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I would assume so, because the current CNG buses (both C40LF and XN40s/XN60s) are good until 2030 earliest. That's still 8 years to determine if they want to convert the CNG depots into electric, or temporary give the CNG depots diesel buses (like West Farms, Spring Creek, College Point), until they all are modified for electric operations. After 2028 though, all orders should be for electric buses.

LMAOO I can understand missing the first time, but the second time? Man... Yeah all limiteds that run to the ferry on Staten Island (Staten Island ONLY) (except S89 and S93, EXCEPT the S89 and S93), were suspended yesterday and today. Apparently they are having operators run limited service where needed. I guess depending on the crowds at the ferry, dispatchers are sending out limiteds to run where needed. But don't expect a limited to just be there, because they are still technically not running.

There's still no explanation as to why the S90 is making local stops between South and Park Avenues, nobody wants that, nobody asked for that.

My point was highlighting that their should be only ONE solution to running hot, and that's standing at stops. Draggin down a street at 10-15mph when there's no traffic or sitting a green light is wrong, and should not be allowed. Those are traffic violations. Yeah it would be nice B/Os would communicate with their passengers, although it's not required. Communication goes a long way and can reduce unnecessary confrontations and I look at it as an extra level of professionalism. MTA does hire anyone at the end of the day so expectations are low.

I would've reported that driver. That draggin shit is not funny and its disrespectful to every car on the road. To sit at GREEN light cycles because you're early or tryna blow a trip, and screw over other buses, is just wrong. And then you have drivers that would pull out a stop quickly when they see you coming, only to accelerate slowly up to 15mph. I used to see it on the B1 and B64 ALL THE TIME. Then those drivers are also screwing over traffic by dragging along the road. It's very selfish and I hate it. If you're early, pull over to a damnn stop, put ya hazards on, and make an announcement to the passengers letting them know that we'll be sitting here for 5mins to stay on schedule. So easy and simple. Out of all the buses I've been on, only ONE driver did that. It was the S93, the driver said "excuse me everyone, this bus is ahead of schedule, I will be sitting at this stop for about 3-4mins, sorry for any inconvenience". Everyone was cool and patient, then when we left, we were moving! There's always a few that do their job thinking about the next person, others are just self entitled.

The SIM24 does have excessive runtime. I wasn't tracking on-time reliability but I did capture a few screenshots to answer those questions. I missed the checkpoint arrival for the 5am buses because I woke up at 5:38am. For the 6:00am buses: the SIM23 got there around 6:22am and the SIM24 got there around 6:17am. For the 6:30am buses: the SIM23 got there around 6:47am and the SIM24 got there around 6:45am. For the 7:00am buses: the SIM23 got there around 7:18am and the SIM24 got there around 7:30am. For the 8:00am buses: the SIM23 got there around 8:25am and the SIM24 got there around 8:23am.

As you all know, today was the first day SIM23 and SIM24 operations under the MTA. All trips on both lines were covered (thank you!), and all buses were Prevosts. For the 5:00am Trips SIM23: had 13 passengers SIM24: had 10 passengers For the 6:00am Trips SIM23: passenger counters weren't working SIM24: passenger counters weren't working For the 6:30am Trips SIM23: had 8 passengers SIM24: passenger counters weren't working For the 7:00am Trips SIM23: had 21 passengers SIM24: had 18 passengers For the 8:00am Trips SIM23: had 8 passengers SIM24: had 15 passengers All trips were within 5mins on time, except the 7am SIM24, which left 15mins late, and ended up arriving in the city on time.

I drove along Richmond Terr today and guess what? S90 plaques are at every bus stop between South Ave and Park Ave (there is a stop or two in a single direction missing the signs. As of January 3rd 2022, the S90 has officially been downgraded with an additional 11 stops in each direction. Literally when you try to solve an MTA issue, the MTA turns around and screws you over even more.

Is there a currently updated depot roster to reflect all of the recent moves over the last few weeks / months. I used to rely on ttmg but they're inconsistent. There was also another Google roster but that seems to be abandoned. Where is everything currently being tracked? @Future ENY OP and @Ultimategamer12c yall post in the transfers thread like every 40mins so I would think yall would be able to answer this question. If the roster is now internal then I'm fine with that, if not, is there a public link?

My argument was to temporarily cut service on routes with excessive service currently while we deal with this driver shortage, so we can use those drivers as fill-ins for missing trips. I don't support just cutting service. And I only said this because the schedules (at least in Staten Island), are pre-pandemic schedules and ridership is low enough to where you can remove some trips from the routes with a lot of buses and put those drivers on routes with missing trips as needed, since things change on a daily basis. I don't ride Queens buses so I have no say in this redesign. Whenever I do ride its for fun. Looking at the draft proposal and seeing that they were doing with the Q52/Q53, I knew everything else was problematic. So I look forward to seeing if this new plan next year will be better.

