Brillant93 Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4476 Posted November 23, 2019 26 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: 5499 MQ to Flatbush Ave (FB). Working B44SBS to Emmons Avenue. I wonder if FB is going to be a mix of LFSAs and XD60s for now on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4477 Posted November 23, 2019 Is 6233 at MJQ just to check on that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4478 Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Brillant93 said: I wonder if FB is going to be a mix of LFSAs and XD60s for now on? It sure is, just the fleet pattern is reversed like MJQ As in: Mostly LFSA with XD-60 that's at Quill, while Flatbush is the other way Edited November 23, 2019 by Calvin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4479 Posted November 23, 2019 15 minutes ago, Calvin said: Is 6233 at MJQ just to check on that? I thought per our convo yesterday that said bus was still at FB. Check the system. FB just received 3 LFSA’s. I want to say 4. 5499-5501 in house at FB. (I think 5498 is also at FB) 5499 in operation right now on the 44SBS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimategamer12c Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4480 Posted November 23, 2019 So #6233 is actually at the MJQ Base just tracked it down so FB has transferred it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4481 Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: I thought per our convo yesterday that said bus was still at FB. Check the system. FB just received 3 LFSA’s. I want to say 4. 5499-5501 in house at FB. (I think 5498 is also at FB) 5499 in operation right now on the 44SBS. That was 2 days ago (Thurs) observed at the depot, on-board SBS 46 to Crown Hts. I could be seeing things with another end digit like 6232 Edited November 23, 2019 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimategamer12c Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4482 Posted November 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: I thought per our convo yesterday that said bus was still at FB. Check the system. FB just received 3 LFSA’s. I want to say 4. 5499-5501 in house at FB. (I think 5498 is also at FB) 5499 in operation right now on the 44SBS. #5498 is still at Quill at the moment but it should be getting transferred soon to FB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted November 23, 2019 Share #4483 Posted November 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, Calvin said: That was 2 days ago (Thurs) observed at the depot, on-board SBS 46 to Crown Hts. I could be seeing things with another end digit like 6232 Copy that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4484 Posted November 26, 2019 Just need confirmation: is there any plans to convert the Q6/64 into artics by the spring pick? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4485 Posted November 26, 2019 4 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said: Just need confirmation: is there any plans to convert the Q6/64 into artics by the spring pick? Q6 rumored for the winter pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillant93 Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4486 Posted November 26, 2019 They really need to stop trying to convert these MTA bus company routes into artics so those XD60s can go back to transit. It seems to me they’re trying to hold on to them just to convert routes. My opinion but it’s sad tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4487 Posted November 26, 2019 41 minutes ago, Brillant93 said: They really need to stop trying to convert these MTA bus company routes into artics so those XD60s can go back to transit. It seems to me they’re trying to hold on to them just to convert routes. My opinion but it’s sad tbh. I need to ask you this. What’s your beef about the loaned NYCT bus to bus. In case you forgot Queens need artics just as Brooklyn needs and Manhattan will also need. Plus a new set of artics are coming. Be patient with the process. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillant93 Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4488 Posted November 26, 2019 39 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: I need to ask you this. What’s your beef about the loaned NYCT bus to bus. In case you forgot Queens need artics just as Brooklyn needs and Manhattan will also need. Plus a new set of artics are coming. Be patient with the process. It’s not so much beef but it’s just the way how much they’re just converting things left to right. Out of nowhere this route is rumored to being converted, but then they’re trying to redo bus maps. To me it just seems there’s way too many things happening all at once. Then they want to get rid of the hybrids which puts on more strain. I personally feel the mta should work better with its own management. but I think almost everyone can agree to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4489 Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brillant93 said: It’s not so much beef but it’s just the way how much they’re just converting things left to right. Out of nowhere this route is rumored to being converted, but then they’re trying to redo bus maps. To me it just seems there’s way too many things happening all at once. Then they want to get rid of the hybrids which puts on more strain. I personally feel the mta should work better with its