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35 minutes ago, 1train2255railfan said:

All Novabus LFS Hybrids in the city are currently out of service. 

I'm going to assume powertrain issues I guess.

8 hours ago, Gotham Bus Co. said:

Interesting run number. There is no run #570 on any Quill route, but the M9 has a run #57.

 

It's very rare to see that run number on a Quill unit, as they never use that number.

1 hour ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

New software update but the announcements were unchanged?

The announcements remained unchanged as it uses the same vocals as the Clever ones.

I was heading home on the M103, when I noticed something completely different on the ViaNova displays on #5919. It had an brand new software update with the coming stops being in either green, or in red when someone requested an stop, or the bus approaches the stop. However, the display itself are still the same. I'm not sure if the other LFS-As out of TU or other depots that were refitted with the ViaNova displays would have this new software update, as on 5914 it didn't have this update.

Yesterday they was an incident where an motorcycle hits an bus in the Bronx. The bus that was involved in the incident was an XN40 from West Farms. Eight people were injured, with the latter being at Jacobi Hospital. I hope everybody was alright. 

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/8-hurt-when-mta-bus-catches-fire-after-being-hit-by-motorcycle-in-the-bronx/3045175/

1 hour ago, R32 3838 said:

for those who want to know why those 2200's are going, look at what they are powered by. same goes for the mta bus MCI's. plus they are 13 years old.

You got to remember that the  is trying to retire buses within the 12 year mark. However, there are still equipment that run well, especially with the now gone flipdot D4500s. The CLs and the '08 CTs are powered by the Caterpillar C13 engine. I get where people are coming from. There are issues with the buses, but there are retiring them in the worst condition. With that in mind, the only time I rode on an D4500CT from Castleton, was in March, and I rode on 2218. The deliveries for the 2020-22 Prevosts has an order of 330 units. They can replace 330 CLs/flipdot D4500s/some '08 CTs if necessary. By then, there would be a total of less than 150 CLs.

204, 209 - Version 2

3 hours ago, Snorunts said:

3803, 3848, 3918, 3944 - Version 3

No Screens: 3859, 3909-3915, 3923-3937, 3941, 3949-3950

Unknown: 3804, 3808, 3812, 3813, 3820, 3827, 3831, 3840, 3861, 3880, 3881, 3882, 3883, 3885, 3889, 3890, 3893, 3920, 3922, 3942, 3952

3820, 3942 - Version 3

On 3/8/2021 at 3:12 PM, ItsDavid said:

I'm really close to the Q19, 23 and 66, and I noticed some 600s not saying welcome aboard announcements nor vianova, I have a few videos that you can hear one. Are these what you're trying to talk about? 

 

Those are the ones.

6 minutes ago, paulrivera said:

artics are grounded citywide at this time.

Surprised me as well.

In my area as of 4PM,  the artics are now going back to OH, and now there are going to use their own NGs, and loaning buses from MV, instead of FP.

On 2/8/2021 at 5:17 PM, trainfan22 said:

Some of those newer MCIs might break down more often than the 02 units. Hence them being retired first. 

I can understand. In November, I rode 3358 on the BM5. When we were nearly at the highway, I heard a clunk on the tandem axles. We waited for 15 minutes before 3156 arrived to fill-in for that unit. It was my first time hearing an mechanical failure during my ride home. But hey, these CLs have some power left on them, and I can see why these 02s are retiring after 19-20 years in service, thus concluding the Detroit Diesel era for the MTA.

For these 2002s at CP, which route is the common to find these buses, and which time does these buses appear? I know they can appear randomly, especially on different schedules.

1 hour ago, SoSpectacular said:

Not all the C40s are outfitted with announcements, 448-490 are still without as well as 659-672 at Gleason. It's a toss-up if they'll even get around to retrofitting those but the Luminator system is pretty nice.

The Vianova units in our buses are a close second when it comes to announcements. Clever Devices I'm not a fan of.