Oh so basically VanHool doesn't make customized buses, got it. They literally only pump out one type of bus and that's what you're gonna use. You said they won't enter that market any time soon...why is that? They have so much potential. Literally Prevost is getting by because they're lowballing their orders to everyone and giving everyone rushed garbage.

I don't think a non paying rider would be resistant if a cop caught them not paying. They would much rather prefer to get off the bus rather than receive a $100 ticket. I always wondered, what's the difference between a "transit" spec and a "charter" spec? Academy, North Fork, Coach USA, Bolt Bus, Megabus all use these buses. These buses don't seem to be any different from the current express bus spec wise other than the front door not being split and the addition of a bathroom.

These new Prevosts man. From the shitty rattling, to the crammed seats. Literally just lipstick on a pig. I'm disappointed because the 2015s are much better, and the 2012s are even better (I just don't like that ugly rear design on the 2012s). Its really hilarious how in 2021 we gotta delay buses because passenger comfort has completely went out of the window. Prevost, WTF were yall thinking? MTA, as hard as yall go to inspect and get these buses approved...how did legroom just completely go over yall heads? VanHool would NEVER...(I hope hope hope this can open the door to VanHool for future orders) So I'm curious now if they are willing to sacrifice 4 seats? That's really the only legit feasible solution to actually have a change. The first two is chained off so the total has been 53 for quite some time. The average bus only gets filled to about 35-45 seats per bus. It only makes sense to then take the existing fleet and have them modified as more buses come in with the modifications. Peep the article though... "Cipriano said the buses are the same size as the ones they are replacing but added that a previous redesign resulted in less room for seats to make more room for riders using wheelchairs" (manipulative) "Cipriano said the space issues are limited to the first seven to eight rows on the driver’s side of the bus." (FALSE) "Cipriano declined to comment specifically on what changes could be considered for the buses, saying the MTA and Prevost engineers will “try and get this rectified.”" (there's literally only one solution Cipriano...) (MTA Rider) said a “tweak” of a “few more inches” would be enough to make her more comfortable on the new buses. “Now when I’m waiting for the buses, I’m just crossing my fingers,” she said. “And I’m thinking, ‘Please, let this be an old bus.’” (NOW people prefer the old buses...just a year ago they were crying to get them replaced)

Yep, its currently in the works. I interned with a company this summer that is working with ElDorado to get this going. ElDorado is currently working on the 45ft Axess BRT. Rutgers will be the first to test the demo. @JLiu15 this would be a great replacement for some of the 45ft NABIs at LACMTA. Some of the 45ft NABIS will be replaced with 60ft artics.

The WMATA 7000 series trains are now slowly returning to service. A few set or two is in service now. Apparently the cars will now be checked every week instead of every 3 months.

Current Prevost order placed on hold due to large amounts of legroom complaints. The only solution would be to remove seats and adjust the legroom across the bus. I don't know why @Via Garibaldi 8 would propose two rows. That's 8 seats, which would drop the count from 57 to 49. Removing the first row would add an additional 26in of space which can be evenly distributed amongst the 13 rows for an additional 2 inches without sacrificing too much of a loss of seats. https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/12/19/22840484/new-mta-express-bus-rollout-stalled-by-leg-room-complaints

All the MTA needs to do is get like 50 plain clothes transit cops and have them ride the buses with the drivers throughout the route. One cop per bus. Anyone that gets on and doesn't pay, just kick them off and keep the bus moving. Then when it's time for the cop to finish their shift they'll ticket the next person that doesn't pay. Once people see that and its CONSISTENT enforcement, I betcha the farebeating will significantly decrease.

The blue and white 89xx Academy MCI buses? Man I'm having flashbacks.

Yeah i was chatting when I said that. But seriously the SIM33C needs to skip Narrows. Have the 3C serve so it can gain additional riders. Gannon and Richmond are already heavy enough for the 33C off peak. It'll help balance the loads. Its funny because the 33C sign isn't even programmed to say "via Narrows Rd". Only the SIM3C has that.

That 3C can be such a waste at times, especially when everything leaves Central Park at the same time off peak. 3Cs tend to have 3-7 people max. Having the 1C, 3C, and 33C all stopping along Narrows Off Peak is a big waste. Idk but something needs to skip Narrows and something needs to terminate Downtown.

Wow, error on my part. Thanks.

About 6 months old...didn't know we have an Aviation Section on the forums.

Anyone who takes an express bus and gets on/off near an LIRR station better take advantage of it.

