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6115 wrapped in local scheme 

22 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Considering its a small amount of buses they are getting, I don't see anything getting displaced.

Aren't they getting 16?

5008 delivered to Grand Ave

1 hour ago, Iron Valiant said:

Umm buses from other depots?

That would insinuate a shortage at the said depot. 

51 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

There are some good ones in the bunch. I think QV’s fleet aged a bit better than Jamaica’s

I highly doubt the 2011s at Jamaica can last till 2027-2029 so I’m unsure of how Jamaica can retire them since they won’t receive XE40s until 2027-2029

44 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I don’t have much complaint about Jamaica depot and their maintenance. However, I will say is that there is a noticeable difference between a lot of JA’s original LFS’s (within the 8090-8503 series) and the buses they acquired from The Bronx. Some of them LFS buses were beat up before coming to Queens and Jamaica received a lot more of them buses than QV. 

The ones that they received from the Bronx are really beat up and in poor condition. Many of them don’t sound right and there is one bus where the floor isn’t sealed properly and diesel fumes leak into the passenger compartment. 

19 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Yes. I hear from some other Queens folks that Jamaica depot is quite the opposite.

I ride the 2011s from both depots and they are generally not that great. There may be some decent units sprinkled in but in general, they are getting up there in age. 

Why are they getting overhauled at Zerega? Did the MTA buy them?

From today's board meeting, looks like Kingsbridge got the boot from the 60 XE40 order. ENY will now have their allotment increased to 22 units. 

On 4/11/2024 at 5:36 PM, TransitMan0251 said:

5987 rewrapped to local scheme

Casey Stengel 2016-17 XD60 Fleet

• LOCAL WRAP: 5987-5988, 5991-5992, 5998, 6000, 6002, 6006, 6008-6011, 6015-6016, 6018, 6020-6021, 6023-6026, 6028-6029, 6031, 6033, 6035-6037, 6039, 6042, 6083, 6085
• SBS WRAP: 5989-5990, 5993-5997, 5999, 6001, 6003-6005, 6007, 6012-6014, 6017, 6019, 6022, 6027, 6087, 6115

6014 wrapped in local scheme 

2 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

Me: waits all day to hear about MTA electric bus delivery which includes the 60 XE40, LFSe+ and even the XHE40 on earth day

 

The MTA on earth day:

The XE40s have started to be delivered to NEBR facility in JFK but other than that, no word on the other 2.

13 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

I wonder why it is at Zerega, and added their own stickers if the unit wasn't repaired.

Same reason why 7414 has a Zerega sticker. Most likely for training.

On 4/6/2024 at 12:25 AM, RSMG106 said:

8016 from Queens Village, an Ida damaged unit, has been repaired, and is now assigned to Zerega.

Unit has not been repaired

10 hours ago, TransitMan0251 said:

Anyone have photos of 7507 or 7549 accidents?

10 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

The swap was even with 26 Novas going to Jamaica, with 26 Xcelsiors going the other way. Gun Hill ended up losing 7490 to Grand in September.

I understand that so that's why I think 7507 will go to GH to make up for 7490 being lost.

31 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

Not sure why they need to cover for a unit that's at Grand Ave and was already covered with a Nova in the swap with Gun Hill.

I don't think 7490 was ever compensated.

20 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

7507 from Jamaica, in which it got damaged in 2022, has been repaired and is currently at Zerega, pending service return (Could go to Gun Hill and displace 8356 or 8357 to Jamaica).

I doubt it would displace any bus to Jamaica since they still have to make up for 7490 at Gun Hill. I highly doubt it would go to anywhere else except gun hill.

The MTA is looking to test and evaluate 5 NAe40 electric buses from Solaris.
https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/iframes/openAdDetail.cfm?id=9FD889F2-B544-4E66-8877-D5958A6821DF 

8756 Casey Stengel to Jamaica
(With Jamaica decals)

4677 is on the Q3

9354 delivered to Eastchester

10 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

If you're referring to @Kingsbridgeviewer382's post at the top of the page, the proposal by state lawmakers being referenced is to throw $90 million towards the (bus) system... Half of which is to go towards increasing bus frequencies & the other half to go towards increasing the amt. of fare free routes to "up to" 3 routes per borough (which is where that 15 number comes from).... There were no specifics as to which routes would get service increases, nor which routes would be made fare free in said proposal.

I'm not sure how throwing money at increasing bus frequencies can help at all since a few depots are short on buses.

2 hours ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Permanent?

From what I understand, 4682 and 7377 short-term loans.

After 5 years, a NG has finally returned to Jamaica and operated on a Jamaica route.

4682 has been put back into service and is currently on the Q5.