Grand Concourse

They really didn't need to change the R62 sticker stripes since the R142/as on the 4 never got the orange stripes. Probably easier to just make orange the new color for Livonia. Agreed, ideally They should have all the 1600s-1900s on the 6 and have the 2000s and up on the 1 instead of having the 1800s and such still on the 1. It was a mistake to link those 3/4 car sets for the shuttle. They really need to get the Ts end rebuilt to hold 5 car trains already and end the short trains nonsense. Such a pita to see track 4 used for rush hours only. 1906-10 would be 4 singles left over since 1909 was scrapped and dumped on SI's landfill years ago. Wouldn't surprise me they used some of the singles for work train service and retire some of the work train redbirds.

Hem good point. I guess it must be an R62a thing? shrugs The 7 was an isolated line and didn't really need the stickers other than maybe unifying the various sets from the 3 and 6 and even the 1.

I wouldn't totally rule out R62As on the 4, but as far as things goes the logical move is R142as to be converted and sent to the 7 and in turn R62As to the 6 to replace the taken sets. As for what to do about the remaining R142as on the 6, I still think they should go to the 4 since it keeps them all under one line. In turn take some R142s and give those to the 6. That's good. I wasn't a fan of the purple stickers. I liked the yellow ones more because I grew up with the R62As on the 6.

Speaking of 8th av. I recently had to take the N there over and totally agree they need to reopen the 7th av station entrance. The 8th av side was like a mad house especially with people going up and down the single flight of stairs on each platform. If the person isn't on the platform by the time the train pulls in, they are sol with the mass of people making their way up.

looks great.

B51 isn't really needed given most of the subway stations it parallels have elevators.

I miss the pbls as well, but i don't miss triboro and green lines. Those two were the worst with buses. It's a wonder the buses survived after the takeover. But i hear ya about the diversity of the decal and the buses they ran. Nybs, liberty lines, command and qsc were my favs. Jbl, i never ventured much on, but i thought their rtss were pretty good (when they were spread out to ex-gl and ex-lga.

Yup^ just like how the B100 wouldn't be covered by FB even though it passes right past the depot. If the Q35 needs a run covered, it'd be from another FR line like the Q22 or Q52 (especially with artics). Got on a few of them during the afternoon. when it really isn't needed as there's more seats than people riding lol. Rush hours are when the artics are needed or when school is out for the kids. Agreed. I don't see many female b/os at FB, but it's possible I might've gotten on one of her bus runs. Either way condolences.

Ok let's clear this up. Since you guys are talking about way back in the early 2000s, then yes, Those single units were on the 3. Today it is only R62s. Orange strip used to represent the 4 line. Blue for the 3, Yellow for the 6. Eventually purple will probably represent the 6 (unless they were to bring back the yellow strips).

I'd love to see an R110A and R110b saved. I never got to see either in person other than from the yards. The R110A interior looked interesting with the window side seats. I think it would've been nice to have, but given how they obstruct the walking flow, probably best they went with the inward facing seats.

Yup. On a related note for years I used to sound out Houston st like the city in Texas instead of saying 'house-ton'.

Fresh Pond gets 2nd hand buses or older ones because their routes aren't as demanding as say ENY or FB's are.

well express buses should be at least double the local fare given they are one way trips and the bus has to recover the costs somewhere. I dunno if there's a market for reverse direction travel, so those buses are empty on the return trip back or they sit in the manhattan depots till the pm rush.

Most of my pics are shrunked down to like 600kb at 900x675 pixels so I don't 'blow up' the screen. I guess it's become a habit for me and that's why it takes me so long to upload pics because I also edit/crop the pics as well. I hardly ever upload an image 'as is'. So for me I don't have any issues with the limits. I will say the recent update made it a pita to work with. Before, a few months back, it was a breeze to delete stuff and arrange things. Maybe I might turn to flickr in the future, but right now with FB, I don't really need to. It isn't that dark in the morning unless kids wake up in 5am or something. What about for people walking home from work at night? Shouldn't they have some light on the way home? What they should do is make DLS the new standard and apply DLS for the fall/winter and bump the clocks forward an hour. That way 7pm wouldn't be so damn dark right now. Start school an hour later to compensate for the time shift.

