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The MTA will be ending the real-time service alert Twitter because Twitter is asking $50,000 month for the API.
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14 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:
There's an reddit thread about this, but it hasn’t had an update in a while.
Otherwise, there's no tracker for subway cars for the public like they there is for the buses.
Best bet is to wait at Atlantic Ave until it shows up, or you can ask the NYCT twitter page.
Don't ask the official NYCT twitter for the location of a specific trains. That is a twitter page for real information, not for wasting resources to placate teenage railfans.
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Yeah, the Brooklyn Navy Yard uses the Grande West Vicinity, but a 30-foot version. These ones are the newer 38-foot model.
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I'm keeping a personal roster, eventually to be put on the CPTDB. There are at least two different operators doing work for LAAMCO at LaGuardia:
- ERMC Aviation Services. They have at least 6 Grande West Vicinity buses and operate the Terminal C Employee shuttle.
- R&N Car Service. These guys have a bunch of ARBOC Spirit of Equess, at least one D35LF from Milton Transit District, and some D40LF from Phoenix Valley Metro. They also inherited the 12 blue XD40 that Golden Touch (RIP) used for the JFK Delta Jitney. R&N is responsible for the Terminal A & B Employee shuttle.
ERMC Aviation:
IMG_6543 by GojiMet86, on Flickr
R&N Car Service:
IMG_6542 by GojiMet86, on Flickr
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Andy Byford is joining Amtrak as executive VP to help oversee high-speed rail development.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/03/23/exclusive-andy-byford-to-join-amtrak/
QuoteSTREETSBLOG EXCLUSIVE: Andy Byford to Join Amtrak
By David Meyer
Mar 23, 2023Former NYC Transit President and beloved “Train Daddy” Andy Byford will join Amtrak next month as an executive vice president, Streetsblog has learned.
Byford, who earned his nickname during his time running the MTA’s city bus and subway system from January 2018 to February 2020, returned to the United States last year after a stint in his native U.K. as the head of Transport for London.
At Amtrak, Byford will oversee the development of high-speed rail, according to an internal company memo. The fast train tech, which is commonplace in Asia and Europe, has historically eluded the U.S.
“Andy is widely respect in the industry and has a wealth of experience leading large transportation systems worldwide,” Amtrak officials said in an email to employees on Thursday. Byford’s first day will be April 10.
The cheery Brit’s tenure in New York was marked by increased on-time subway performance, the approval of $40 billion in proposed spending to modernize city subways and buses, and his very public squabbles and eventual falling out with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was later forced to resign in a sexual harassment scandal.
Byford, who also served in executive transit roles in Sydney and Toronto, left New York on the eve of the pandemic, saying he had had enough of “interference” from the now-disgraced governor, with whom he sparred over the cancellation of NYCT’s long-planned L train shutdown.
“I needed to be left to run the system,” Byford told CBS New York’s Marcia Kramer shortly after his departure. “It got to a point where it was obvious … I was not going to be allowed to get on with what needed to be done.
“I had to make to my mind up, as a person with very strong principles, can I accept … a situation where I’m in a safety-critical role and the people are being given direction on operational matters behind my back,” he added.
Amtrak’s decision to hire Byford for a critical mission earned plaudits from Lisa Daglian, executive director of the MTA’s in-house Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee.
“Having Andy Byford in that role means the whole nation can benefit from having a ‘Train Daddy’ and his wealth of experience,” Daglian said.
“He’s lived and worked in places where high speed rail actually exists and is in a great position to help bring it here. He’s got excellent relationships within the MTA that will help smooth the way as conversations about a multitude of projects continue. And he understands the complexity of the system and its components — and mostly, how to put riders first.”
Neither Amtrak nor Byford responded immediately to requests for comment.
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1 hour ago, JLiu15 said:
If NJT takes them back, that means there would be a continuous block of NJT-livery 17xxx cruisers 17063-17120. I could see some going to Wayne to replace the 7100s and 9000s and Oradell to finally replace the remaining D4000s. I doubt they'd go to South Jersey as South Jersey is supposed to get the bulk of the D45 CRTs.
50 buses are more than enough to replace the 28~30 D4000s that are left. Although I do wonder if NJT is thinking of taking over the DeCamp lines, maybe at reduced service. In that case, they would still need some buses.
