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48 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

Probably well, because it’s on the B15 right now.

Hope it runs well on that route. Especially considering that they seem to avoid using Orion hybrids on the B15. Orions were common on the B15 until recently, its seems like its always 100% New Flyer these past couple of months.

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2 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

Hope it runs well on that route. Especially considering that they seem to avoid using Orion hybrids on the B15. Orions were common on the B15 until recently, its seems like its always 100% New Flyer these past couple of months.

 

The reason for the route being almost 100 percent New Flyer might have something to do with back then some time ago when a guy smashed the drivers window on a bus. They kept buses with cameras on the route for this reason and it seems to this day it continues. 

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38 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

Some buses haven’t been in service for some time now: 324, 4070, 7100, 7150, 7540, 8059

IIRC, 324, 7540, and 8059 were last at Eastchester Depot. Have they returned to their respective depots? 
Is 7150 still at Flatbush Depot? Or did it get transferred to East New York Depot with 7137-7139?

I did spot 7540 on the B6 on Thursday afternoon. Hope that answers part of your question. All others. Don’t know. 

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2 hours ago, Snorunts said:

Some buses haven’t been in service for some time now: 324, 4070, 7100, 7150, 7540, 8059

IIRC, 324, 7540, and 8059 were last at Eastchester Depot. Have they returned to their respective depots? 
Is 7150 still at Flatbush Depot? Or did it get transferred to East New York Depot with 7137-7139?

One of each bus model is being stored at Eastchester for training purposes.

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3 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

A couple weeks ago I caught the 2014-2015 Prevost bus with the screens, they weren't on though...

 

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IIRC, this is the only express bus (Other than 023) with next stop screens.

They are operating on the pilot express bus (#0023). A few riders in my group have taken photos. 

First one is from a BxM2.

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Second one is from a BxM9.

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2 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

They are operating on the pilot express bus (#0023). A few riders in my group have taken photos. 

First one is from a BxM2.

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Second one is from a BxM9.

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It's hard for me to tell from a 2-dimensional photo, but do you think people are going to whack their heads on the screens when they stand up? They looks pretty big from the photos!

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28 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said:

It's hard for me to tell from a 2-dimensional photo, but do you think people are going to whack their heads on the screens when they stand up? They looks pretty big from the photos!

I have yet to ride them, but they are not in every row, so you can definitely avoid them if you're concerned about banging your head.

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47 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Well, looks like Nova isn't exempt from having problems. 22 is currently having a ton of electrical problems and won't start. It was last in service 6 days ago. This is not a "lolkbscreweditup" thing.

Wasn’t 22 in service this morning? It was tracking on the M100 on BusTime and went out of service roughly 3 hours ago.

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1 minute ago, LegoBrickBreaker101 said:

Wasn’t 22 in service this morning? It was tracking on the M100 on BusTime and went out of service roughly 3 hours ago.

They might've fixed the issues this morning then if it was out. The last time it was out was on the 5th, as it road called at Amsterdam & 135th.

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49 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Well, looks like Nova isn't exempt from having problems. 22 is currently having a ton of electrical problems and won't start. It was last in service 6 days ago. This is not a "lolkbscreweditup" thing.

That's mildly interesting, but I can't say I'm all that surprised, considering its (lack of) age.

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I have to wonder why the MTA went for plug-style rear doors on 9510. Such was typical on the Rapid Transit Series, but the MTA eschewed that option. (NJ Transit went for it.) It would be the first time the MTA went for that on a full-scale production series order (the only other buses in the fleet with that are buses 16-20, the five Proterras).

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