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On 12/31/2022 at 12:20 PM, B35 via Church said:

Took the (eastern split of the) n24 earlier this week from Hicksville... Since when does the interior LED display spell out the turn-by-turn routing???

I like the progressive thinking, but I think this may be a bit too far....

On 12/31/2022 at 4:28 PM, Mtatransit said:

I was just about to post this as well,

I saw L on Marie or something like that I was like what, then the announcement came. I first thought it was a feature in the clever device system for navigation 

There is video of this:

Police arrested someone last week in connection with the fire:

On 8/17/2022 at 11:34 PM, Krocyoin said:

You may be right but from 2010 to 2013, people in Little Neck were complaining that the Q79 got eliminated so the MTA extended some Q36 trips in 2013, but have you ever seen more than 8 people on a Q36 bus along Little Neck Parkway? Cause most of the time there isn't.

While this is true, I still think the ridership along the Little Neck Pkwy portion of the Q36 is higher (at lease pre-pandemic) than the Q79 was due to the direct connection to Jamaica.

On 8/17/2022 at 4:47 AM, Gotham Bus Co. said:

Not sure if it's physically or politically possible for buses to access the Douglaston station.

It is physically possible as LIRR shuttle buses (ex. the MCIs) have done it without issue as there are roundabouts on both sides of the station plus school buses use it as a turnaround point on school days. But yeah, politically, something like this might not go over well unless there are clear benefits to bringing additional "congestion" to an area like that.

Anyone want the 11 burned buses for scrap metal? https://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/29689/item/burned-out-orion-buses-for-scrap-metal-184232

It was arson:

11 buses have been removed from the auction: 1709, 1713, 1720, 1722, 1729, 1737. 1748. 1779, 1787, 1791, 1793

1725 also had its auction photos updated following the fire:

More photos of the fire:

What a shame:

It is being reported that these buses have caught fire at Cedar Creek. The smoke can be seen for miles:

https://longisland.news12.com/nassau-fire-officials-7-nice-buses-catch-fire

Lot: https://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/nassau-county-mta-ny-29583-29583/page/1

Located in Cedar Creek Park, up for auction are:

- 19x 2009 Orion VII NG CNG buses

The numbers are as follows:

1709

1713

1719

1720

1722

1725

1729

1736

1737

1742

1748

1762

1776

1779

1764

1769

1787

1791

1793

Here are some photos I have selected from the auctions for display:

16 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Back to using minibuses on the (eastern split of the) n24 again, I see....

On 7/19/2022 at 9:26 PM, Cait Sith said:

To whomever that said that 1800 was scrapped...it's not.

On 7/27/2022 at 8:20 PM, MTABusTransitFanner said:

It was mistakenly mentioned as retired, it was actually OOS for a whole month due to maintenance fyi 

The inspections for the 2010-2011 1800s were renewed through to the end of this year.

This is happening again on routes such as the n24:

Can anyone recall the last time an Orion VII NG/3G CNG at NICE caught fire?

Bus is 1889 and this happened on 5/31. Here are some photos taken from the scene:

I joined one of the public workshops tonight for the re-design and several people suggested that the new Q12 be extended to Great Neck for transfers to NICE Bus as well as the LIRR on the eastern end of the route. MTA representatives could not confirm/comment on what planning/coordination they took part in with NICE to work with them on the re-design (or vice versa). They also could not confirm if any changes to the scheduling for overnight service would happen on the routes that have those service levels now.

On 5/7/2022 at 2:23 AM, Mtatransit said:

According to the latest paddles it seems like n22x is coming back this summer, seems like it is rush hours only for now in both directions. Locals will continue to be split, express will skip Mineola IC

n54/55 will end at Amityville, wonder why they don't extend the n71/n80 out to Amityville as well at this point

Did you not see the earlier post made here? Can the discussion be continued there please?

On 4/20/2022 at 4:34 PM, MTABusTransitFanner said:

There’s news articles everywhere that NICE will be going all electric soon

What news articles and what does "soon" mean? They're installing an upgrade to their CNG fuel-pump system now and would need serious infrastructure upgrades in order to support going all electric because of all the vehicles that would need to be charged. The XE40s on order are only coming along with a few charging stations being setup at the depot, not enough to charge the entire fleet if it were electric.

8 hours ago, Joel Powers said:

Who said I got it from here, if you would have taken the time to thoroughly read my post, I said "couple of FB sources". 

Right, and I'm sure those "sources" have nothing to do with all the oddly specific information you ask for here, your previous bans from this forum under several different names, your consecutive replies in multiple threads and you trying to start an argument with me right here. It almost feels like you're working your way up to being banned from here again.

5 hours ago, Tom Meadow said:

Hmm sounds like that charger dodger guy who was banned like 5 times with different accounts. Guy would post on here asking bout whatever happened to bus 1867 everytime under a different name.

Then just report him again.

6 hours ago, Joel Powers said:

Apparently, more XN60s are indeed on the way, we just don't know when or how many (or even where they'll be assigned). This was according to a couple of sources on FB, nothing official, but more artics are indeed coming.

If you're going to keep leaving and coming back here (or being banned), please read the past posts that are made while you're gone. After all, most of the information posted to YouTube, including what you have shared, is taken from here.

With the above post, specifically read item #5 below please.

On 12/9/2021 at 7:45 PM, User said:

A couple of updates:

1) The contract with Veolia has been extended to 2024 by Nassau County - no community meeting held to vote on that. "It was extended per the emergency of the pandemic" - Jack Khzouz

2) No service to Manhattan with NICE is planned anytime soon. That proposal/study that came out a few years back is not being actioned at this time.

3) Mitchel Field is being outfitted with charging stations in collaboration with New Flyer and ABB. One station can charge two buses.

4) The plan is that, even though the XE40s are slated for 240 miles of range on paper, NICE will count on 180 miles of range for a day of service which should cover a shift. There will also be a service vehicle with a charger added to the maintenance department to use if the bus loses a charge out in the field.

5) Per the CEO, NICE is looking to get additional articulated buses next year (they are "pleased" with the New Flyers) and expand them onto the n4 route as well.

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Also, a random note since there was discussion about cut routes above, in this evening's community meeting, PinePowerLI asked for the n45 to be restored.

2 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

I assume that pic in the first post I quoted is from NICE themselves.

That is correct.

From today's Community Meeting:

The design of the new buses has been released:

From: https://www.longisland.com/news/03-21-22/nassau-county-legislature-announces-electric-nice-bus-initiative.html

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These six buses will initially service the Nassau County HUB area with service originating from the Rosa Parks Bus Depot in the Village of Hempstead and serving the greater Hempstead, Nassau Community College, Hofstra University and Roosevelt Field areas. Usage will then expand throughout the county.

“Nassau Inter-County Express has selected New Flyer as our new battery-electric bus vendor,” said Jack Khzouz, Chief Executive Officer, NICE. “We plan on deploying these energy-efficient vehicles for the launch of our new bus rapid transit (BRT) system, which will provide Nassau County with zero emissions travel between Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center to the Nassau Hub/NCC locations. They will help NICE improve accessibility and connectivity within Nassau County.”

Looks like a new route in the Nassau Hub could be coming soon (maybe similar to the old N93 route shown below with the addition of serving Hempstead Transit Center and NCC):

The inspections for many of the 2010-2011 1800s are up in May/June of this year. NICE can choose to forego their renewal and retire them, or renew the inspection to keep them around a little longer.