Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7326 Posted June 15, 2013 It was at Ulmer Park the whole time...out of all places...Ulmer Park? I know right?? Another reason to scrap that crappola... Yeah like no one notices a huge ass blue 40 foot bus with the word METROCARD on it ...besides, the bus is getting worked on right now, might still be at Ulmer Park It's an eyesore... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7327 Posted June 15, 2013 It was at Ulmer Park the whole time...out of all places...Ulmer Park? Its just being fixed... I know right?? Another reason to scrap that crappola... It's an eyesore... Please explain how its an eyesore. Its a bus just like the other 5,000+ buses we have. The way I see it, people can see it a whole lot better than a small mostly white van. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7328 Posted June 15, 2013 Its just being fixed... Please explain how its an eyesore. Its a bus just like the other 5,000+ buses we have. The way I see it, people can see it a whole lot better than a small mostly white van. It's an eyesore because it's an RTS, you know... The next new bus order should include a new MetroCard bus! After all it definitely matters what a bus you buy friggin METROCARDS from looks like! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7329 Posted June 15, 2013 I saw the Metrocard bus along Foster Avenue on Tuesday... It was following two old C40LFs on the B8 back to back (878 & 958). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7330 Posted June 15, 2013 It's an eyesore because it's an RTS, you know... The next new bus order should include a new MetroCard bus! After all it definitely matters what a bus you buy friggin METROCARDS from looks like! It's an eyesore because it's old and I would imagine inconvenient. A low floor more modern bus would be much better and would attract more people. I'd be interested in knowing how many people use the RTS vs the newer van. Yeah like no one notices a huge ass blue 40 foot bus with the word METROCARD on it ...besides, the bus is getting worked on right now, might still be at Ulmer Park I always do a double take when I see that bus. Actually white stands out better for the Metrocard signs. That truck is a much better set up than that outdated bus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7331 Posted June 15, 2013 You guys are hilarious, arguing over a 23 year old bus. Quite honestly way the way shit is at Ulmer Park I'm surprised that bus hasn't dropped dead by now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7332 Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) You guys are hilarious, arguing over a 23 year old bus. Quite honestly way the way shit is at Ulmer Park I'm surprised that bus hasn't dropped dead by now. Ikr....Ulmer Park was always a mess...then when they got the new buses things started to improve...once they lost over half the new buses....things went back downhill....i think that depot been having the most breakdowns Edited June 15, 2013 by XcelsiorBoii4888 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7333 Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) Ikr....Ulmer Park was always a mess...then when they got the new buses things started to improve...once they lost over half the new buses....things went back downhill....i think that depot been having the most breakdowns No surprise that they have some of the worst buses in the fleet of . If anything they're lucky to even have those XD40's. Damn Ulcer Park. Edited June 15, 2013 by Turbo19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7334 Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) It's an eyesore because it's old and I would imagine inconvenient. A low floor more modern bus would be much better and would attract more people. I'd be interested in knowing how many people use the RTS vs the newer van. I always do a double take when I see that bus. Actually white stands out better for the Metrocard signs. That truck is a much better set up than that outdated bus. You're making it seem like they using a fishbowl or something... You guys are hilarious, arguing over a 23 year old bus. Quite honestly way the way shit is at Ulmer Park I'm surprised that bus hasn't dropped dead by now. Ikr....Ulmer Park was always a mess...then when they got the new buses things started to improve...once they lost over half the new buses....things went back downhill....i think that depot been having the most breakdownsFor the last time, it went there just for regular maintenance. The bus itself is based out of Gleason along with the HAI buses... Edited June 15, 2013 by Fresh Pond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7335 Posted June 15, 2013 At this point I don't even give a f**k. Can't even hold a simple discussion around here anymore. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciboii22 Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7336 Posted June 15, 2013 At this point I don't even give a f**k. Can't even hold a simple discussion around here anymore. Lol!! Ikr....Ulmer Park was always a mess...then when they got the new buses things started to improve...once they lost over half the new buses....things went back downhill....i think that depot been having the most breakdowns They weren't always a mess. Ever since they got these 9600's from Flatbush ... Maintenance went downhill. Well even then, before maintenance was on the job but ever since they got these buses from Flatbush everything went down hill. The last 2 years they were on their game! Fixing whatever needed to be fixed right there. Your right about the last part... This garage has been named #1 in road calls. Anywhere from 8-14 road calls 5 days a week (including weekends at times) Sorry to say it, but IMO ENY has less issues. Their equipment is beat to shit but they have less break downs In my honest opinion. You guys are hilarious, arguing over a 23 year old bus. Quite honestly way the way shit is at Ulmer Park I'm surprised that bus hasn't dropped dead by now. Lmaoooo, im surprised too.. They'll cut her loose eventually. POS. Its just being fixed... Please explain how its an eyesore. Its a bus just like the other 5,000+ buses we have. The way I see it, people can see it a whole lot better than a small mostly white van. Lmao, have to squint your eyes to see that tiny ass van coming down the block. Unlike the bus.. the bus is blue and people notice that one better than the van. It was at Ulmer Park the whole time...out of all places...Ulmer Park? Don't flip... It was sent to another depot to be fixed other than gleason because maybe the other depot has parts that gleason doesn't have. Gleason did have RTSs but Ulmer Park had the parts instead. It was here for Quite sometime but they sent it back a couple days ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7337 Posted June 16, 2013 It's an eyesore because it's old and I would imagine inconvenient. A low floor more modern