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The old PowerPC iMac I had from July 2005* to August 2011 and Intel iMac from August 2011 to today makes me very happy that I don't have that bull rubbish called a Dell PC again. *Mom owned it for two years prior to July 2005, but used it sparingly, so when my Dell went kaput, she gave it to me.

https://sites.google.com/site/midnightrts/home/mta-fantasy-maps/manbus-fantasy2A-fantasy-routes-only.pdf New updates with my map! 1. Adding the M24 SBS. 2. Adding the B71 and B77 extensions to South Ferry.

Another day, another update! This time, I added an idea of my own, the M90 Limited from Central Park North to Battery Place. With the exception of traveling to Battery Place, it's essentially the old X90 route pre-June 1996. EDIT: Fixed a little error with the Limited dots and M92A and M92B squares.

It takes around ten to fifteen minutes to empty out the map. How I do it is just save the Inkscape file as an EPS or SVG (without text) and then open it in Illustrator. There, I consistently select an object, go to "Select" ----> "Same" ----> "Stroke Color" or "Stroke Weight" or whatever, and I clean it up. Note that I HIDE the data by either placing them under a different layer and hitting the "eye" to show/hide or Command+3 to hide it. I tend to creating new layers and transporting the old data onto them so I can use them for later. You'll see.

Excuse me for double-posting, but I have a map update! The update is the M92 Limited from Yorkville to the World Financial Center, but as two branches: the M92A through Water Street and South Ferry (basically the old X90) and M92B through Tribeca, City Hall, and Chinatown.

That is correct.

The old X90 would cut through 23rd and then head up first Avenue to 79th Street and then progress into Madison Avenue to 110th Street. Going south, it'd travel down 5th Avenue, turn on 79th, and then down York Avenue, following the old X92 route until exiting FDR.

@Dan: Maybe I will add the X90 and X92, but in a different format: the old X90 that went to Central Park North and X92 that went to Water & Broad (although my ideas are to make them limiteds and have the M92 LTD extend to the World Financial Center via Water Street B)). That said, I updated my map with another one of my own route ideas: the M12 (in lilac coloring) that travels from Grand Central to South Ferry.

I used Illustrator, and it has a layers feature, so I moved them around and hid them so I can use them as reference and keep the clutter off without deleting the data. Also, when they were initially on Inkscape, I saved the original PDF without text because they automatically convert to outlines/vector graphics on AI, and then I uploaded the SVG/EPS file to Illustrator to begin designing the routes. I advise you to open it up in a PDF-compatible program like Acrobat for viewing purposes and Illustrator (CS4 or higher) — if you have it — for editing the routes. LOL! Fixed and uploaded. XD

*laugh* Maybe we can. Thanks. B) How I was able to retrieve the map (as well as the other boroughs' and Nassau's) is basically how Gorgor did it. I brought 'em to Inkscape. But Inkscape is a little bit laggy on my iMac, so I save 'em as an EPS or SVG file and then open them up into Illustrator. There, I use the tools to clean up the map and place in fantasy routes my own and others' on here (and others if I wanna look for 'em). P.S.: The lilac coloring on the M17 route I did is from the Nassau bus map. I also picked up its tint in case I'll need it. B) P.P.S.: I see the error you're mentioning. I'll fix it in the future. Thanks for catching it. MAJOR EDIT: Error is fixed!

Well, allow me to help Gorgor for a second by putting up my (bare-boned) fantasy Manhattan map! The labels aren't featured, but I reviewed the maps and routes, and I used them as reference for my own. The lines featured are: 1. BxM8 to Hunts Point & Chelsea Market (mine) 2. BxM5 to Country Club & Houston Street (mine) 3. BxM15 to Bay Plaza/Orchard Beach & Astor Place (mine) 4. M125 to Astoria & Riverbank Park (mine) 5. M17 to Chelsea and Spanish Harlem (Hoodciti) 6. M32 Loop through Noho (counterclockwise) to Williamsburg (FamousNYLover) 7. M33 Loop through Noho (clockwise) to Williamsburg(FamousNYLover) 8. M98 extension to Central Park South & Cloisters (FamousNYLover) EDIT: I may not post updates that often due to an eventual heavy college load.

