Transit Enthusiast

Hello @BenTheMiner! I am BACK! It's been a LONG TIME since I requested any signs. But here I am, for the first time since 2022, requesting them now. I request signs for proposals, specifically from NICE Bus (all of them in Orange LED Luminator Horizon).

The signs I request you make are:

For NICE Local Route proposals.

n7: Oceanside Long Beach Rd

n7: Lake Success LIJ Hospital

n16: Oceanside

n20X: Hicksville Exp

n22X: Hicksville Exp

n29: Oyster Bay

n29: Bayville
n29: Hicksville

n30: Far Rockaway Mott Av

n30: Hempstead Transit Center

n30X: Far Rockaway Exp

n30X: Hempstead Exp

n34: Far Rockaway Seagirt Bl

n34: Freeport

n50: Broadway Mall

n50: Bellmore Merrick Rd

n51: Mineola

n51: Merrick Merrick Rd

n52: Mineola via Bellmore Av

n52: Bellmore

n53: Hempstead via Old Bethpage

n53: Plainview via Old Bethpage

n74: Cedar Creek Park

n74: Plainview Newtown Rd

n81: Syosset via Hicksville Rd via S Oyster Bay Rd

n81: Seaford via S Oyster Bay Rd via Hicksville Rd

n84: Mineola via Jericho Tpke

n84: Cold Spring Harbor via Jericho Tpke

n90: JFK Airport

n90: Freeport

n91: JFK Airport

n91: Hempstead
n92: JFK Airport
n92: Sunrise Mall

Now for Nassau-Manhattan Express Routes:

NM1: Express/Midtown

NM1: Express/Freeport

NM4: Express/Midtown

NM4: Express/Glen Cove

NM4: Express/Bayville

NM5: Express/Downtown Loop

NM5: Express/Hicksville

NM6: Express/Downtown Loop

NM6: Express/Hempstead

NM8: Express/Downtown Loop

NM8: Express/Glen Cove

NM8: Express/Bayville

NM9D: Express/Downtown Loop
NM9D: Express/Oyster Bay

NM9M: Express/Midtown

NM9M: Express/Oyster Bay

NM10: Express/Downtown Loop

NM10: Express/Freeport

NM12: Express/Midtown

NM12: Express/Plainview

NM13: Express/Midtown

NM13: Express/Farmingdale

NM14: Express/Midtown

NM14: Express/East Massapequa

NM15: Express/Midtown

NM15: Express/Point Lookout

NM16: Express/Midtown

NM16: Express/Jones Beach

NM17: Express/Midtown

NM17: Express/Laurel Hollow

NM18: Express/Midtown

NM18: Express/Syosset

I know you won't be able to make all of these all at once, but that's it. These are my requests.

1 hour ago, Bill from Maspeth said:

I'm waiting to hear who the first person will be who complains that he didn't get his final pictures of these OG's.

And there will be quite a few.

1 hour ago, Ultimategamer12c said:

9167  is delivered to JFK Depot

Isn't that supposed to be at LaGuardia?

24 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Not a new retirement.

So it's still 7. If #3748 doesn't run again, then it's 6.

6 minutes ago, MTABusTransitFanner said:

3782 JFK retired

7 units remain now. They are dropping like flies.

23 hours ago, Transit Enthusiast said:

#3713 JFK retired

JFK/Far Rockaway down to 9 units

Now 8, as #3677 has gone to scrap as well.

#3713 JFK retired

JFK/Far Rockaway down to 9 units

On 3/3/2024 at 12:22 PM, hounddriver said:

No buses on Ocean Pkwy. Besides-lanes are too narrow.

Then have it run in the Middle, like the B1, B4 and B36 by C.I. Hospital.

I have an idea for Ocean Parkway: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=14kXvHaK5WqN0yCQPIiNCAIlxeM8w0L0&usp=sharing. A +SelectBusService+ route between Downtown Brooklyn (last stop Smith/Livingston Street near Jay Street-MetroTech (A)(C)(F)(R), first stop Boreum Place/Joralemon Street near Borough Hall-Court Street (2)(3)(4)(5)(R)) and Coney Island. Would be an alternative to current Subway Service, and relieve crowding on the Subways and the B68 bus, especially during the summer months.

And a Local Route between Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Coney Island as well.

#4162 is the worst NG I have ever rode. Every time it started moving, it was shaking and rattling, not to mention it's powertrain sounded awful. I feel like it will be the next bus to retire.

5 hours ago, Calvin said:

3819 : current retired MTA Bus next gen unit. No payment options were found. 

