trainfan22 Posted May 1, 2013 Share #6626 Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Just saw Bus Co. Orion VII HEV 3762 being towed out to Long Island on the LIE. Was on a private company tow truck, not an one! Your post reminds me of when I seen an Private Tow Truck towed an Hybrid from BP depot a couple of years ago. I remember seeing that its not as simple as I thought it was to set up these buses to get towed. Edited May 1, 2013 by trainfan22 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted May 1, 2013 Share #6627 Posted May 1, 2013 Just saw Bus Co. Orion VII HEV 3762 being towed out to Long Island on the LIE. Was on a private company tow truck, not an one! Buses only get towed by MTA trucks, to MTA facilities. Private tow trucks are used when a bus is getting towed to, or from an outside vender's facility. They are also used in cases where buses break down on the highway. If I'm not mistaken, CRS is not allowed to work on highways. So private companies are used to tow buses of the highway to a waiting CRS truck, or in rare cases, all the way back to the depot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 1, 2013 Share #6628 Posted May 1, 2013 I think the M8 reached bunching mecca today. Three of them back-to-back in a single block radius. Thoughts and prayers for anybody with hopes to get across town today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted May 1, 2013 Share #6629 Posted May 1, 2013 Who owns and who runs the NYU and Columbia University buses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted May 1, 2013 Share #6630 Posted May 1, 2013 Who owns and who runs the NYU and Columbia University buses?I believe it's Academy that runs their bus service 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6631 Posted May 2, 2013 Who owns and who runs the NYU and Columbia University buses?Academy. The Nova LFS used to be used at Rutgers but Academy lost the contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6632 Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) I think the M8 reached bunching mecca today. Three of them back-to-back in a single block radius. Thoughts and prayers for anybody with hopes to get across town today.thanks to all the construction at the Junction there was nearly a mega bunching of artics on the b44. There was as much as 3 artics per direction with maybe one or two 40' bus breaking up the mainly artic runs. At this point they could just put those artics on the limiteds exclusively and maybe scale back a few runs and free up some buses for some more b41 short turns especially after 3:30pm. Q35 once again with a 30 min wait without warning due to a run being cut. I should've known once it hit 3:45 and nothing showed, the bus was going to show up just before 4pm and to top it off it was a lf bus and it was just swamped. The only bright side was the kids all went to the back, so its not like a mass of ppl huddled at the front. Edited May 2, 2013 by Grand Concourse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6633 Posted May 2, 2013 Buses only get towed by MTA trucks, to MTA facilities. Private tow trucks are used when a bus is getting towed to, or from an outside vender's facility. They are also used in cases where buses break down on the highway. If I'm not mistaken, CRS is not allowed to work on highways. So private companies are used to tow buses of the highway to a waiting CRS truck, or in rare cases, all the way back to the depot. I figured that. Bus was probably headed to the Cummins facility out in Ronkonkoma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6634 Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Was the m9 extended back to battery park city a restoration or an extension of the segment? Edited May 2, 2013 by BreeddekalbL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MTA Bus Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6635 Posted May 2, 2013 The M9 extension back to Battery Park City is a restortation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6636 Posted May 2, 2013 The M9 extension back to Battery Park City is a restortation. it was restored from the cuts correct? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6637 Posted May 2, 2013 Its like a mix of both. Sure it went back to BPC, but its taking a totally different route (more straightforward if you look at it) than the original one that went via South Ferry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted May 2, 2013 Share #6638 Posted May 2, 2013 Whats good with 7088?? Havent seen it since NOV 2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6639 Posted May 3, 2013 My Yukon B/O friend today had 6085 which is a decent bus. On another note, I caught 987 on the B16 at 86th and 4 Av. It was nice riding an old C40 again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmouse Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6640 Posted May 3, 2013 Under the impression that 126th street and FLatbush don't like queens With the exception of 9642 & 9652, every single RTS we got from both depots has had to be to worked on, or taken oos. 9426 -> Transmission, Air bags/suspension & AC Fan belt 9638 -> forgot why it needed work 9639 -> AC Fanbelt & leveling valve needed to be fix'd 9640 -> .... 9641 -> transmission takes forever to go into 2nd/no power 9651 -> Slow as hell, was written up three times in the past two days by operators 9653 -> Transmission & some engine work 9654 -> when in reverse just revs at high RPM and slightly moves 9655 -> was oos for a day I don't remember what it was 9657 -> uhm missing lights, or burnt out lights. Needs some electrical work too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmouse Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6641 Posted May 3, 2013 8000-8014 having LBSS Removed and other misc. Vendor work done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6642 Posted May 3, 2013 Putting on the wetsuit to ride out this next wave of foam... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6643 Posted May 3, 2013 8000-8014 having LBSS Removed and other misc. Vendor work done. See...no one wanted to listen to me...maybe its because im 16. Now for my post!!! Yesss!!! Sad thing is...their in queens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6644 Posted May 3, 2013 Putting on the wetsuit to ride out this next wave of foam... As if anyone is actually going to come out here to ride them lol. Just imagine if the Xcelsiors had them removed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6645 Posted May 3, 2013 Whats good with 7088?? Havent seen it since NOV 2012 Makes sense, last revenue trip it had was October 24th...something's up, GPS has been off since. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6646 Posted May 3, 2013 As if anyone is actually going to come out here to ride them lol. Just imagine if the Xcelsiors had them removed... I was out there today and I didn't wanna ride them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6647 Posted May 3, 2013 Makes sense, last revenue trip it had was October 24th...something's up, GPS has been off since. Isn't that the bus whose engine ate itself? I remember someone mentioned a couple of months ago a 3G with a blown engine that was off in a faraway land for repairs and such. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6648 Posted May 3, 2013 As if anyone is actually going to come out here to ride them lol. Just imagine if the Xcelsiors had them removed... Sure I'd come out here to ride them... oh wait... I do live out here (next to the Q88 where they love to put them on) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6649 Posted May 3, 2013 That is all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted May 3, 2013 Share #6650 Posted May 3, 2013 ^^ Is that "foam" worthy?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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