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The new RFP is out for up to 1,729 buses. https://new.mta.info/document/76796 1,042 Standard 40-foot buses 345 Articulated 60-foot buses 342 Express coaches 485 Electric low floor buses (460 for NYCT, 25 for MTA Bus) From a Facebook post:

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Are these buses that were built before the pause, though? I think the LGA units had already been built before.

Is there even that much demand between JFK and LaGuardia?

Saw this article about the reefing program, and how it basically failed. https://www.fastcompany.com/90716245/sinking-1000-nyc-subway-cars-in-the-atlantic-to-create-a-reef-didnt-go-as-planned

Haven't seen one of those GOs in a while. The Broadway trains are going to be running local to accomodate the turning back at 34th Street.

The extra trackways that were left over from the old 4-track proposals, south of 59th. Alternatively, the train can skip 8th Avenue, and instead tunnel and swerve across 61st Street to underneath 60th Street to reach the 59th Street station.

3960 is now in service. Currently untrackable and on the Q69.

If it can't be Astoria, the next best thing would be that Northern Boulevard stop. It can be like a three-track, one island platform stop, with the "southbound" track skipping the station, the current northbound track serve the west part of the platform, and a new third track serving the east side of the platform. I do wonder if the curve might pose a problem, though.

Spending like 20 minutes on this site, and there are a ton of clearly bullshit articles. This is BS. I edited this in my original comment, but there are some weird ass articles on the website. There's one about her and Schumer agreeing with MLB to bring two new Major League teams to Brooklyn or Rochester (What? That's news to hundreds of baseball insiders. Clearly fake as hell). Another one says she wants to repurpose Green-Wood Cemetery into an "The Enchanted Forest of Brooklyn" public park. That screams like something out of the Onion. Yet another one where she wants to move the United Nations to Governors Island. My favorite yet, the one where she's working with a Staten Island official to make Staten Island an independent municipality, aka an actual City completely independent of NYC, with its own mayor and city council. And these articles don't even have authors on them. It's just "sources around" the person who is the focus of the article. In fact, if you try to look up the writers section, you're directed to a Page not found (404). The Contact section is also a 404 not found. The subscribe and login pages lead you to [leaky_paywall_login] and [leaky_paywall_register_form] (no actual places to type in the info, just like html code). But of course, the Advertise has contact info and the Support Independent Journalism (aka the Donate) page has a PayPal. It's like a one-man operation.

I hope this is really true. I'm just trying to figure how such a station would be built. It might mean a good number of buildings get razed or get repurposed (maybe USPS Woolsey into an entrance). If not, then maybe they should aim for Northern Boulevard and 51st Street. EDIT: Hmmm, I'm looking at the site now. Some things aren't starting to make sense. Like I'm looking at this article about Hochul and Schumer landing two new expansion MLB teams for Rochester and Brooklyn. That shit don't make sense. I follow baseball religiously. Not a whiff about this on baseball sites.

Well, no one here is saying it is a good idea for long-term permanence.

I usually take the Q10 on the way in, usually when I have to pick up someone (and then catch a taxi/Uber home) or go catch a flight myself; I can tolerate carrying my bagback and a carry-on heading to and arriving. But now this just complicates things.

Good. Ought to give car drivers second thoughts when they notice they can't race across the intersection. https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/new-york-city-finally-getting-raised-crosswalks.html

The MTA has released a report: https://new.mta.info/document/72081 Governor Kathy Hochul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1484216551616262144 The MTA now has an Interborough page: https://new.mta.info/projects/interborough-express

I don't recall riding many buses growing up, I basically walked to both elementary and junior high, and I took the subway for high school. I did take the Q19A and the Q101 because they are the neighborhood buses. But there was a summer where I did take the Q29 alot. And the only times I know for sure I took Green Bus would have been when going to JFK on the Q10.

Why, I don't know. But the 1150-1189 series has them, and that Jamaica one was a former Green Lines from this exact series. I had to use my Imgur, can't seem to directly insert the photo's url from BusTalk. 3853 was former GBL 1189.

People are already complaining https://qns.com/2022/01/residents-worry-potential-drawbacks-interborough-express/

The new Atlanta MARTA rolling stock design has been unveiled:

I saw these posted in an FB infrastructure group. I don't what the exact source is (from what PDF it came from, around 2014 I think), but if it is any indication, LaGuardia Airport does seem like a possibility. This proposed track diagram shows the following services: Brooklyn Army - Jackson Heights (Rush Hours) Brooklyn Army - LaGuardia Airport (All Times) Brooklyn Army - Co-Op City (Rush Hours+Late Nights) East New York - Co-Op City (Weekends+Middays) And it proposes the following TPH: - The Bronx branch, from Co-Op to Jackson Heights: 8-10 (Peak) 4 (Evenings+Late Nights) - The LaGuardia Branch, from LGA to Jackson Heights: 20 (Peak) 10 (Evenings) 4 (Late Nights) - Jackson Heights to East New York: 34 (Peak) 14 (Evenings) 4 (Late Nights) - East New York to Brooklyn Army Bay Ridge: 24 (Peak) 10-14 (Evenings) 4 (Late Nights)

Maybe they can use the converted Underground D-Stock that is being tested.

LRV stands for Light Rail Vehicle. That's the common name given to many different models in the United States. I just really hope this is rail and not a BRT. Preferably heavy rail, most likely mainline, then light rail.

Huh, I've never seen a bus company also offer knife sharpening, car and grill, and oil change services, along with a sale on Scooters.

It looks like the Triboro RX will finally be moving forward! MTA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=287057383459087

Based out of NYCT Charleston Depot, they'll use the Prevost and the MCI that were brought over from MTA Bus. It's not like the MTA was taking over Academy. They just took over operations of the lines.