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29 minutes ago, Sylveon said:

anyone else think that the L90, L91, L92, Q90, and Q92 routes are just a waste?

They’re not routes. They’re just designations for long term shuttles. 

8 hours ago, 4P3607 said:

What's the status with 4440? It hasn't tracked since Dec 24. 4440, 4443 and 4522 are the only remaining Orions in service at Grand Ave depot. 

Out of service by maintenance and then becoming a training bus afterwards. 4443 is being held as a training bus as well. 

2 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

I need someone to confirm or refute this, but 3863 was supposedly out on the M12 yesterday.

They’re done. 

10 minutes ago, LeonKennedy said:

That info is definitely wrong.. there was atleast 5-8 oa operators at the mac yesterday for promotion.  Only 5 ta.  Unless there is another round of operators at the mac today 🤷‍♂️

This is reflecting all the operators who are going to the MAC tomorrow. So the 5 from yesterday, and 8 tomorrow makes 13 TA. 

Next class: 

 Highest # TA: 161 (8 candidates)

Highest #OA: 215 (Just one candidate)

When you crossed over, did you put in your transfer to Queens? If you did, then you just have to wait and ride it out. If not, put it in. 

They’re not going to hardship you in front of other operators that put in their request ahead of you. 

4 hours ago, NBTA said:

So there’s 3 Bx18s now? I go on the MyMTA app, and there’s a Bx18A, Bx18B and the regular Bx18. 

The Bx18 will be relabeled as the Bx18A and B to denote the loop pattern starting January 8th. 

There is a class of 45 starting in January. Mixed class. I believe it’s 12 TA or so. 

14 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

For some reason, LGAs entire article fleet is off the road at this moment. Did something happen? All the other depot's seem to have their artic's out (save for CS).

Precaution for black ice through the city. Other depots had their artics grounded overnight as well. 

On 12/7/2022 at 2:32 PM, R68ACTrain said:

Is the MJQ work not starting in the beginning of 2023? It is likely for it to happen during the pick.

If the work was starting winter pick, they would had moved the routes already. Can they start the work mid pick? Sure. But they would have to have another system pick before the routes are actually moved elsewhere. 

On 11/25/2022 at 1:44 PM, Calvin said:

2214: Castleton to scrap

Still in service 

On 11/25/2022 at 8:38 AM, Calvin said:

7975: delivered to Ulmer Park. Order is completed for their 2022 batch.

7975 has not been delivered yet

7983 is in at UP. Only missing 74 and 75.

7977, 7980 and 7985 in at UP. 

38 minutes ago, misslo said:

So today was day 7. I failed. Onto day 9 I go.  My initial instructor he was really good. Threw us in the Lion's Den real quick. He is knowledgeable. I enjoyed his teachings. I got an experience. Cant say I never drove a bus.  So Monday came and we had to get a new trainer. We started off very late. Threw my day and really threw the week off. He was cool he knows more than me. I am a little perplexed as to what are the criteria in passing with the MTA road test. The second instructor I had said i made great improvements for the couple days i have been with him. 

Anyways my faults. Not slowing down when pedestrians are crossing, forward planning and proper lane change and more scanning of mirrors frequently.

So downtown has some tight turns i pass through them rather smoothly and rather carefully, My turns were really good for someone who just start driving a bus.

The student almost swiped a MTA bus granted the MTA park low right at the corner. He passed.

The other student never yield to emergency vehicles, running yellow light.

The other student gear was in reverse, the trolly brake had to be pulled a few times, lane changes, almost tearing off the side/tail end of the bus.

Yesterday I was the only who had a lot of unsatisfactory. It sucks.

But nah all of us had mixed results. I knew I wasn't going to do well. Really if all of us had a failed I could see why. 

But a student came really came dangerously close to hitting a bus but they passed. Cool story bruh. FOHWTB.

I am not jealous or angry at the student who passed, that's their journey, no hater sh*t. I hope he does well. He was happy to be here.