If someone's gonna be disrespectful about your hobby, and no amount of explanation is going to get thru to the person, then I'd save myself the hassle and drop the person. Giving the other person more feedback just gives the person more attention than they deserve. Not worth the hassle.

All the 4900s moves is maddening. Why not just keep it simple and keep 33 of them at: UP, FB, ENY and leave it at that? Keep the 99 buses in Brooklyn and if Queens needs buses back, send them the 9600s and some 5000s.

4p: on the orchard beach type turnstile setup, I dunno. I know what you mean regarding those, but I don't think you can really do that unless it's maybe the big hubs like Kings Plaza etc. I guess probably they should have either 1 member of the eagle team on like every other bus or have a team at the major spots like near the Junction on av H with the B44 sbs. There really is no fool proof solution to beat the farebeaters unless more money is spent. As for non sbs lines, I've always thought that places like the Junction should have 2 separate stands: 1 to off load and the other for loading. That way people can get off from both ends of the bus and then the bus pulls up to the actual stop, they won't need to open the back door and everyone would have to go thru the front. What those 2 need are buses evenly spaced apart. Artics is nice, but if they are bunched together like the other regular 40' buses are, then you have the same issue with overcrowding at the bus stops and then the farebeaters looking to get on the bus more quickly.

I take it you just upload the image as is to flicker? I always edit my pics so it isn't so big and of course to copyright them, so I've still got some room on my PB account. Then again I haven't been taking as many pics as i used to.

it is pointless without enforcement. They don't even do enough enforcement as it is. Yes i do agree the off board payment and loading from all the doors is good, but i'm not optimistic it will work given how the riders here would likely just farebeat despite the fine threat.

imo, they should split the Q53 with JFK to take off some of the pressure at LGA. They have too many buses there. The Q53 could be interlined with any of the buses that serves the Rockaways. It makes more sense as a JFK/FR line than LGA.

Yeah, I've seen those long ads on some of the RTSs here. Some of the rear ads cover up the 'nyct'. Whatever this company is, they must really want the attention. The signs do look ugly, but then again, it doesn't really matter. So I'm slightly indifferent on them.

the 3800s were lead acid battery buses and i think they were better suited for shorter distances like the manhattan crosstown lines. Lithium ion battery buses pushed them all out. Same story witht he 3900s at fb. Those were pushed out when the 4570s to 4630 group arrived.Dunno how long the o5s are staying in brooklyn, but at least it meant the ngs that were at fp were sent back to si where they came from. = Rode artic 5415 on the q35 yesterday. Also rts 9311 on the q35 as well.

And as been said many times before: even if they got brand new buses, it won't mean shit if they are still treated like shit. As for the O5s, not my favs, but the ex-BLs have earned my respect for still running 'well' despite being thru the likes of LGA and JFK/FR. Thank god for the RTSs they were all pulled from SI when the NGs went there. I think if those O5s were in Brooklyn instead of the RTSs, they might not be as badly beaten by the roads, depots (when it was just the 2) and riders. = As for 2nd hand buses, the artics I see on the Q35, were they already filthy (one had graffiti on the back wall) before they were sent there or was that while they've been at JFK/FR?

Perhaps downvotes should be enabled provided there's a reason (spam or a person makes a counter argument about why they don't agree with a certain post). I too hope the R27 is saved. Such a shame we've gone from a couple hundred of them (r27/30) to a handful now in over 20yrs. Would be nice to have it up an running with the R30, R16 and R34 cars. I mean, the R9s, it's like every year or 2 there's another car being restored. So why can't we get that 4 running again? I'd love a B division version of the tomc.

I just want shows to air one thing instead of those little pop ups on the bottom of the screen advertising another show. Bad enough they have a transparent logo for another show to watch or a countdown timer... And to think tbs was horrible for airing another show or movie during the end credits of the previous show/movie... With all the commercials, you think they wouldn't need to do all this crap.