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Kevin Madson

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  1. In light of the recent announcement on the NICE bus thread about NICE getting new Gillig CNGs, what are the odds of the MTA getting new buses from Gillig next? I hate to say it, but the current scheme would look pretty decent on an Advantage BRT and considering how broke the MTA is and how weird 2020 has been, the sky's the limit.
  2. Any word on how much revenue NICE lost during the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic?
  3. It's more like 1989-2000 was 12-13 years. 2001 and up until 2008 or so was 15 years and 2009 to the present are 20 years or more. The 2009 Orion VII NG CNGs (#1700 was the 2008 pilot that was delivered in the fall of that year shortly after the #3800's started arriving) should be ATLEAST 15-16 years (tanks-wise), probably longer. The 2010-2011 buses should be the same if not longer and the 3Gs are about the same as the C40LFs in the city. In any case, why is NICE even getting these, I mean aren't they still in a contract with New Flyer? Those Advantage CNGs will never make pass 12 years, not with our punishing streets.
  4. I know this is old, but I think that NICE was smart about curtailing service to the city in a particularly dangerous situation. Remember, those stupid riots were burning police vehicles and buildings. NICE has hundreds of CNG buses, so why run the risk of having a CNG bus being set ablaze. It's bad enough the there are hundreds more CNG MTA buses in the inner city. Compressed Natural Gas have a relatively low flash point.
  5. Damn, how many of these got retired already? These buses are barely a decade old....
  6. SMH, at this horrendous spelling. If you are going to try to make a point, edit your posts before posting this nonsense! God I can't stand people who does this crap!!!
  7. I'm sorry, but what exactly does this have to do with that subway fire earlier in the year?
  8. Ok, that's the answer I've been looking for. I assume the same can be said for the next Prevost order?
  9. I mean, you're not wrong. I'm just saying that we can't be making long-term plans for these buses as we are not too sure what we will be getting and what will be cancelled. MTA's 2020-2024 capital plan could very well be a short one. The R262 contract is be delayed for the foreseeable future on the subway side and the R211 contract could be cut back on in terms of car quantity as well.
  10. Still a little surprised about that considering how Gleason's maintenance is usually top notch. Can't remember the last time a bus caught fire from there, probably not since the mid-2000s.
  11. Like the options for a couple hundred extra XD40s and LFS's?
  12. The 2012 MTA bus company Orion VII 3G CNG order had the first couple of buses built, but was cancelled soon after.
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