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For those keeping track of the new shuttle designations, there is a J90 (J shuttle from Crescent to Jamaica-Van Wyck) now trackable on BusTime, now joining the J99, L90, L92, and Q93.
3 hours ago, Kamen Rider said:So I don’t know how long it’s going to be there or why it’s there (film shoot if I had to guess)…
but there is an Orion 1 parked on Meeker Avenue just south of Union Street, across from Lorimer/Metropolitan station.
it’s just labeled “transit authority” on the outside and is signed “5 Dorchester”
That's an Orion V (05.503) that used to run for DASH in Alexandria, VA. I spotted it back in January. Sounds like it hasn't moved an inch.
IMG_6642 by GojiMet86, on Flickr
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On 2/8/2023 at 7:16 AM, engineerboy6561 said:
I'm pretty sure those are basically Class 777s with a modified interior and wider loading gauge to match MARTA's system. For reference, the vehicle on the left above is a Class 777, next to the stock that it's replacing (credit Ross McCall/Wikipedia for the image); these are 200' long, 9'3" wide four-car sets designed to do 75mph on an interesting sort of commuter rail/subway hybrid system out of Liverpool in the UK. If you lengthen the cars to 75' and widen them as appropriate (10'6" for Atlanta and SF, 10' for DC) you basically have a product that matches well with the sort of commuter rail/subway hybrid systems you have on MARTA, BART, and WMATA. You could make them work for the B division here with a mix of longitudinal and 2+2 seating, but you'd probably want to keep car length below 75' because these sets are truly articulated, with Jacobs bogies under the open gangways, and would probably have issues navigating the tighter curves on the system unless you dropped individual segment length down to 60' or 67' long.
A little preview of the Class 777s (and therefore the MARTA trains):
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It would have been nice if the MTA had installed the elevators at Broadway during its ESI renovation in 2018......
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3 hours ago, TheMTAEmprie said:
Well, I see your sense of humor hasn't changed....
I see your spamming behavior hasn't either.
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Northern route buses will head south on 169th Street, pull into the terminal at their respective shelters, run west, and exit unto 168th Street.
Southern route buses will head north on 168th Street, pull into the terminal at their respective shelters, run east, and exit unto 169th Street.
The bus lanes from north to south (90th Avenue to 91st Avenue):
The first platform with about 7 bus shelters for NICE buses. Looks like there will be one dedicated shelter for articulated buses.
One westbound bypass lane for NICE buses, with a little layover.
The second platform, for MTA, will be shorter, with a stand for NICE dispatchers, a couple of shelters, and drop-off points.
This will be followed by one westbound bypass for north routes, and one eastbound bypass for south routes.
Next is the third platform, which will have MTA buses on both sides. South routes will board on the northern side, while northern routes board on the southern side of this platform.
This will be followed by one westbound bypass for north routes, and one eastbound bypass for south routes.
Finally is the fourth platform, also for MTA, which will serve southern routes.
https://new.mta.info/document/104706
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52 minutes ago, xD4nn said:
You don't understand how the LIRR works. You provided examples of how other railroads work but they are OTHER railroads. This is the LIRR. Go speak to a worker and understand how it works...
......How old are you again?
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You can post the image directly here by right-clicking the image itself and copying the image address (which is not the same as copying and pasting the url link), then pasting it.
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On 1/30/2023 at 8:06 PM, davemackey said:
22118 at Oradell. 2022 Cruiser order completed.
MCI acknowledged the delivery on their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZ0Y8Fsrch/
QuoteThe #MCIteam is happy to announce the completion of the delivery of 1,222 D4500 coaches to New Jersey Transit. The smooth and successful delivery was possible due to the high bar set for quality at the MCI manufacturing facility.
This delivery marked a milestone 4000th #MCIcoach delivered to New Jersey Transit. For over 40 years, New Jersey Transit has been relying on MCI's #reliabilityDRIVEN vehicles, having started our productive partnership in 1982 with the order of the “MC9” model.
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Lemme ask you guys this.
When has adding more lanes and highways incentivized people to take the subway or bus?......
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30 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:
I sadly have to disagree with you.