I should be a bit clearer here. As the BxM15 descends Park Avenue (South), it'll bump into Broadway at Union Square (B'way crisscroses with Park Avenue South there), so the BxM15 will use Broadway from 14th to Astor Place. Hope that helps. ^^

@Gorgor: Maybe you could add these 1. My version of the BxM8 (not the renumbered 7A one, BTW), which goes from Chelsea Piers to Hunts Point. You can label it as the BxM12 if you like. In Manhattan, its terminal is West Street and 18th Street. The streets go like this (Manhattan only). Downtown: a. Exists RFK, down 125th. b. Turns on Frederick Douglas Blvd./Central Park West. c. Turns on 66th Street, then turns on Columbus Avenue. d. Descends down Columbus until reaching 14th Street. e. After traveling down 14th, it turns on West Street and then will turn one more time on 18th (the M14D's terminal, too). Northbound (Manhattan): a. After leaving its terminal, goes up 18th, then down 9 Av. b. Then turns on 14th until hitting 8th Avenue, where it'll turn there. c. Goes straight up 8th Avenue/Central Park West. d. Turns on 125th and goes straight down until hitting the RFK, where it'll go north into The Bronx. 2. The BxM5: From Houston Street to Country Club via 1-2-3-4-5. Manhattan's portion's like this (Manhattan only). Southbound: a. Exits RFK, down 125th. b. Turns on Lexington Avenue. c. Turns on 116th. d. Turns on 2 Av and goes straight down to Houston Street. Northbound: a. Turns from Houston onto 1 Avenue. b. Turns on 116th Street to 3rd Avenue. c. Up 3rd Avenue to 125th. d. Turns on 125th and travels onto the RFK to the Bronx. 3. The BxM15: From Bay Plaza (and Orchard Beach in the summer) to Astor Place via W./E. Fordham Road/Pelham Pkwy and Major Deegan (Cross-Bronx part time) in the Bronx and Midtown Manhattan. These parts are Manhattan only. Downtown: a. Exits RFK, down 125th. b. Turns on 5th Avenue. c. Turns on 86th Street. d. Turns on 2nd Avenue to E. 42nd Street. e. Turns on 42nd. f. Turns on Park Avenue/Park Avenue South, then goes down Broadway before turning on E. 8th to the M1/2/3 terminal on 9th and 4th Avenue. Northbound: a. Up 4th Avenue/Park Avenue (South). b. Turns on 42 Street. c. Turns on 1st Avenue. d. Turns on 86th Street. e. Turns on Madison Avenue. f. Turns on 125th and goes on the RFK to the Bronx. More will come when I make more ideas.

My guess is Illustrator, as I, too, designed a fantasy Manhattan bus map similar to his with that program. P.S.: Oh, Gorgor, one little critique. On the M25, where you labeled "23 Street," that's actually East 25th street. East 23rd is two lines below. B)

Very good work. Quite professional. :tup: As for more routes, maybe your M105 Limited and my M55 SBS (link to my idea here. (Where the M55 would go to bypass 72nd to 125th is here.)

On my (and many of our) part(s), that's exactly the case. I don't create my fonts. I use my template and then make the signs by using it in Illustrator.

Excuse the double-post, but I have finished three more QM(route number) PBL signs for today! QM2A to Clearview: QM22 to Jackson Heights: And in honor of the name change in early September, the QM20 to Clearview:

The two signs… 1. Luminator MatrixMax sign (seen on the sides of buses with flipdots and the fronts of the old TMCs, 8000-8566). 2. Side Luminator Horizon (found on the MCIs, 16-1700s LIBs, Orion VII HEV 6400-high 6600s). The existing sign…the Bx30 fantasy from recently.

By all means!

New PBL flipdot signs are here, and they're all Queens-bound! QM12: QM15 (Lindenwood): QM15 (Howard Beach): QM16: QM17: QM18: QM23: QM24: More to come later!

Good evening! I'm back with more PBL-like flipdot signs! B) QM10 LeFrak City-bound: QM11 LeFrak City-bound: Q19A Jackson Heights-bound: Q19A Long Island City-bound: QM2A Bay Terrace-bound (MTA style): QM1 Fresh Meadows-bound: QM3 Douglaston-bound: Q53 Woodside-bound (under Triboro, it was run as an express):

The NYCT ones aren't all that recent, but… http://www.hopetunnel.org/bus/dest/NYCTA_08-01-2006.txt Note that this dates back to 2006, and many of them have since changed or altered. (I will admit that I'm sure that the South Ferry-bound M5 code is its own. Before the cuts officially took place, I saw the SF sign get flashed; one minute later, it reverted back to "Greenwich Village÷Houston St.") EDIT: As for LIB, I don't know the codes, either. I'd love to codebreak LIB someday soon, though.