'll get that but from what I can see is that JG can definitely handle none CNG buses as they have over the last month or so when they were short.