To Win Riders Back, M.T.A. to Offer Free Rides for ‘Tap-and-Go’ Customers Transit leaders hope to boost ridership by putting a weekly fare cap on trips made with the subway’s new “tap-and-go” payment system. Transit officials hope that bringing weekly discounts to the OMNY system will save people money and get them to ride more. By Ana Ley Dec. 13, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Eager to push New York City’s subway ridership closer to prepandemic levels, transit officials are planning to entice commuters back with convenience and discounts. Starting March 1, officials intend to put a weekly fare cap on trips made with OMNY, the “tap-and-go” fare system that was introduced two years ago. Riders who use OMNY now pay the regular $2.75 fare for every trip, but under the proposed change, users would get unlimited rides once they hit a $33 threshold during a seven-day period — equivalent to the cost of a weekly unlimited MetroCard. The plan would start as a four-month pilot and discounts would end on June 30, though Janno Lieber, the acting chairman and chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, said he hoped it would become permanent based, in part, on how popular it proves and how it affects the M.T.A.’s budget. The proposal is being announced Monday and will be voted on by the M.T.A.’s board at its meeting on Wednesday. Mr. Lieber said he expected the board to approve the fare plan. “We want to make sure that somebody who is standing in front of the turnstile for their first commute on Monday morning who might not have the 33 bucks to outlay for a weekly ticket doesn’t have to worry about that,” Mr. Lieber said. “A lot of people don’t know when they get on their first ride of the week whether they’re going to be using it 10 times or 11 times or 20 times.” The seven-day period would begin at 12 a.m. on Monday and end at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, M.T.A. officials said. Ridership trends, Mr. Lieber added, have been upended by the pandemic, which has made what were once everyday habits unpredictable. Transit advocates said the change would save many New Yorkers money at a time when the subway is trying to lure back riders who abandoned the system at the start of the pandemic early last year. Public transit agencies across the country and in other parts of the world are still struggling to find ways to bring riders back. Although the numbers in New York are climbing, subway ridership in recent weeks has only been hovering at about 58 percent of prepandemic levels, when over five million people packed the trains every weekday. The M.T.A. has been stabilized by billions of dollars in federal pandemic assistance, but its long-term financial outlook depends heavily on the return of riders and their fares, which make up the agency’s largest funding source. Nearly 40 percent of the agency’s operating revenue comes from fares, a higher percentage than most other major public transit systems in the country. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority relies on fares to finance about 40 percent of its operating budget, more than most major transit systems in the United States. “Fare capping is absolutely a program whose time has come, and it’s going to benefit so many riders,” said Lisa Daglian, the executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the M.T.A., a watchdog group. “It levels the playing field.” With OMNY — short for One Metro New York — riders can tap a credit card, smartphone or OMNY card on an electronic reader to access the subway, a more modern fare system that many other public transit systems around the world have already adopted. OMNY readers are available at all 472 subway stations and on all 5,800 buses, and fare capping would apply to both modes of transportation. “If I do happen to ride enough in a week tapping my card and I get a free ride out of it, I wouldn’t turn that down,” said Amy Kowell, 32, who lives in Brooklyn and works in the financial district in Lower Manhattan. “It’s definitely appealing.” Ms. Kowell, who was entering the Parkside Avenue station in Brooklyn on her way to go shopping on Saturday, said the subway is the main way she gets around the city and that she likes OMNY because it spares her the trouble of making sure she has a MetroCard with enough of a balance. Depending on her schedule, she said, she typically takes about 10 to 15 trips per week. The M.T.A. introduced the system in May 2019 on a handful of subway and bus routes. Today, Mr. Lieber said, more than 25 percent of all fare payments are made using the OMNY system. By 2023, it will fully replace the transit system’s floppy yellow-and-blue MetroCards. While capping the fare would add convenience and could save money for commuters who rely on single-fare rides, advocates caution that there are still drawbacks, pointing out that many low-income people do not have bank accounts or smartphones. An OMNY card is also more expensive than a MetroCard — $5 compared with $1. It was unclear how fare capping would work with the city’s Fair Fares program, which provides certain low-income New Yorkers a 50 percent discount on public transit rides. “Some of the broader issues around OMNY haven’t been discussed enough with regard to low-income New Yorkers,” said Emerita Torres, the vice president of policy, research and advocacy at the Community Service Society of New York, an antipoverty group. “That’s something that we have to study and really look at.” Rosalino Tlatelpa said even if the fares were capped he would not use OMNY because he finds it too confusing. Mr. Tlatelpa, 76, and his wife, Rosa, are retired and receive about $1,100 per month in government aid. “I don’t like it,” Mr. Tlatelpa said in Spanish as he and his wife entered the Parkside Avenue station to travel to a Covid-19 vaccine appointment. Implementing the fare capping plan on a trial basis might result in a loss of fare revenue of $3 million to $5 million per month, Mr. Lieber said, but that could be offset with higher subway ridership. People might be less hesitant about using the subway if they don’t have to do any math to figure out how much they are spending, Mr. Lieber said. “It becomes more routine,” he said. “As you make the fare payment system easier and more rational and fairer, people tend to use it a little bit more rather than looking at every nickel and dime.”

Apparently it's only for the subway, my apologies. Article wasn't clear but they only referred to the subway plenty of times. It's a subway only trial it seems. After reading yesterday about what the LIRR is doing with fares within the city limits, and then seeing this article, express came to mind even though they didn't exclude it, but they also didn't mention it.