S78 via Hylan

My first express bus ride- MCI 4306 on the X1 back in August of 2009.

Commute turned out to be wonderful this evening. Rode Orion 5 6092 on the S92 going toward CSI, Orion 7 NG 4255 returning, Nova LFS 8002, on the S53, then Orion 7 CNG 7591 on the B16 (which was unusally packed due to parent teacher conference) and then finished it off with Orion 5 CNG 9928 on the B35 LTD.

I'm sorry but there is no need to extend the B1 to Staten Island. Period.

Don't worry about it. I was getting annoyed with all the arguing on the B36/B64/B74 crap.

Well I tried......

This may not be the best idea I came up with, but I was thinking this one up last night:

B1 extension to Staten Island:

Follows the S53 routing to McClean Av/Sand Lane, then goes down Sand Lane and terminates at South Beach Terminal.

I thought this might be useful because this gives residents in South Beach and Arrochar a one-seat ride Bensonhurst, Kingsboro Community College, and other areas served by the B1.

This would also take some crowding off the S53 especially during rush hours and the extension would add at the most 10-15 minutes which isn't that bad.

Comments?

On another note, I once again caught 9604 on the B44 earlier. One of my second favorite buses.

Oh, while I'm at it, the 16:00 S44 out of St. George should be an S94. In most cases where you have two buses leaving St. George at once, one of them should be a limited.

That I agree with. There is similar case is with two S44's leaving St. George at 7:30PM. I also noticed, they took away the 7PM S94 and moved it to 9:00 PM.

I hope they can get some reverse-peak S96 service going. They could just reduce the local service a bit, and it would barely cost them anything (plus, they might soon need to add service for crowd control anyway)

I really don't think reverse peak S96 is needed that much.

Caught Ex-FP RTS 9596 on the B44 Limited on the way home. Great Bus!

Well if you mean from last pick which was from September to January, then yes. But right now I don't know who does the run.

 

The best thing I like is that it's a Castleton run so you may catch a Nova, Third Gen or Xcelsior on that run.

I've seen that tripper on the S62 before. Most of the time, it's usually an Orion 5.

It's not.

 

 

 

Those are definitely on the way out, but those are on the way out even without the artics since they're at the EOL (I'll miss those air starters on the 41 though)... Question is what the artics are specifically replacing.

I hope not the '98-99 RTS's. The artics probably might send some 96xx's somewhere.

The NG's are staying, so to me it only makes sense they would send out the 9600's.

B16 cut to Parkisde Av..... Ehh, I'm not too sure on that one.

4431 is at Yukon. Spotted on the S61 on layover at St. George and has Yukon stickers.

This past weekend, I rode 9604 on the B44 LTD. Love that bus!!!

4261 is at Yukon. Rode it on the S62 and has Yukon stickers.

Last weekend I caught 647 on the Q32.

Those cars have since returned to their original yards because I rode 6511-6515 the last week and 6791-6795 on the and have corresponding strip maps to their respective lines.

I see where that can be an issue, but the normally runs out of Jamaica Yard as it is, so it could be timed where at the start, a few (E)s started at 71st-Continental while the last few (M)s finished at Parsons-Archer.

 

Another option would be to have the run to 71st-Continental as it normally does on weekdays while there is an shuttle between 71-Continental and Parsons-Archer for those nights. That might be a way to work around the equipment issue while also storing a couple of (E)s at Chambers Terminal for right after FastTrack ends in the morning.

The is out of East New York Yard, not Jamaica. Some trains are just stored there for when it begins and ends service.

All of my bus rides today consisted of an Xcelsior on the S93, Orion 5 on the S62, D60HF on the M101, Orion 7 OG on the Q44, Orion 5 CNG on the Q65, Ex-Bee Orion 5 Line on the Q111 and finished it off with an RTS on the B44. I took some subway lines in between some of these bus rides. I too, had a NG free day.

Ahaha ! I knew it , I saw something on the B1 a naked bus but it was a distance from me . I knew that bus wasnt staying for long , thanks for the confirmation sir .

No problem. I wasn't expecting to it see there. It kinda surprised me lol.

Just so everyone knows, 5091 is BACK at Ulmer Park. How do I know? I spotted it on the B1 around 1:20 this afternoon in Bay Ridge while waiting for the S53. It still has FB stickers though.

Also, to add 6096 is back at CAS.

Disregard about 6166. It's back at Castleton.

4119 is at FP and 4260 is at Yukon.

6096 and 6166 may be at Yukon. Spotted both back to back on the S79 this morning in Bay Ridge and tracked them on the same route using Bustime.

Here's an annoucement I constantly hear on SI bus routes:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, in order to provide the best service to all our customers, buses on Staten Island may be held by central dispatch."

Anyone want to shed some light on this?