4393: No longer in the LGA roster as well as at Eastchester as scrap. 

There are now 10 lead acid Next Generation Hybrid buses left in service.

9 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

My thoughts on this is that, they should go through with the idea to restore the B71 route because the increase of population.

 

I say restore the B71 as well. I also think the B23 should be restored, with an extension to Bay Ridge (Southern End) and Beverly Road (Northern End). The extension means that it would serve 71st Street directly.

Your thoughts on this:

On 2/4/2024 at 1:28 PM, poopybutt123 said:

A new retired list of OGs 

3500-3667, 3669-3674, 3676, 3678-3697, 3699, 3701-3707, 3709, 3711-3712, 3714-3742, 3744, 3746-3747, 3749-3750, 3753, 3755, 3757-3758, 3760-3761, 3763-3781, 3783

Add #3716, #3722, #3745 and #3753 to the list. 17 left now.

On 1/31/2024 at 10:05 PM, TyBusLover1 said:

 

 

 3677 & 3695:retired at JFK

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3677 is NOT retired. I happened to ride it yesterday on the Q41.

And then there was one......

JFK/Far Rockaway is now the last Depot to operate the OGs, and at the rate the NGs are being transferred, and the 9000s are arriving, they won't last much longer.

18 hours ago, The TransitMan said:

That's one of the few that has the 2004-2005 destination signs similar to 6490-6689. I think #3502 and #3512 are others.

#3621 as well.

#8964 now has a Baisley Park sticker, and could start service as soon as tomorrow.

I wonder what would happen to the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q36, Q76 and Q77 (and the NICE Routes) once the current 165th Street Terminal closes next month (supposedly). When the new Terminal is being built, where would the routes be terminating once the old terminal shutters? This situation in Jamaica is confusing, honestly, and could cause a traffic nightmare.

On 8/4/2023 at 7:50 PM, Calvin said:

1226: Gun Hill unit retired. No farebox on said unit and parts removed.  

There are exactly 80 left in service. 50 at Gun Hill and 30 at Kingsbridge.

Just now, Transit Enthusiast said:

Today's Generation is so spoiled. They'll destroy half of a block over someone giving away something that they can save up for when a sale comes around, for free......

I want a new Camera and Computer, but I am going to save up to buy that stuff, and NOT ransack an entire place just because someone is giving it away for free. It just doesn't make any kind of sense.

I can tie this to today's generation of buffs, who will cause delays (or worse, cancellations) to get what they want, because the MTA got affected by this situation in Union Square BIG TIME.

1 hour ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

The influencer was arrested for it. The only good thing, other than that, was that no one was seriously injured.

Today's Generation is so spoiled. They'll destroy half of a block over someone giving away something that they can save up for when a sale comes around, for free......

I want a new Camera and Computer, but I am going to save up to buy that stuff, and NOT ransack an entire place just because someone is giving it away for free. It just doesn't make any kind of sense.

Your reactions to what happened at Union Square today?

It has taken 21 buses Out Of Service........

A large crowd was reportedly attending a giveaway event hosted by well-known YouTuber Kai Cenat. Well, it spiraled Out Of Control.......

1 hour ago, The TransitMan said:

Bx18 A/B...by promoting this route and creating an "A/B" version...doesn't surprise me.

M116...ok?

B60...like I said before, this route has been free for years...especially on the Canarsie side from Rockaway Pkwy to Canarsie.

Q4...so that means Q4, Q5, Q84 and Q85 are free. Very dangerous having a "corridor" route as a free route.

S46/S96...eh

I'm surprised the MTA chose the Q4 to be Fare Free, and not the more busier Q5 (or 85).

For the S46/S96, I thought it would have been something else, like the S40/90 (Amazon) or either of the S44/94 or S61/91 (the Staten Island Mall Routes), or the S53 (Bay Ridge) maybe.

Bx18A/B? The MTA split this route into two during the redesign, then created an A/B. I'll see how Morris Heights and University Heights handle this.

M116? Maybe. We'll see how this goes. Could have been something else.

B60? Since it parallels the for most of it's run, it really wasn't surprising. Neighborhoods like Brownsville and Canarsie will love this.

Maybe if I ride all of these routes during this Free period, I'll get an idea on how it will really work.

BREAKING NEWS:

Starting 9/24/2023, the Bx18A/B, M116, B60, Q4 and S46/96 Limited will become pilot FARE FREE routes. This is expected to last until 3/30/2024.

Your thoughts?