WestFarms36 Posted July 28, 2019 Share #28076 Posted July 28, 2019 6 hours ago, DetSMART45 said: Here's quoting TWICE directly from the horse's mouth: MTA Launches Public Pilot For OMNY Contactless Fare Payment System – First New Payment System In 25 Years Press Release -- May 31, 2019 MTA Leadership and Congressman Max Rose Announce New State-of-the-Art Bus Fleet, Contactless Fare Payment System on Staten Island Press Release -- June 17, 2019 Yeah, my bad for not understanding MTA officials on how this is supposed to work. The thing is that Cubic Employees do the Installation, not the directly. Most of the times these buses go into service to move other buses outside of SI to reitre the buses in the Mainland. OMNY is in a testing phase right now, there is no such priority to shove down every depot's throats. New Buses could even be put into service overnight, we're talking about an un-controlled environment, readers are delivered in bulk, and the work is done by Cubic Employees during their availability. There is a lot of Ethernet, and fiber optics that are installed on a bus before simply receiving a reader, this is a pilot phase so there is no such priority at the moment, and as @SevenEleventhe bus is flagged, and Buses without OMNY the ride is free. People would rather have a bus than nothing, just because it does not have a reader. Transit is not a controlled environment when it comes to pilots and tests, so just take down the notch, these buses will get their OMNY readers installed when they are scheduled to. In the future it will have top priority once it becomes the Main Mode of Fare Payment. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 29, 2019 Share #28077 Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Jdog14 said: In his defense, MTA has hybrids with OMNY bases installed and working, but they decided to mass retire the 63-64xx as priority. Yukon could have kept some of the hybrids with the readers and then when enough buses have the readers installed, then ship them out. This is how I see it anyway. That wouldn't make much of a difference really. They gotta wait for the Cubic technicians to install them on the buses. So if a bus is needed for service, they're gonna have to send it out regardless. ----------------------------------------------------------------- As for the whole point of all Staten Island MTA buses on the island having the OMNY readers...that only applied to the buses that were already on the Island at the time, not all the new buses being delivered.....and at that time, Cubic technicians were already on standby on the island installing readers and such on both the local and express buses. The new buses get them a few days after they were delivered and prepped for service, especially since at times, they gotta wait on the Cubic technicians to install the wires and equipment on the buses. Besides, Staten Island's allotment of new buses is almost complete anyway. All of the new buses have the readers except for like a small handful of buses. Edited July 29, 2019 by Cait Sith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Floyd Fan Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28078 Posted July 30, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 6:02 PM, B35 via Church said: The strange part though, was when I got off the bus.... Some Jewish lady out of no where attempted to board the bus (at the last stop, 263rd, before the u-turn); didn't think much of it, until I started hearing sobbing noises... I turn back around & the both of them are standing up hugging each other inside the bus, right by the driver's area (not like a loving/erotic embrace, but it was more like a "I haven't seen you in a long time" embrace - either that, or a "I need your help, what a relief" type of embrace).... Overall f***ing weird either way.... I saw this awhile ago and it bothered me. What does her Jewishness have to do with it? Are you an anti-Semite, or just a big mouth who judges other people? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28079 Posted July 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Uncle Floyd Fan said: I saw this awhile ago and it bothered me. What does her Jewishness have to do with it? Are you an anti-Semite, or just a big mouth who judges other people? Relax....he's none of those. He wasn't being insulting with his tone either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28080 Posted July 30, 2019 Some Bay Ridge observations: Yukon’s s79SBS+ mostly LFS. Didn’t see an NG pop up yet as most of the NG’s are either on local buses or prepped for transfer to Manhattanville and/or Quill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV184 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28081 Posted July 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: Some Bay Ridge observations: Yukon’s s79SBS+ mostly LFS. Didn’t see an NG pop up yet as most of the NG’s are either on local buses or prepped for transfer to Manhattanville and/or Quill. With Quill I think 4256 and 4266 are there for maintenance just like 4261 and 4268. Those 2 buses might get transferred back to Manhattanville 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28082 Posted July 30, 2019 I see some B44SBS buses now start with 58. Anyone know if these have charging ports? