XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted April 23, 2013 Share #6476 Posted April 23, 2013 How do you know...the could just give it 5656...or a 13xx ...or even 1001 Well i know because the first half is 5658...and under Zerega on the roster it shows 5658 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted April 23, 2013 Share #6477 Posted April 23, 2013 Well i know because the first half is 5658...and under Zerega on the roster it shows 5658 Doesn't mean that it's coming out of there as either or. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6478 Posted April 24, 2013 Ah hem... 2477 is a Prevost.... Yes, I know that. Your point being? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6479 Posted April 24, 2013 Yes, I know that. Your point being? A Prevost being more comfortable than a MCI...?!?!??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6480 Posted April 24, 2013 A Prevost being more comfortable than a MCI...?!?!??? Maybe he is of a vertically challenged nature... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6481 Posted April 24, 2013 Maybe he is of a vertically challenged nature... I sure as hell am. Not blessed with much height, sadly. And yet even I still wish the seats were a bit taller. The shape is nicer than the ones on the older MCIs. And ride in general is much, much nicer. They also seem to accelerate better, though I doubt there is any actual measurable difference b/w them and the 2012 D4500CTs in terms of acceleration. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6482 Posted April 24, 2013 I sure as hell am. Not blessed with much height, sadly. And yet even I still wish the seats were a bit taller. The shape is nicer than the ones on the older MCIs. And ride in general is much, much nicer. They also seem to accelerate better, though I doubt there is any actual measurable difference b/w them and the 2012 D4500CTs in terms of acceleration. I'm also short and I also feel the same way. Its one reason why I shoot for the rear row with the extra step just to get that balance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6483 Posted April 24, 2013 Lol theres an extra step in the rear? Like with the Orion VII 3Gs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6484 Posted April 24, 2013 Lol theres an extra step in the rear? Like with the Orion VII 3Gs? Not that kind of extra step...the very last row has one step going up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6485 Posted April 24, 2013 Maybe he is of a vertically challenged nature... Maybe because those seats on the Prevosts offer little leg room and the recliners are almost non-existent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6486 Posted April 24, 2013 I saw 9000 on the Q35 also, like around 1:30-2:50pm heading to the Rockaways.saw 9000 again today in the afternoon.Got on 149, ride wasn't too bad. Still better than the o5s that gl had (5900s). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6487 Posted April 24, 2013 I'm confused with the way the buses run in Kingsbridge. Which ones run on 230th Street and which ones run on 231st Street? Let's see if I got this right: * Express buses run on 230th Street in both directions. * Bx1 & Bx10 run on 231st in both directions * Bx7/20 run on 231st westbound, and eastbound, they take 231st to Kingsbridge Avenue to 230th to Broadway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6488 Posted April 24, 2013 I'm confused with the way the buses run in Kingsbridge. Which ones run on 230th Street and which ones run on 231st Street? Let's see if I got this right: * Express buses run on 230th Street in both directions. * Bx1 & Bx10 run on 231st in both directions * Bx7/20 run on 231st westbound, and eastbound, they take 231st to Kingsbridge Avenue to 230th to Broadway. That's right 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6489 Posted April 24, 2013 I learned something interesting last night chatting with a B/O I know... They can indeed see the type of card that you have... In other words when you dip the card, they can tell if it's an Express Bus Plus card, a regular weekly or monthly Unlimited Card or a pay-per-ride card... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6490 Posted April 24, 2013 I learned something interesting last night chatting with a B/O I know... They can indeed see the type of card that you have... In other words when you dip the card, they can tell if it's an Express Bus Plus card, a regular weekly or monthly Unlimited Card or a pay-per-ride card... Isn't that why they have different colors and sounds? I remember seeing this board, on the back of the operator, with the metrocard type, and whenever a card was swiped, the board would light up the indicated metrocard. I remember that there were about 4 or 6 different types. However, I haven't bothered to look if they're still around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6491 Posted April 24, 2013 Isn't that why they have different colors and sounds? I remember seeing this board, on the back of the operator, with the metrocard type, and whenever a card was swiped, the board would light up the indicated metrocard. I remember that there were about 4 or 6 different types. However, I haven't bothered to look if they're still around. i heard they pulled the boards off the buses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6492 Posted April 24, 2013 i heard they pulled the boards off the buses Why? It was so fun looking at what card was being swiped! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6493 Posted April 24, 2013 Isn't that why they have different colors and sounds? I remember seeing this board, on the back of the operator, with the metrocard type, and whenever a card was swiped, the board would light up the indicated metrocard. I remember that there were about 4 or 6 different types. However, I haven't bothered to look if they're still around. Why? It was so fun looking at what card was being swiped! Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing those anymore, so they must've pulled them. You do still hear the sound however indicating the different types of Metrocards used, but the fareboxes must've been updated, esp. with you now being able to refill your unlimited Metrocards. The one thing I wish I could do is put more than one refill on my Metrocard, this way I could refill for a month and be done with it and if there's a problem with the card, the token booth clerk should be able to simply put my time onto a fresh Metrocard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted April 24, 2013 Share #6494 Posted April 24, 2013 I wonder what was up with that S59 driver today. I got on at Harrison Avenue to go northbound, and he asks "Where are you going?", and I tell him I'm just going a couple of blocks to the library. I use my transfer from the S46, and when I ring the bell to get off, the guy's staring at me the whole time. And then he's talking to this one other kid (all of the buses that terminate by Richmond Terrace & Park Avenue tend to empty out at Harrison, so it was just me and the other kid), and he's saying "Oh, those kids are smart, sneaking in through the back" or something, like he's mad at the kid, but he's grinning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6495 Posted April 25, 2013 I'd also like to add that I think it's stupid the way they have the schedules set up at Richmond & Monsey. They have the schedules for the X10/12/42 and S44/94, but don't have anything for the S59/89, because they used seperate panels for the X12/42. I'd put the X12 & X42 on the same panel (and just put a note at the bottom to show that it bypasses Downtown), and then use that remaining panel for the S59/89. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6496 Posted April 25, 2013 Why? It was so fun looking at what card was being swiped! Those were gone for a while now. I don't remember the last time I saw one, but yeah I kinda miss seeing those. Although for the most part only 3 of the lights I saw lit (transfer, special, 'regular'). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6497 Posted April 25, 2013 Those were gone for a while now. I don't remember the last time I saw one, but yeah I kinda miss seeing those. Although for the most part only 3 of the lights I saw lit (transfer, special, 'regular'). And dont forget student 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acela Express Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6498 Posted April 25, 2013 saw 9000 again today in the afternoon. Got on 149, ride wasn't too bad. Still better than the o5s that gl had (5900s). I was racing 9000 down Beach Channel Drive (Q22) earlier today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6499 Posted April 25, 2013 I've noticed that around 8am almost everyday, while watching PIX11 news, I'll see an XD40 going eastbound on 42nd street. Why is that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MTA Bus Posted April 25, 2013 Share #6500 Posted April 25, 2013 Quill has two XD40s in service on the M42. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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