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It was but he is talking about the original “N72” route before it cut to stay within Nassau some years back.

This is just my belief but I think the MTA doesn’t order mini buses due to the flexibility that running standard sized buses offer. The Bx46 could get away with the smaller buses but what happens if West Farms is short on standards and artics for the Bx6 but all they have are these mini buses ready to go? There are only a few routes that get low ridership so I don’t think having 50-60 mini buses in the entire system are worth it. NICE Bus pulls that nonsense from time to time where you’ll see a mini bus on the n6 or n22 but that wouldn’t cut it in NYC.

Nahh, sometimes I wish they never converted it to diesel because it failed badly. The rest of 2006/07 Orion VII Hybrids ended up outlasting the bus. Even the 2005 Orion VII’s were around for a little longer than 3563.

I agree it definitely is unfair, but it seems that no one cares about real solutions anymore. The city’s solution to farebeating is congestive pricing. They will make the entire bus system free and put the burden on the tax payers to pay up. The money has to come from somewhere which is what a lot of people don’t realize when they advocate for free stuff in society. All the people who are farebeating must realize that while they may be getting over today they will have to pay up one day in the form of increased taxes. The solution to farebeating is increase police presence and giving fines to people who don’t follow the rules. However since 2020 no one takes the police seriously and that’s why we are also seeing all this crime in the subways.

They have no choice but to keep them up and running, the rest of the MCI’s won’t be replaced till 2025/2026. Of course MTA Bus would be stuck with all the old buses. I have heard that a lot of drivers prefer the MCI’s over Prevost. One driver I spoke to told me that MCI’s feel like transit buses whereas the Prevost feel like regular coach buses.

3811 is one of the buses still running around with cloth seating. It’ll probably be gone by next week, but here is an actual number. I just caught it on the Q60.

Nice! Queens will be dominated by LFS coneheads by the end of the year. I’ve always been curious about the Q41, is it split between JFK and FR because I could have sworn some of its trips interlined with the Q6, Q8 and Q9?

Last night I rode the from Manhattan during the late evening for the first time in a long while and it’s still as brutal as I remembered. This time it had to pick up the slack for the lack of service to Manhattan, it has to serve all the local QBL stops and it’s being slowed down by the usual QBL track work. I do understand that the has limited time during the weeks to get work done in general but when the is cut off between 74th/Broadway to Hudson Yards, there should not be any work done along QBL. Last nights crowding and slow crawl is why I usually take the LIRR or the express bus. Speaking of why is it taking forever for them to get the Manhattan bound platforms 82nd and 111th streets reopened?

There are a few random Orion VII Next Gens running around that have the cloth seating on a few of the seats, I couldn’t tell you which numbers. Outside of express buses all the local fleets from 2011 and on were delivered with the hard seats.

8973 has been at BP almost two weeks.

That tight budget is keeping them from adding the service that is needed. The n4 and n6 in general doesn’t get enough service in the evening and personally that’s my biggest issue. Even at the 10pm hour buses going towards Jamaica will be packed with a bunch of standees. The ridership that is there at those hours will eventually get turned away because of the lack of bus service. There has been times when a trip during the evening is missing and you wait double the times and that’s no fun.

The one thing I never understood is why are buses delivered very out of order where you can have bus # 9118 arrive before 8968 for example. I don’t know much about how transit does things but from a layman’s perspective Baisley Park’s 46 LFS’s should have all been here before 9118 got here but I suppose there is good reason for that. Anyone have an explanation?

Interesting. I wonder what was the point of slapping CP stickers on these buses if they were going to go back within a few days.

Nahh they certainly don’t have enough resources to do that and they won’t do it as long as NY continues to be soft on crime. Just look at what happened not too long ago with the migrant being allowed to avoid jail time despite attacking a NYPD officer over in Time Square. Also if I recall the NYPD is having trouble hiring new officers (no surprise) because within the past few years many have left the force. Who would want to work as law enforcement in a city that will just release dangerous criminals back out on the street despite some being arrested repeatedly. Why would I put my life on the line to get beat up by someone who will just be released later on in the day. It’s not worth it in my opinion. Farebeating before 2020 wasn’t as rampant as it is now. All the driver has to do is make a mistake and leave the back doors open on any route and someone is bound to go through them. The key to stopping farebeating is to show folks that there are real consequences to their bad actions.

I don’t usually chime into this kind of stuff but your comment is very immature and unnecessary. Don’t be upset because multiple people called you out for making a false report. “Dude” you could not even provide any proof of your claim so why not be a bigger person and own up to your mistake and just admit it was an error ? In life you will need to learn to own up to your mistakes because in the real world you won’t always be able to hide like you can behind a phone screen. I’m assuming you’re young so I know a lot of stuff goes in one ear and out the other but I’m just trying to give you some life advice. Also you don’t get any bonus points on here for being the first one to make a report about a bus transfer or delivery but let’s carry on.