Removing lanes from streets that were built for 8 lanes (using 8th Ave as an example) and reducing it to 2 travel lanes is completely un-necessary and increases traffic as a result. Bus lanes in this instance don't work because all that traffic trying to turn delays the bus from moving forward. Obviously this now induces a chokepoint that wasn't previously there.
Adding lanes does work when the end point isn't 50% less capacity then the current number of lanes. And look at how traffic flows on 12th Avenue with all those extra lanes, I never ever got stuck in traffic there once. Yet if I use 8th Ave it takes me 24 minutes to get from 14th St to 42nd St.
And sorry, but most of these articles and studies are biased when it comes to anything dealing with car infrastructure. I don't even use my car and leave it in NJ, but I should would like to stop getting thrown around in an express bus when the driver has to keep slamming on the brakes to avoid hitting a cyclist who ran a red or a taxi cab that cuts in front of him to pick up a fare.
Many DOT studies from other states all point to the same problem with adding highway lanes. That's why even Texas, the most car friendly state, is slowing down these projects.
I guarantee adding back those lanes will make things even worse than they are now.
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3 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:
That's understandable. The city has done little to mitigate that congestion other then put a cap on the number of for-hire vehicle's, but that barely fixed it.
Then there's the issue of activists wanting to tear down the highways in NYC, among other issues. Traffic on the BQE has skyrocketed with the loss of lanes on the inbound Brooklyn Bridge and on both levels of I-278, which in turn delays every southern express bus in the district. I seriously don't understand where they expect all this traffic to go if they keep instigating we need less car lanes, more bike lanes, and no highways.
Adding more lanes is just going to intice more people to fill up those lanes.
It has been proven time and time again that all that does is increase traffic congestion.
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18 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:
I don't know how prevalent that issue has been so far, but what I do know is that the reverse is quite a issue:
trains dumping along with the atrocious 
service. The 
running every 20 minutes barely helps matters, since they're usually timed right around an train, usually after. I had the pleasure of experiencing that yesterday since when I got off, the was 12 minutes away (and the was 16 minutes away).
What's worse, is that the Astoria-bound
trains are timed to depart Herald Square just before the Astoria-bound (N). However, because the is departing from the SB platform, virtually everyone takes the there, and since it takes time switching over to Times Square, the either beats the or arrives at the same time. And then because the switches to the local track before 57 Street instead of after, it crawls north of 49th Street as the gets in front of it. Poorly timed, and I bet it's done like that to save up from running an extra trainset that they otherwise would have to provide to not bunch.
That is what I deal with when I come back from work. Two weeks ago there was a very bad night where I waited 20 minutes for any Astoria train, while seeing about seven
trains pass by. I've often missed both trains, then I have to wait another 8 minutes for the next batch of trains, the first which is usually stuffed.
What also sucks is the upper level only has one countdown clock dedicated for the Astoria lines, and it is right around the north end of the northbound 4th car position (a 75-footer). However, there are about 4-5 for the
. Anyone who wants to check the time has to walk to find the lone Astoria countdown.
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Saw an Access-A-Ride paratransit van (5941 for Maggie's Transportation) with the new blue and yellow scheme.
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Go to the share photo icon (on the lower right side), click BBCode and choose your dimensions. Copy and paste that link.
LFS 8080 x68 by Josh Simms, on Flickr
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5 minutes ago, xD4nn said:
Alon does in fact pull information out of his ass. He lack knowledge of how railroads work. He once said that trains LIRR should through run into NJ under current circumstances and only hold at the station for 1 minute. He clearly lacks knowledge of how railroads operate. Has it crossed your mind to study rr ops and maybe talk to workers before spewing incorrect information?
What's incorrect about saying diesel engines have slower acceleration than EMUs? That's a fact.
These is the same LIRR that has refused for decades to electrify the Port Jefferson and Oyster Bay lines. And they want to buy those new diesel engines and only 20 new coaches. They also cancelled that BEMU project.
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They are looking at 90-01 168th Street for the new site, which is the parking lot between 90th and 91st Avenues, and 168th and 169th Streets. This is right behind Marshalls and Reymour Flannigan. This will actually be closer to the
train that 165th Street was.
Looks like Jamaica Avenue and Hillside buses will come up 168th and go down 169th.
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trains dumping along with the atrocious 
service. The 
running every 20 minutes barely helps matters, since they're usually timed right around an 
train that 165th Street was.
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