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R188 7857

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  1. Another reason why I HATE the doors on the LFSA: 5926 on the Q44 - the third door's green light just would not shut the hell off. It would close, but still say "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" all over again. Had to be taken out of service, shutting off the entire bus did nothing to solve the problem. There was a NIS bus behind it that SKIPPED the stop that the bus was taken OOS on, then goes into service at the next stop (saw on BusTime). And of course, I waited about 10-15 minutes and the next Q44 still wasn't there. Just waited to see what they would do. Is there a reason why the NIS bus (5264) didn't open it's doors to the people who were waiting (quite a lot) and instead just went to the next stop and into service anyways? The bus operator of 5926 said that there was a Q44 shortly behind, oh boy was that a lie considering how bad the service is. On another note, more and more bus stops now say +SBS instead of Limited now.
  2. An update to the Q44 +SBS, they were installing new bus stop poles (SBS ones) at Elder Av today.
  3. I think Orion 5 #6222 got fixed up recently. When I last saw it on Saturday, it was being parked and looked to be having work done to it. When I saw it today, the rear door had new stickers (the ones explaining how to open it) put on it, and was still running strong. Maybe that's not the best evidence of it being fixed up, but I'm pretty sure some other work was being done to it, considering there were lights and wires inside of that bus on Saturday. They also removed the Castleton sticker that's been on that bus for weeks (maybe even months).
  4. 6900 repainted. Looks like 6895 is the last one to get a repaint out of 6790-6905.
  5. Wonder what's up with 6222. Saw it from the Target at Skyview center, driving towards Flushing. From above, it looked like as if it had lights laying on the floor inside and wires coiled up on the seats. Then, when coming home, it was parked at the Q13, Q16 and Q28 terminal. There were workers inside of it and I heard noises. I had no clue what was happening. There were also bus operators in that bus as well.
  6. 4468 on the Q20A. I'm not sure if these NGs are loans or if it might be a legitimate swap between CS and QV.
  7. 6222 was signed up as a Q58 to Junction Bl on Roosevelt Av. today... Too bad I couldn't get a pic of it.
  8. 5332 was on the Q44. It was doing a school tripper from John Bowne to Flushing, it had Flatbush stickers, and the farebox was working like regular even though it is a +SBS bus. It also looked like it was washed recently, the exterior of it was near spotless.
  9. I recall seeing 6043 and 6037 very recently, both sporting those ugly ads.
  10. 7366 is tagged on the back seat, not surprised. It was bound to happen.
  11. Question: 5903 had papers taped to the window(s) towards the back with the bus number on the papers. Does that mean it is getting repainted? (or wrapped)
  12. Yeah, they had something online that showed the layout of the bus lanes. They swerve from the streets into the curbs then into the streets again. It's really unorganized IMO. All the curbside bus lanes are usually just at the intersections, they go back to offset ones after. All that for the sake of a turning lane. Today, there was a truck that was painting "BUS ONLY" as well.
  13. Some more progress on the SBS Q44. 1. They already have the bus lanes outlined, however the words "BUS ONLY" are not quite there yet. Not sure if they are being painted red. 2. Machines are installed at the Main St/Kissena stop.
  14. Two thoughts: 1. Middle school students kill buses way more than high school students. There has been those lonely few middle school kids on board a HS school tripper, and I happened to be on one of those trippers once. The middle school kids were sitting on the floor towards the back door, and were bangin on that thing. Whole ride, what I hear: "Please move away from the doors." 2. The Q44 SBS is coming along nicely. There was lots of work going on today, they were spraying the new road on Main Street and they were filling the sidewalks where they installed the machines with with cement. I think it's gonna make a good difference, because traffic, boarding times, and red lights (a little bit) are the reasons why the Q44 is so slow. I ride the Q44 often so this is coming from personal experience. Hopefully, the double parkers on Main Street will get tickets if they double park in the bus lane.
  15. What's the point of moving individual buses from 4171-4219 when they have 413x and 46xx scrambled everywhere..
  16. Speaking of ads, I don't think 6037 is going to be retired anytime soon. It seems to me like they recently put a new ad on that bus, and it's no regular ad. It's that ad that covers The WHOLE space from wheel to wheel, and stretches all the way to the very bottom of the bus. Looks horrible.
  17. Every day at about 3:30-3:40 you see a bus signed up as a Q17 turning left onto Union from the Q13-16-28 stops. It's school trippers on the Q17. Sometimes they are an Orion 5, and one day I managed to get a pic of the Q17 school tripper (Orion 5), next to a XD40 Q13. That's a shot that I won't get again.
  18. Not like I'm really really worried about the seats (maybe VG8 would be), but they really look ugly and stand out because on these seats the scratches are white/light blue, they dig into the seat, and stand out. About the speakers and the stop request bells, maybe it's just the CS batch that has these problems. When the operator makes his announcements, most of the time they aren't clear on an XD40. And on the CS ones, especially the newer ones with the yellow stop request buttons (why would they change it???), it is either I have really bad hearing or some of them just don't play the stop request bell. It might be just me, but I find the speaker quality (CS fleets for the most part) on the Orions and Novas to be much better than the ones on the XD40. Surprisingly, I've yet to ride a 4800. Or a XD60.
  19. After riding XD40s for quite some time now, I have some things to say: -The stop request bell on some buses are either really hard to hear, or some don't even play it. I guess that isn't a big problem though. -The speakers on these buses are quite bad. The Orion VII and Nova LFS speakers play the "Please exit through the rear door" announcement much clearer and smoother than any XD40. I guess that isn't a big problem either. -Air assist seems to work well and consistent on these buses, unlike the 46xx NGs that came from JA..... -These buses are REALLY REALLY silent when the A/C is off. I actually kind of like that, because the Nova LFS/A are really loud for new buses IMO. -The seats get scratched VERY easily. There probably isn't a single bus out there that doesn't have scratches on their seats, it happens especially when people wear jeans (the metal buttons).
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