Joel Up Front

I'd double check that Kool-Aid you're drinking.

10 hours ago, Late Clear said:

I just read this recently.  

You shouldn't of posted it.  

You'll learn later on in life as a adult, taking the high road is more rewarding when the outcome is the same.  

This disgruntled conductor for whatever reason might of gotten a reprimand for foolish act.  So what if he's a jackass?  Nothing good came out of you posting it.  Nothing good will ever come out of it. 

You're still rail fanning.  He still works there.  The world goes on.  Just as if you wouldn't of posted it.  

Your Eric Gardener/Pantaleo analogy is pathetic and demonstrates your immaturity.  

1) *shouldn't have

2) Did someone mix insecticide with your milk as a child?

I thought I posted this, but I saw an old MCI (#3317) on the back of a tow truck on Sunrise Highway eastbound.  Was it on the way to Atlantic DD in Ronkonkoma?

Maybe it's me, but I WILL go  out of my way to get a paper ticket.  I like putting it in my wallet and just giving it to the collector/conductor.  I sure wouldn't trust my phone with something as vital as a Monthly or hundreds of dollars.

"Temorarily" locked and it "consernes" your account?

Yet he had no problem expanding the speed cameras, enforcing them when school is out.  People are still walking into the street with traffic barreling down at them without a care in the world.  Funny how he's so quick to blame cars when people just think they can walk and bike wherever?  He can stay in Iowa, for all anyone cares.

Do fareboxes accept pennies?  I annoyed B/O's sometimes whenever I paid in dimes and nickels because I only had $1.00 in quarters.

9 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

One longtime resident says she's proud of living in a small town

proud of living in a small town

living in a small town

a small town

I didn't know 15k population was considered a small town.  Are upstate places like Smyrna (207) and Greigsville (209) even populated by her standards?

Change or not, it doesn't excuse the dropped runs, constant bunching (even on 2 bus/hour routes)  and chronic lateness.  I'm seeing rush hour buses packed far less than they used to be.

What was going on last night on the Culver Line?  I was on the Belt and noticed traffic slowing drastically by CIY underneath the tracks.  workers were sawing through the metal but I doubt it was anything heavy considering there were probably only a dozen employees and two trucks there.  I'm on the Belt a lot more than I admit (have been doing so since I was a kid) and I never remember that structure being anything but rusty and looking like it was going to give.

NG #1718 on the n4x was sitting in the middle lane at Merrick Road and Lincoln Avenue in RVC.  I noticed it try to start twice but it never moved.

Considering their inspections consist of "does the bus start and move," I think so.  Someone's making massive bank from this entire thing, else it would have failed by now.

I saw XN40 1923 on the back of a tow truck in Oceanside earlier.

The NGs sound like their transmissions are grinding apart and I've seen a lot of broken down 3G's.  I don't live far enough north to see the XN60s but the XN40s seem to be doing the best out of the fleet.  They'd be doing a lot better if I didn't keep seeing them involved in minor accidents.

NICE had decent momentum going into 2013, but somewhere after that people started jumping ship in massive numbers.

An old NG on the N32 by Hempstead Avenue was surrounded by no less than three Lynbrook PD SUVs with a fire department vehicle nearby last night.  Was this an accident?

Saw 1677 on the n4 earlier this week.  I don't remember the Orion V's being THAT slow...

Why do I hear newer (e.g. NGs and newer) buses release air at extended stops?  The engine also idles smoother after.

XD40 #1947 broken down by the 7-11 in Lynbrook, but there were only about 6 people on so I assume it was an N25 that broke down.  It's funny because I saw two N25s one behind the other up the road...

Maybe it's me being used to getting on crowded buses, but I'd rather stand in the vestibule than sit next to some ass on any peak LIRR train.

That entire area of Hempstead around the Transit Center is an absolute rat's nest, and those are the kindest words I can use.  The MVMs inside are always broken, the bathrooms might as well be sewers themselves, there's no sense of security with the underpaid guards and non-existant HPD, and there aren't any good places to get a bite to eat around.  NICE's (lack of) quality service means you spend more time in that hellhole than you need to.

I was looking at an MSBA map from '74 and I noticed a few things:
The old N3 followed the N6 to Hempstead after making the right from Franklin Avenue to Hempstead Turnpike.
There was an N36/37 that ran from Hempstead and served Long Beach Road in RVC, took DeMott Avenue to Baldwin and then took Grand Avenue to the N35's current terminus at Atlantic Avenue, then followed the former N36's routing all the way to Lynbrook.  How long ago was it rerouted to Freeport?
 

Too bad the driver will quit in the middle of the route.

7 hours ago, Tom Meadow said:

Gonna throw this but suspect pinepowerli is buying subs  

For himself?  I don't doubt that.

I thought NYCDOT determined where buses from LI could stop.