own management. but I think almost everyone can agree to that. The buses are aging and whatever we may think of the chaos of the right now. Let them deal with it and dig a hole, bury yourself (good words by Jay-Z) The other real chaos will begin when Queens and Brooklyn maps are redone and both boroughs will feel the same fate as The Bronx currently. Edited November 26, 2019 by Future ENY OP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillant93 Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4490 Posted November 26, 2019 33 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: The buses are aging and whatever we may think of the chaos of the right now. Let them deal with it and dig a hole, bury yourself (good words by Jay-Z) The other real chaos will begin when Queens and Brooklyn maps are redone and both boroughs will feel the same fate as The Bronx currently. Isn’t the queens draft supposed to be out in a couple of months? Brooklyn I know they started off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitednyc Posted November 26, 2019 Share #4491 Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Brillant93 said: Isn’t the queens draft supposed to be out in a couple of months? Brooklyn I know they started off. queens is do any day now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 27, 2019 Share #4492 Posted November 27, 2019 19 hours ago, Brillant93 said: They really need to stop trying to convert these MTA bus company routes into artics so those XD60s can go back to transit. It seems to me they’re trying to hold on to them just to convert routes. My opinion but it’s sad tbh. The Q6 was supposed to be artics before the 6000s even came to MTA Bus though..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4493 Posted December 3, 2019 With fare payment around 20-30% and the attitudes of those passengers on the Q6 the last thing I would put on that route are new Articulated buses. If MTA wants to convert that line to Artics they should just go to the scrap yard and get some of those old Orion Artics to run on that line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahC99 Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4494 Posted December 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Rafa said: If MTA wants to convert that line to Artics they should just go to the scrap yard and get some of those old Orion Artics to run on that line. Orion Artics? We didn’t have any artics from Orion (in fact, they never even made artics). I believe you must be talking about the old New Flyer D60HF buses that were replaced by the New Flyer XD60s and NovaBus LFSA Smart Bus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4495 Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Rafa said: If MTA wants to convert that line to Artics they should just go to the scrap yard and get some of those old Orion Artics to run on that line. Besides that “Orion Artics” aren’t and were never such a thing (as @JeremiahC99 replied), I’m pretty sure most (if not all) of the 2002-03 New Flyer D60HF buses have been demolished. Edited December 3, 2019 by Snorunts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4496 Posted December 3, 2019 13 hours ago, Rafa said: With fare payment around 20-30% and the attitudes of those passengers on the Q6 the last thing I would put on that route are new Articulated buses. If MTA wants to convert that line to Artics they should just go to the scrap yard and get some of those old Orion Artics to run on that line. People farebeat on a lot of artic lines. This wouldn’t be a new thing when artic’s hit the Q6. I’m just so curious at to where those 6000’s at JFK and LGA will go. We already know LGA is suppose to keep some of them. I know Tuskegee is suppose to get them but honestly I don’t see that happening just yet. I feel like transit politics is going to play a role, and I feel like most of them will end up staying in Queens especially if the MTA is really serious about the Q6 being artic. Somehow I feel like some of them will even make it to CS. I don’t want to get too off topic with speculation because I know this isn’t the thread for that. Of course with the MTA everything is subject to change so we shall just see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitednyc Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4497 Posted December 3, 2019 ?where are the extra artics comming from for the b46+ ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4498 Posted December 3, 2019 1 hour ago, limitednyc said: ?where are the extra artics comming from for the b46+ ? Supposedly from MTA BUS Company. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted December 3, 2019 Share #4499 Posted December 3, 2019 41 minutes ago, Snorunts said: Supposedly from MTA BUS Company. How bout this. Let’s wait and see where the buses are coming from and let’s not assume. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillant93 Posted December 6, 2019 Share #4500 Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Question, but I was watching a video of someone on the bus passing by the vendor at JFK and I saw a few new BE40s. Did the order of that commence or is that another companies BE40s? Edit: I found out 10 were leased as test buses and only 5 were put into service. Edited December 6, 2019 by Brillant93 Info clarification 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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