Cait Sith

Source your claim that they said that. As for the R211S, you're assuming that they'll even do a 30-day test.....things are ran differently compared to the subway. Staten Island is a completely different situation considering that this is Staten Island's first new fleet in many years....they'll have to do quite a bit of testing and training before they run those cars in passenger service.

Chief, I'm looking at it right now....there is no mention of a 30-day test. I don't know who told you that it's doing a 30-day test, but there's literally no mention of it doing so.

As far as I know, there is no 30-day test.

Definitely not true. The only time it's not running on weekends(or in general I guess) is when there's a GO that would send the C line express along the express corridors that were of concern, which are from 125th to 59th in both directions, and from Hoyt-Schmerhorn to Euclid in both directions. What are you talking about? They've been doing that every now and then. About a month or so ago, there was an Alstom/Siemens mix on the R. They've been mixing sets on and off since 2008.

Operator apparently fell asleep.

Nah. He's right. Those first batch of D60s had a ton of problems when they got to MTA Bus that they ended up being swapped out for the 2002-2003 batch. They didn't at first. Their problems arose months after. Their reliability tanked and the breakdowns just kept coming. Then, they started sending better buses from that batch. Reliability got better for a while, then it went back down again. It was around January-March of 2014 where things got much worse, which then prompted the swap for the 2003 D60HFs.

Again, anything can happen. 5299 was the same way when it slammed into the building and the subway entrance at 14th Street after a truck hit it, basically demolishing the entire front of the bus, they did the repairs in-house.

Never say never, they have fixed buses that have been badly damaged before.

That's not what one would call an opinion, especially if you're presenting it as a fact.

Says who? The OGs have a worse MDBF than the NGs.

No, that's just their talk for all-electric buses.

As of 6 days ago, the deployment is still at 5. Whether or not it stays that way remains to be seen. All five depots are currently scheduled to get them, Jamaica not included. It might also be the wording in the presentation that makes things sound iffy, but lets wait and see. One of the XEs did visit ENY recently as well.

That LIC ferry has been popular ever since it began, and it hasn't let up since, even with the fare increase to $4.

.....you should probably look through the drafts before asking questions. Here's your answer.

Just because the site updates doesn't mean there's anything new being added. It could just be minor things.

No.

The C being "too short" means absolutely nothing, especially when it serves its purpose being the Fulton Street & 8th Avenue Local line. Sending the C to 205 and cutting back to the D to 145 doesn't make much sense, as the D will end up going to 205 anyway under this idea of yours. Might as well keep the D to 205.

The C, D and E ones don't really make much sense. Why would you send the C to 205 when it doesn't run 24/7, and why cut the D back? And why send the E to Lefferts Blvd? That in itself doesn't make much sense when the E serves its purpose primarily on the QBL corridor.

I feel like that question needs to be worded better because it can mean several different things. It largely depends on the use case of the fleet planned to be retired. There are some instances where fleets were retired before an order arrived due to reliability and mechanical problems. There are other times where fleets remained in service while their replacements were coming in because they were holding up well and were reliable. The RTS is probably the greatest example of that. The MTA is not the only one that does this, a lot of agencies across the US does this as well.

Yes and no. For one, you can't really compare subway cars with buses. Subway cars don't have to deal with potholes and other things buses do that gradually increase the wear and tear on the fleet. Subway cars are also far more heavy duty than buses and are built much differently. 12 years is the average age of a bus. Federal regulations require that a bus is retired after 12 years minimum of service, or 500,000 miles accumulated, but for agencies like the MTA and NJT, the 12-year mark usually tends to be over that. There were some fleets that were unjustifiably retired early such as the 1994 TMC RTSs(8600s), as those had a lot of life left in them and were in great shape, but were retired early because of the Next Gen Hybrids. There were other buses that were retired early due to reliability and mechanical issues. Is 12 years too short? In my opinion, yes. San Diego, for example, is currently retiring their 2013 XN60s at 10 years and replacing them with more XN60s due to them accumulating 500k miles, however, San Diego resells their fleet too after they are retired, and those XN60s are in amazing shape. Is it more expensive in the long run? Definitely not, as they can get parts from those buses and use it on their existing fleet.

The turnaround and layover space. Briarwood has a much easier turnaround. It'll utilize the little loop-ish street behind one of the station entrances that allows it to go back onto Main Street easily. Queens Blvd & Union Turnpike will also have several more routes using that spot, it'll be too much bus traffic going through there. If you're talking about Main/Union, there's simply no logical turnaround routing that would make sense.

Whatever that is deemed to be too much info or whatever, hit the report button and we'll take a look at it. Us mods and the admins aren't around all the time to look at everything on this site, but the reports notify us. And as for the second part. It's not just forums where information is going around like wildfire, its places like Facebook/FB Messenger, Discord groups(which has become extremely popular among these teenage fans), facebook groups and more. And I do have to side with @R32 3838on the statement that employees do tell these kids sensitive information in various places on the internet, as a lot of these kids always try to make friends with employees for their own gain(which is especially true on Instagram). Social media, and the internet as a whole has become a hunting ground for information for these kids, not just transit forums like this one.

He probably meant 509.

None of the 4600s got multicolored signs.

Possible? Yes. Wouldn't recommend it though. The overhead space isn't big enough for a carry-on luggage bag. It'd have to stay on the seat next to him.