 

Don't think too much about it. Day 8 will be used to correct the remaining faults that you had during the first 7 days. i passed on Day 9 and that was after having to squeeze my way through two parked vehicles... So tight, that my superintendent actually got off the bus and guided me through. You will make it through. Tips for 8 and 9:

Spend Day 8 asking all the questions you have with your new superintendent. Like I said, that day is for correction. Have them show you a different way of handling the same situation that you're having trouble with. Take your time driving. You'll be at a new depot maybe transversing new territory.

Day 9 will be in the city. Scan your mirrors A LOT. If your supt is telling you scan more, scan a lot more. They want to see your head moving back and forth. You must slow down and be prepared to stop (and even stop) for any hazard. Peds, bikes, cars, rats, roaches, whatever. Call them out, slow it down as you pass and if you need to, put the 4 feet of space in between them and the bus. If any hazard is within 4 feet, you must call them out and stop or change lanes until they are away from your bus. While you are passing any hazard, you must watch them in the mirror as you go past. Look forward, then track them in the mirror.

On forward planning: Think about the next 20 seconds around your bus and the couple of blocks ahead of you. They want to see you pick up on hazards or anything else that you would have to pay more attention to. For example, you see a double parked car that you will have to go around. Call out the car, and then start setting up to change lanes. You want to time up your lane change so that you don't have to stop behind the double parked car and at the same time, you spend as least amount of time possible with your right side open.

Lane changes: Scan your mirrors, figure out where you're going to change lanes at, scan again and then effect your movement left or right. Don't wait for the moment to arrive to change lanes. (Like with the double parked car scenario) If you're on 80th Street and you know you have to turn on 86th Street, you should already be in the proper lane by 83rd/84th Street. You want to get your lane changing thought of and done early so you don't get caught up.

Crossing Peds: Slow down and stop for them. If they're crossing in the middle of the street, they will cross in front of your bus and not care. Adjust your operation for them. Scan your right side mirror for a bike that might come. Scan your left side for cars passing. The ped might see either or, last minute and the next thing is that they're either continuing across the street or they're going to retreat back to the sidewalk. If they retreat, you're already prepared to stop (or should be stopped already if they're in the 4 feet). In the crosswalk, just stop until it's clear before proceeding. This way, you keep your bus straight to monitor any bikes on the right side, any other pedesterians and have a better angle on the left side to view traffic using you mirror. When its safe to proceed, do the 3-5 mph and continue scanning the crosswalk and around your bus for anything more that you would have to stop for.

Good luck

Nah, there’s no consolidation. If you’re a TA dispatcher, you can only work at TA depots. The only shared space for OA and TA is the Command Center.

7987 at Ulmer Park

7984 at UP

3 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

The user was asking the service status of the Orion 4586.

Oh, lol. It’s assigned to JFK. 

42 minutes ago, BenTheMiner said:

4586 (EN) has confirmed to either be retired or transferred to MTA Bus Company (which one of the two has not been confirmed). Its farebox is now on a 2022 XD40. Someone let me know if they have any information on it.

(For those who don't know, tracking fareboxes can be used to see if a unit has been retired or transferred.)

4856 is alive and well at Ulmer Park. 

You can request a hardship transfer but it’s something that they don’t have to grant because you willingly transferred to Staten Island. If you live closer to Brooklyn Division depots and SI is out of the way for you, that’s one reason you can use.

7972 at UP

On 8/30/2022 at 10:51 AM, Around the Horn said:

7979 at the vendor. Should be headed to Ulmer Park. 

Now at UP with 7978. 7981 and 82 got dropped off this morning. 

6 hours ago, Jackdawson said:

If I were to reinstate myself and pass , once I get to the depot would my seniority be above other since I took this test years ago? I look on other pages and couldn't find the answer.. thank you 

No. You’ll only have seniority above your classmates, if they were hired from lists after 4600. You would still be at the bottom however. 

2 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

8520 from QV is currently on the Q31. I am guessing it’s a loan because it is not even noon yet so it can’t be a school tripper. 

It was on a QV school piece.