Interesting. For whatever reason, the MTA only installed the Luminators from 570-658, nearly close to 90 buses, yet they didn't have the time to refit them on the rest of the C40s that didn't feature on-board screens. For what I can gather, the MTA is not using the Luminator set-up on the newer buses being delivered, instead using Vianova, and Clever Devices. It's a possibility that they will never put Luminators on the new fleet beyond 2020. I hope the MTA can refit the 2016-17 XD60s with the Luminator system, but it may not happen anytime soon.

I think this might fit for a topic on announcements.  On Wednesday, I took an ride on 614 on the Q25. And I noticed an different TTS used on these buses. I looked at the announcement rosters for the bus that is used, and sure enough it was a Luminator. For what I can tell, the Luminator version sounds more natural for Text-To-Speech, than the Clever Device/ViaNova ones. I wonder why the MTA didn't add the Luminator ones on the other C40LFs, or the other buses like the LFS? And also, just last week, I took an ride on Westchester's buses, and their announcements are realistic. So it made sense that the Bee-Line can do announcements right, while the MTA can cut corner when it comes to announcements. If I have to choose which announcement system the MTA should use more often, then the Luminator is the way to go.

On 12/2/2020 at 11:25 PM, Cait Sith said:

Preliminary assignments of the new fleet are as follows. Depot assignments were set this week, allotments were set today. SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

LFS Hybrids: Kingsbridge: 25. Manhattanville: 58. MJQ: 62. Tusgekee Airmen: 20. Options as follows, Gun Hill: 20. Manhattanville: 94. MJQ: 12
XDEs : East New York: 25. Manhattanville: 15. Hale: 45. Casey Stengel: 25.
Prevost x3-45s: BP: 8 CP: 82 ECH: 48 JK/FR: 23 LGA: 22 SC: 45 YO: 39. All 50 buses for NYC Bus is rumored to go to Meredith.
LFS Diesel OPTION ORDER: East New York: 69. Casey Stengel: 50. Jamaica: 20. Queens Village: 50. Castleton: 20.

As always, this is SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Also, 1301 is at Plattsburgh pending delivery to the service center.

I knew I may jumping the gun, and the assignments are subjected to change, but I calculated on what will the new order replace, displace, or for fleet expansion. Here's the following:

LFS HEV: 

25 to Kingsbridge (To Displace 25 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

20 (Option) to Gun Hill (To Displace 20 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus),

58 (94 Options=152) to Manhattanville (To Replace all 2006 Orion VII HEVs, and all 2008 Orion VII NG HEVs, and to displace most 2009 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

62 (12 Options=74) to Michael J. Quill (To Replace all 2006 Orion VII HEVs, and all 2008 Orion VII NG HEVs, and to displace some 2009 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

20 to Tuskegee Airmen (100th Street) (To Replace all 2008 Orion VII NG HEVs)

XDE40:

25 to East New York (To Displace 25 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

15 to Manhattanville (To Displace 15 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

45 to Mother Clara Hale (To Replace all 2006 Orion VII HEVs, and some 2008 Orion VII NG HEVs)

25 to Casey Stengel (To Displace 25 2009 Orion VII HEVs to  Bus)

X-345:

8 to Baisley Park (To Replace all D4500CLs)

82 to College Point (To Replace all 2001-02 D4500s and most of the D4500CLs)

48 to Eastchester (To Replace the two remaining 2002 D4500s, and most of the D4500CLs)

23 to JFK/Far Rockaway (To Replace 23 D4500CLs)

22 to LGA (To Replace 22 D4500CLs)

45 to Spring Creek (To Replace almost all D4500CLs)

39 to Yonkers (To Replace 39 D4500CLs)

Option order not accepted, but 1300-1349 are rumored for assignment for Meredith to displace most of the 2011 or 2015-16 Prevosts to  Bus for replacement)

LFS Diesel Option:

69 to East New York (To Displace all remaining 2009 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

50 to Casey Stengel (To Displace all remaining 2009-10 Orion VII NG HEVs to  Bus)

20 to Jamaica (For possible fleet expansion)

50 to Queens Village (To Replace all 2007 Orion VII HEVs)

20 to Castleton (For possible fleet expansion)

I understand that this is subjected to change and the reasoning for assignment for the new orders may or may not happen, but these are my possibilities on what will happen when these new orders are assigned to the following depots. Also I am not sure if most of the 2009-10 Orion VII NG HEVs would be transferred to  Bus, but we will have to wait and see.

