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All deficiencies are submitted internally to Ops planning. DOT makes repairs as needed to bus stop furniture. Bus stop announcements issues as go to Ops planning and are usually fixed when the next pick goes into affect.

Good morning all, I'm looking for assistance with identifying issues with bus announcements on Manhattan Bus routes. For example I found an issue with the Westbound M42 bus stop at W 42nd Street & Broadway Stop code# 403354. There is no bus stop there but the bus still make announcement. Also if you happen to find missing information on a bus stop furniture (pole, route sign, destination sign, count down clock defective). A perfect example would look like at 10th Avenue & W 49th Street M11 local route panel signage is missing at stop code# 401410. please include an image of defect if possible. Any help on the matter is appreciated as I will attempt to rectify issues with NYC DOT & MTA

Well how was day 2 and 3 on the road? Good luck guys.

Word of advice, pack lunch food is expensive near zerega and you have to wait for it. They beat us MTA employees and The sanitation workers over the head with the prices.

So you’re pissed that the driver made a decided to be safe instead of boarding passengers where they could have been injured. I mean I would do everything in my power to get into the bus stop but if it not happening it not happening. I was not there so I can’t comment but many people don't see the whole picture which we are trained to do as professionals. Was there a fire truck or other emergency vehicle that had it lights and sirens on? Was there another X10 right behind him but everyone was so focus on seeing a X10 that it blinded you and the others from seeing the other X10 right behind it. I rather complaints then having someone step out in the street and possible get injured or even killed all for a bus. I know the feeling of waiting for a bus in the cold. It really sucks, and when you see your bus it the only thing in the world that matters and you say to yourself thank god, I hope it warm inside and there a seat. Once again I was not there nor do I know who was right or wrong, all I have to say before jumping to conclusion make sure you look at the whole picture. Remember SAFETY FIRST and I’m taking about yours not mine. If the guy was an ass i apologizes but don't classify me or the other 7000 operators as a--holes. The MTA don't want to hear that we were being nice guys when someone falls on my stairs out of a bus stop, I know the chances are slim to none but i wont take that chance. It's nothing personal but im not risking my pay ,benefits, pension etc... nor would i ask you to jeopardize your lively hood for my benefit of a mere 20 minutes or what ever the head ways were at the time P.S. I have no intention of starting a flame war here, just a view from a MTA Bus Operator.

SimMan I want to say thank you for your post. Just have this weird feeling after reading your post that you might be someone that is working in Zerega instructing student the MTA way, anyways thanks for your post.

Checkers do many job as stated before. They do counts in bus stop, counts of people on trains and counts of people alighting and boarding a bus. They make sure we are courteous to customers and write down to the second our duration's in the bus stop. With that being said B/O's don't like checkers cause can't mouth off the the A-holes, cant run hot and usually when the checkers are around is when they are looking to do cuts not additions to a line. A little off topic but I once had a checker who was getting drunk on my bus. Next time you are on a bus and you see someone sitting in the first seat near the front door wearing a orange MTA vest and clip board, that's a checker.

Drug test are only good for 30 days.

Yes they will show you everything, brakes and mirrors were the hardest to get the hang of. You have to have them mentality to say to yourself "if they can do it, i can too". dont be intimated by the bus but do respect it. I think everyone that visits this forums before training has a heads up and the pressure is just that much less.

The air brakes are very sensitive. I think that was the hardest part of learning how to drive the bus was how much pressure to apply for a smooth stop. I know when i was in training with in the first 5 mins of training ,the instructor show us how strong the brakes were by rolling at 5 mph and jamming on the brake. i felt like my arms were pulled out of the socket.