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NICE SERVICE RESTORATION UPDATE: Beginning this afternoon, routes are being restored as road conditions permit. Starting tomorrow morning, NICE Bus will resume near normal service on many routes. Routes will operate on a regular weekday schedule. We will NOT be collecting fares today, Thursday or Friday. A frequently updated list of open routes and or detours will soon be available this evening by visiting NICEBUS.com.

Beginning at 3:00 P.M. this afternoon, NICE BUS will run Service on the N4 and N6, both routes will operate on a Sunday Schedule. For tomorrow, Wednesday Oct 31st NICE BUS will run the following service utilizing a Sunday schedule: N1 N4 N6 N20 Flushing to Roslyn only N22 N24 N35 N40/41 N43 N49 N71/72 NICE BUS will not be collecting fares for this afternoon or Wednesday Service. Limited Able-Ride service will be available beginning tomorrow morning. However, as operations return to normal, Able-Ride customers are being asked to consider postponing non-essential trips until next week. NICE Bus/Able Ride will continue to assess the situation and work toward restoring full service as road conditions allow. NICE Bus will also continue to provide aide in evacuation efforts through-out Nassau County by providing buses and operators in heavily damaged areas.

I'm not disabled or anything, and I even want the audible and visual stop announcements (Clever Devices) always on!

Service Alerts Long Island may experience heavy rain and wind resulting in flooding and downed trees -- Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy. Some routes may be affected. Areas of concern include: n20/21 in Manhasset, Roslyn Glen Cove n27 in Sea Cliff and Roslyn Harbor Hill n23 in Port Washington We will monitor the situation closely and update this site as conditions progress. Please plan accordingly. n51 -- EXPECT ROUTE DELAYS Friday October 26th, 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. n51 buses will be detoured off Merrick Avenue in Merrick, due to street closures. Southbound buses will turn left off of Merrick Avenue on to the Sunrise Highway, traveling eastbound to Wynsum Avenue. They will then turn right onto Wynsum Avenue to Merrick Road. Buses will then turn right onto Merrick Road to Hewlett Avenue where they will end their route. There is no northbound detour for the n51. Please allow additional travel time on this morning, to ensure you arrive at your destination on time. n4 -- EXPECT ROUTE DELAYS Saturday October 27th, 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. n4 buses will be detoured off of Merrick Road in Merrick, due to street closures. Eastbound buses will turn off of Merrick Road by turning left onto Oceanside Road. They will then turn right on the Sunrise Highway, and travel eastbound until Millburn Avenue. They will turn right onto Millburn Avenue and then make a left onto Merrick Road, resuming their regular route. Westbound buses will turn off of Merrick Road by turning right on to Millburn Avenue. They will then turn left on to the Sunrise Highway and travel westbound until Oceanside Road. They will turn left onto Oceanside Road and travel south until Merrick Road, resuming their regular route. Please allow additional travel time on this morning, to ensure you arrive at your destination on time. n27 -- EXPECT ROUTE DELAYS Saturday October 27th, 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Sunday October 28th, 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. n27 buses will be detoured off of Bridge Street and Glen Street in Glen Cove due to a street fair on Saturday and a pet parade on Sunday. Northbound buses will turn left off of Glen Street on to Pulaski Street. They will then make a right on to Pratt Boulevard and drop off and pick up customers on the corner of Pratt Boulevard and Bridge Street. Southbound buses will depart from the corner of Pratt Boulevard and Bridge Street. They will then turn left on to Glen Cove Avenue and then a left to to Charles Street. Buses will then turn left on to Continental Plaza and make a right onto Pratt Boulevard. They will then turn left onto Pulaski Street and turn right onto Glen Street and resume their regular route. Please allow additional travel time on this morning, to ensure you arrive at your destination on time.

So on the weekends, all routes were filled by Mitchel Field?!

When was that? When did MF have enough buses to run all those routes on the weekends? I believe a couple of the buses will go to RVC like every other order, but I'm unsure how many.

When I saw it, I remember it being very shiny like you say. It may well be paint, and forgive me if I said wrapped, but I report these buses as I drive down Northern Blvd every day. I don't have the chance to look closely at whether or not its wrapped or painted, so I really don't know anymore whats wrapped and whats not. I heard they were painting some of the buses where the new wrap was falling off, some of the 1700s. Are you planning to differentiate which buses are wrapped and which ones are painted, as well as which ones have the stripe and which ones don't? Guess more colors are needed on the chart then!

I'm not exactly sure, but I know some routes like the n35 are shared between the two depots.

Orion V 6074 is broken down currently at Little Neck Pkwy & Northen Blvd facing westbound. I type this from my iPhone.

No, they will not be doing that. Only the NGs and 3Gs will have the NICE livery.

I'm proud to be an iOS 6 user!

You never know. With large orders like this from the government, there may be extra talks with Apple.

Well, maybe this could be a step forward in getting Apple to push their manufacturing jobs to America or the U.S. government can put restrictions on them.

I just saw MCI 2155 get on the LIE heading westbound from Douglaston Pkwy. Nobody was on the bus except the driver and someone in the front talking to him. There were signs posted around the bus that said "NEEDS ENG CRADLE WORK"

I was driving in Bayside today and I saw several Q31-only bus stops that said service Monday thru Saturday. Shouldn't these bus stop signs have been replaced by now?

Alright, I'll say something. This crap about PinePower has to stop. User bashing is not appreciated on this forum no matter who it is directed to. We understand that NICE is an imperfect system (Yes I know, that's an understatement), but do not take that and throw it at other people. Punishment should and will start getting handed out if this BS doesn't end.

Remember at the beginning of the year when NICE said they were saving the most of their money by signing a new fuel contract? I just happened to see today that the provider of CNG fuel to the bus depots is Clean Energy Fuels. I don't know who provided fuel under Long Island Bus, but those of you who experts in this sort of thing, is it really as much savings as NICE says it to be? http://www.cleanenergyfuels.com/

Wow, one of the few times I read a subway thread and I see you're here pissing people off (no surprise actually since you do it in other threads) and dissing moderators. Do you really think this a battle you can win or are you going to cut the crap?

Yea, the real question is whether or not they're going to paint over the buses that were wrapped with the blue stripe already, those three 1700s.

Most of the time, I see those Ford (Escape?) hybrids at Roosevelt Field.

Burrstone, will you be delivering the 3Gs to NICE?

I believe the volume is set per announcement because I've been on several buses both this year and last year where some stops are announced much louder than others and you can easily tell.

Yup, one of the few changes that NICE has made that hasn't bit people in the butt.

1833 still hasn't been wrapped? LOL Thats exactly what I saw in Freeport but there were a couple more when I was there.

They could be used on the floors in the buses to clean them, but its doubtful right?