bus would be much better and would attract more people. I'd be interested in knowing how many people use the RTS vs the newer van. I always do a double take when I see that bus. Actually white stands out better for the Metrocard signs. That truck is a much better set up than that outdated bus. You'd be surprised; the MetroCard bus is very popular on Fordham. I can't quite figure out why either, but there's always a line with at least 15-20 people. Most of the people on line whenever I go by seem to be applying for the 1/2 fare Metrocard, for which the van is useless for since it's just a glorified token booth on wheels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7338 Posted June 16, 2013 You'd be surprised; the MetroCard bus is very popular on Fordham. I can't quite figure out why either, but there's always a line with at least 15-20 people. Most of the people on line whenever I go by seem to be applying for the 1/2 fare Metrocard, for which the van is useless for since it's just a glorified token booth on wheels. Wait a minute... Both vehicles don't offer the same options?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7339 Posted June 16, 2013 Wait a minute... Both vehicles don't offer the same options?? Nope...you can do more in the bus compared to the van 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7340 Posted June 16, 2013 Nope...you can do more in the bus compared to the van That's retarded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7341 Posted June 16, 2013 That's retarded. Am I reading this correctly because I wouldn't expect this response from you. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're still a bit hungover from last night, lol. Anyhow, I agree it's ridiculous but I assume that the bus can hold a greater amount of staff in comparison to the van, and as such the amount of services offered on the bus visits is greater. And while I'm not familiar with the bus itself, perhaps there is even space for transactions to be taken place inside the bus itself. At the end though, I'm still surprised that bus is still running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7342 Posted June 16, 2013 Am I reading this correctly because I wouldn't expect this response from you. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're still a bit hungover from last night, lol. Anyhow, I agree it's ridiculous but I assume that the bus can hold a greater amount of staff in comparison to the van, and as such the amount of services offered on the bus visits is greater. And while I'm not familiar with the bus itself, perhaps there is even space for transactions to be taken place inside the bus itself. At the end though, I'm still surprised that bus is still running. Well think about it, the bus is older than the truck yet the bus has more options than the truck.... Technology should save the issue of space if anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7343 Posted June 16, 2013 (edited) Well think about it, the bus is older than the truck yet the bus has more options than the truck.... Technology should save the issue of space if anything. Well to me at first glance the truck looks very basic. I'd be surprised if they even had much in the way of technology. Seems to me as they have as much tech as one of those street vendor trucks which most of the time is very basic. Edited June 16, 2013 by Turbo19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7344 Posted June 16, 2013 And to think the original Metrocard buses were from 1980's and were replaced not too long ago (at least I think this pic was at Eastchester, but with the newer looking MCI's in the background, I'm not too sure): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7345 Posted June 16, 2013 Well think about it, the bus is older than the truck yet the bus has more options than the truck.... Technology should save the issue of space if anything. The van is pretty much a rolling token booth. You can't go in, you do basic transactions there (which is why it sat parked at Howard Beach). The bus you can do a whole lot more, even go inside and apply for a reduced fare card and all that jazz. It holds more people and can serve a whole lot more people at one. And to think the original Metrocard buses were from 1980's and were replaced not too long ago (at least I think this pic was at Eastchester, but with the newer looking MCI's in the background, I'm not too sure): Yeah that's the original one (I think that was a RTS-04). It was retired for the blue one which is a younger '91 model and still has plenty of parts around since it pretty much uses the same parts from the '96 Novas still running. Why buy a whole new bus when you have one with a near endless supply of spare parts lying around... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciboii22 Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7346 Posted June 16, 2013 The van is pretty much a rolling token booth. You can't go in, you do basic transactions there (which is why it sat parked at Howard Beach). The bus you can do a whole lot more, even go inside and apply for a reduced fare card and all that jazz. It holds more people and can serve a whole lot more people at one. Yeah that's the original one (I think that was a RTS-04). It was retired for the blue one which is a younger '91 model and still has plenty of parts around since it pretty much uses the same parts from the '96 Novas still running. Why buy a whole new bus when you have one with a near endless supply of spare parts lying around... Exactly, they can actually build a bus if they wanted to. Or take one of the retired 96-99's and put it as the metro card bus. Maybe they'll actually do it, then again it's the MTA. They'll think of the van over the bus, with the bus there's more room and the bus is bigger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 16, 2013 Share #7347 Posted June 16, 2013 Saw a QM1 Friday at 12:00 PM with 3 riders. That has to be the record for midday QM1 buses so far.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petabread Posted June 17, 2013 Share #7348 Posted June 17, 2013 Usually see 7-9 people on the qm1/5/6 combinations during the middle of the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted June 17, 2013 Share #7349 Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) Saw a QM1 Friday at 12:00 PM with 3 riders. That has to be the record for midday QM1 buses so far.... Usually see 7-9 people on the qm1/5/6 combinations during the middle of the day. your gonna give ******** ideas based on your observations... too bad you haven't seen his ideas of convert this line to sbs convert that line to ltd stop service etc Edited June 17, 2013 by BreeddekalbL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 17, 2013 Share #7350 Posted June 17, 2013 I'm just stating an observation. Nothing more... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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