Cait Sith

Nova is out altogether once they exit the U.S Market. MTA is already exploring other options once Nova leaves the U.S market and sticks with its mainstay at the canadian market. The contracts will need to stay as competitive RFPs for the most part. Nope, Flatbush needed buses. They got those when the XD60s were having issues.

I think it's pretty safe to say that a good majority of the routes will stay where they are at. And judging by how this draft came about, I'm also sure the union(s) also got involved, because the previous draft would've had them in an uproar. Fresh Pond can house the B57. It wouldn't be the first time that they've had the line. But right now, it's best not to make guesses or assumptions as to what goes where.

It's because the API was updated, so they'd have to update accordingly. A lot of other trackers had issues when the update for MyBus first happened, and I'm not too thrilled with the desktop site. PTV is getting back into the swing of things, buses are slowly starting to show up again.

Not a big fan of this draft to be honest, since it's more of the old with just some minor adjustments here and there and a sprinkle of previous draft ideas. But, I will say, thank GOD they axed the Q10/Q64 and the Q112/Q110 mergers. There was quite a bunch of ideas that I liked from the previous plan that I would've liked to have seen, such as the Q43 to LIJ, the Q17 between Union Turnpike & College Point(one of my favorites personally), the Q45 flanking the Q43 on Hillside until Little Neck Parkway, the proposed Q78, the Q66 to the Ferry Terminal, and a few more ideas. A lot of what was revealed in the draft, I heard about since August. Me personally, I actually wanted to see the craziness that would ensue with the Q21, Q52 and Q53 terminating at Jackson Heights lol..... Prior to the release of this draft(now that I can actually talk about this), some routes were changed(again). The Q65 was initially going to terminate in the Hollis area and the Q25 was close to maintaining its southern terminal down at Springfield Blvd, but the local community leaders and politicians put the kibosh on that pretty hard. The Q55 was also very close to sticking with the previous plan. Q11 being the sole Woodhaven Blvd route was strictly for cost-cutting. Q66 should've still served the Ferry Terminal, especially now that the Q63 is flanking alongside the Q66. The new Q45 exists as a way for them to eliminate the Springfield Blvd short turns along the Union Turnpike corridor(from what I was told). The Q37 was a compromise with residents that relied on the connection with the , since the Q10 would solely be on Lefferts Blvd. The only reason that it still serves the casino under this new plan is because the casino owners themselves are paying for the service. Initially, there was a plan in which the Q37 would discontinue serving the casino, and another route would take it's place, rumor was the Q7. Pretty happy that they actually added a stop at 34th/1st for the Downtown Express routes. Easily(and shockingly) one of the most logical things to come from this plan. Now, the Q56 is basically the only route that serves Jamaica Hospital. That's not gonna fair well in the long term. They have no idea what to do with serving the hospital. I'm lowkey curious as to how the B57, the Q75 and the Q104 will work. I'm still baffled as to why the B62 is what it is. I very much favored the previous Q72 plan of terminating at Queens Center Mall. That one made a lot more sense.

Point out where I said I wanted another one.

No offense, but hell no. Make a separate route for that. The Q44 is already long and unbearable as it is, sending it to Fordham was already worse.

Go to your profile and click on the icon that's supposed to display a profile picture. You should be able to upload one from there. Your account might have to age a little more before you're able to do that.

Read the last sentence of that statement. 66 buses were the original order, but Bee-Line added 40 more to the base order. The future options(504 and up) is up to 52, depends on how much they accept.

You're thinking a little too much and too hard into these things. The MTA can give two shits about what the fan community thinks.

Slight correction on my part, option orders are up to 52 buses, how many they'll accept is up in the air. Sited from New Flyer themselves. The extra 40 buses they added were tacked onto the base order, they were not a part of any option orders

You wait and see, just like everyone else. Wikipedia is not to be trusted by any means.

Assuming that. A. something will show up. B. It won't have issues(the R32s had the worst MDBF prior to retirement with multiple brake and door problems, R42s were not far off) C. The riding public would even know what the hell is going on. I'd just leave earlier. That question is one hell of a reach.

I'm going to reiterate this again. Just because someone says its permanent, it doesn't mean that it's actually permanent. And how do you know management says that? If this comes from those kids on Discord, I wouldn't believe them at all.....

Source? Last I read, it was supposed to be less than 50 XDE40s and 10 XDE35s to send the short Orion Vs into retirement.

its a small option order. 10 XDE35s are supposed to be included in this as well. As for the BxM4C, if Liberty Lines doesn't get a contract this month(it expires this month), you can kiss that BxM4C goodbye, since Liberty Lines owns the route.

No....no they won't.

Not entirely. Fairview is only retiring NABIs that have blown motors.

Those will likely stay at Jamaica. They basically got back what they lost when Castleton Depot was flooded and a bunch of buses were heavily damaged due to the flood waters. QV and Jamaica sent buses down to cover for Castleton's shortage, while Yukon covered some trips. As for 7568.....the bus is technically not an oddball(I don't know why folks are trippin' over that, only difference is the number and the sign). It could end up at Quill in theory, or ENY to push a Next Gen out, or elsewhere with XD40s. It could even end up at Gun Hill, they've been having a bit of problems with those XD40s up there. Wherever it goes, it's not a big deal.

Greenville is a northern division garage, chief. Nothing has changed as to what garage is in what division. You got really bad information.

Lol.....the recent NG moves is why you wait and see, just because someone says the moves are permanent, doesn't automatically mean they are.... Thought this would've been common knowledge by now, especially with how many moves have been posted ever since the inception of this thread.

That's exactly how I look at it, and why I never bothered to fan the 355 ever since it's inception.

That's the only one they'd have to get. The TX is taller in height.

I don't think they were listed as a potential suiter for the business. I think they were shooting for the battery business, not the bus manufacturing side of things.

Proterra's bus manufacturing business is now owned by Phoenix Motorcar. Purchased for 10 million dollars.....that's astonishing.

.....charging methods?