On 12/6/2020 at 1:37 PM, Novabus 5000 said:

Delivery is expected to begin in January 2021.

At this time the option order has not been accepted. 

Thanks for the info, but I do have two things. One is that I may ride on the 2001-02 D4500s at CP one last time next week before the Prevost delivery starts next month. And secondly, I'm guessing that the  will not takeover Academy's X23/X24 service?

40 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Not sure where you got the idea that Charleston and Yukon was in the original plan, because it wasn't. The 50 Prevosts was for the possible takeover of the SIM23/24. I'm not if that's gonna happen so soon. No depot assignments were planned at the time.

If what I'm hearing is true, the 2400s at Meredith will be MTA Bus bound to retire more MCIs. Word is that Spring Creek will get them, but I wouldn't be surprised if CP would get them instead. 

Oh. My apologizes sir. I was anxious to know about this information. Anyway, if the 2400s moving out of Meredith would've been true, then my guess would be that it would go to CP. Since that both CP and Meredith got 18 of the D4500s and 18 2400s respectively.

54 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

I knew that College Point is going to get nearly 85 buses (Subject to change of course). I may ride on the Series 60 D4500s in the next two weeks or so, one last time before they go. And also, Meredith getting all 50 NYCT Prevosts is kind of ridiculous to me. I understand that it would displace the other buses to other depots in Staten Island, but I think the  should use the original plan and take the 50 buses to Charleston and Yukon (Sourced from TTMG's Insider Guide).

Disclose it. I meant 50 buses in NYCT to go to Charleston only. Not sure if the MTA will get the option order of 23, and taking it to Yukon.

19 hours ago, Cait Sith said:

Preliminary assignments of the new fleet are as follows. Depot assignments were set this week, allotments were set today. SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

LFS Hybrids: Kingsbridge: 25. Manhattanville: 58. MJQ: 62. Tusgekee Airmen: 20. Options as follows, Gun Hill: 20. Manhattanville: 94. MJQ: 12
XDEs : East New York: 25. Manhattanville: 15. Hale: 45. Casey Stengel: 25.
Prevost x3-45s: BP: 8 CP: 82 ECH: 48 JK/FR: 23 LGA: 22 SC: 45 YO: 39. All 50 buses for NYC Bus is rumored to go to Meredith.
LFS Diesel OPTION ORDER: East New York: 69. Casey Stengel: 50. Jamaica: 20. Queens Village: 50. Castleton: 20.

As always, this is SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Also, 1301 is at Plattsburgh pending delivery to the service center.

I knew that College Point is going to get nearly 85 buses (Subject to change of course). I may ride on the Series 60 D4500s in the next two weeks or so, one last time before they go. And also, Meredith getting all 50 NYCT Prevosts is kind of ridiculous to me. I understand that it would displace the other buses to other depots in Staten Island, but I think the  should use the original plan and take the 50 buses to Charleston and Yukon (Sourced from TTMG's Insider Guide).

On 10/23/2020 at 3:00 PM, Cait Sith said:

9510 is at NEBR at JFK.

I'm not sure that I'm right, but both the LFS HEV and XDE40 orders have 4ONE Gemini seats. In addition, I counted on the amount of seats on both of the buses, and the LFS HEV has seats of 34, and possibly the XDE40s have either a seating of 37, or 39.

2 hours ago, NBTA said:

I can compile a list of fast and slow routes per depot (from a rider stand point). Just let me get home and I'll do a Google doc for you.

Okay, thank you.

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this, but I'm currently planning to go to Queens as my first time experience with  Bus. I wanted to know if anyone can rank all of the depots from NYCT, MABSTOA, and or MTA Bus that you rode with, and give out pros and cons for me to check out which depot can be different? I will be using routes from JFK depot in and out of Manhattan, and that is the reason why I wanted to see if anyone has any answers.