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28083 Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Abba said: I see some B44SBS buses now start with 58. Anyone know if these have charging ports? They don't. Only wi-fi on-board. Edited July 30, 2019 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Transit Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28084 Posted July 30, 2019 Speaking of "charging ports", Quill was supposed to be getting 15 AEB ports this month, and it's the ending of July. Are there no ports yet ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28085 Posted July 30, 2019 2 hours ago, King Transit said: Speaking of "charging ports", Quill was supposed to be getting 15 AEB ports this month, and it's the ending of July. Are there no ports yet ? Why don't you walk inside Quill and find out? Since apparently, you "work" for the TA.....🤣 They likely got them/are in the phase of getting them. The demo XE60 is supposed to arrive in September/October, with the production buses coming in November/December. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Transit Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28086 Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Cait Sith said: Why don't you walk inside Quill and find out? Since apparently, you "work" for the TA.....🤣 They likely got them/are in the phase of getting them. The demo XE60 is supposed to arrive in September/October, with the production buses coming in November/December. I am in Montrèal right now. But I will have to call my uncle, because I just got connected with ENY Depot 2 months ago Edited July 30, 2019 by King Transit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleasonbus7560 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28087 Posted July 30, 2019 I just got to know what AEB ports stand 4 ? never heard this before ,King Transit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Transit Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28088 Posted July 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gleasonbus7560 said: I just got to know what AEB ports stand 4 ? never heard this before ,King Transit? I knew that before. But do you know what "AEB" stands for ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleasonbus7560 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28089 Posted July 30, 2019 ALL ELECTRIC BUS 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Transit Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28090 Posted July 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, Gleasonbus7560 said: ALL ELECTRIC BUS I was trying to make sure you're not wrong, not embarrass you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleasonbus7560 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28091 Posted July 30, 2019 ok not a problem thanks but Im pretty on top of things thanks ,have a little experience with transit myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28092 Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, King Transit said: I am in Montrèal right now. But I will have to call my uncle, because I just got connected with ENY Depot 2 months ago I don’t believe you. You don’t sound convincing. #theend 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Transit Posted July 30, 2019 Share #28093 Posted July 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: I don’t believe you. You don’t sound convincing. #theend Boiii, let me go😑😶 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28094 Posted July 31, 2019 Wow, so much negativity here. ^^^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28095 Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Future ENY OP said: I don’t believe you. You don’t sound convincing. #theend didn't school let out about 2 months ago? UGGH... Edited July 31, 2019 by EastFlatbushLarry 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFarms36 Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28096 Posted July 31, 2019 24 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said: didn't school let out about 2 months ago? UGGH... Trust me, you don't want to see the classroom experience with 'em. 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28097 Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) On 7/29/2019 at 8:27 PM, Uncle Floyd Fan said: I saw this awhile ago and it bothered me. What does her Jewishness have to do with it? Are you an anti-Semite, or just a big mouth who judges other people? The fact you couldn't get others to completely see things your way in this thread bothers you... Other people's opinions of you, bothers you.... The government you fear, bothers you... Your own reflection bothers you.... LIFE bothers you. Get off my nuts, chump.... If I gave enough of a damn, I should report your lying ass for blatantly claiming I made a "passive anti-semitic" remark - When you're on here questioning if I am one.... Now go report this post too. Edited July 31, 2019 by B35 via Church 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28098 Posted July 31, 2019 27 minutes ago, EastFlatbushLarry said: didn't school let out about 2 months ago? UGGH... Very accurate. 1 minute ago, WestFarms36 said: Trust me, you don't want to see the classroom experience with 'em. 🤣 *sits in classroom with hands folded and popcorn 🍿 in hand* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28099 Posted July 31, 2019 31 minutes ago, WestFarms36 said: Trust me, you don't want to see the classroom experience with 'em. 🤣 🤣 i used to. when i was at FB, it was called the 44 hudde specials to church avenue 😒😔 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted July 31, 2019 Share #28100 Posted July 31, 2019 30 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: Very accurate. *sits in classroom with hands folded and popcorn 🍿 in hand* i swear i don't have the energy for knuckleheaded shenanigans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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