Amtrak7 Posted November 10, 2011 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2011 ...Nassau Inter County Express Bus, or NICE!!! It looks like the Nassau County executive has reached a NICE deal. With an end-of-year deadline drawing closer for the MTA to stop running Long Island Bus, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Thursday plans to unveil the creation of the Nassau Inter County Express – or NICE – as the new county bus system. Mangano plans to release the new name for what had been known as “Long Island Bus” as well as the fact that the county has reached a contract with Veolia Transportation to operate the system. http://libn.com/2011...ss-bus-details/ Let's look at the pieces of the name. Inter County Express. That hints to me of a significant reduction in service not going to Queens and the creation of some form of LIE commuter service. Per Newsday and News 12, Mangano will hold a news conference at 14:00 tomorrow to officially announce. UPDATE: http://mobile.newsda...9573&nopaging=1 Nassau County's newly privatized bus system will have a new name and look but will keep existing fares and all 48 of its routes, officials said Wednesday. NICE Bus -- an acronym for Nassau Inter-County Express -- is the moniker as of Jan. 1 for Long Island Bus, the county-owned bus system that serves 100,000 daily riders. County Executive Edward Mangano, at a news conference Thursday, will release long-awaited details of the county's contract with Veolia Transportation, just seven weeks before the Illinois -based company takes over. County officials would not release information on NICE Bus' service levels other than to say the county will not implement the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 's plan, proposed earlier this year, to close LI Bus' budget gap by eliminating more than half its routes. Incoming NICE Bus chief executive Michael Setzer said no lines would be eliminated, though schedule changes would be made on several routes. That will mean less frequent buses on some lines, he said. As we predicted, frequency cuts are now confirmed. And let the foam begin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted November 10, 2011 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2011 I was hoping for black n yellow black n yellow colors for their new scheme. NCIS is what it sounds like but FINALLY ....EXP service is a plus:tup:Boy I hope they get those 42.5 Millennium RTS's EXP version . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted November 10, 2011 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2011 I'll wait until January to see it for myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted November 10, 2011 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2011 I was hoping for black n yellow black n yellow colors for their new scheme.NCIS is what it sounds like but FINALLY ....EXP service is a plus:tup:Boy I hope they get those 42.5 Millennium RTS's EXP version . it would have to be Orange and Blue since they are the colors of Nassau county, I personally like the new color scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted November 10, 2011 Share #5 Posted November 10, 2011 I like it - much better than the MTA's boring whiter-than-ever recent paint schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted November 10, 2011 Share #6 Posted November 10, 2011 interesting what are they really upto?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted November 10, 2011 Share #7 Posted November 10, 2011 Not Bad...But, IMO it needs some more work. They should paint the bus fully orange, unless they are being cheap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 10, 2011 Share #8 Posted November 10, 2011 I just got through listening to pinepower's video about this... although there were no pics on how the buses are supposed to end up lookin within it.... Well, now that I see em, my reaction is.... ughk.... orange & turquoise is not a good mix... on anything. hell w/ foam, I'm tryna not to hurl !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The TransitMan Posted November 10, 2011 Share #9 Posted November 10, 2011 Really? "NICE?" Wow. This really threw me off. Like the paint scheme IF that's the official paint scheme. Again, as I stated earlier...I will wait and see of Nassau County residents think N.I.C.E. will be "NICE" to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted November 10, 2011 Share #10 Posted November 10, 2011 NICE is a pretty clever name for the new system in my opinion. Do I think it fits? Not really. And according to the article, Veolia needs more bus drivers than Long Island Bus had, but fewer maintenance workers? Well, without the , who is gonna maintain the buses? The had a bunch of garages in the city that could repair buses. Are they going to help out? In the picture, are those digital replicas or has one of the buses already been painted for the new scheme? And if Veolia needs more drivers, I may just go for a CDL and take the position as a summer job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted November 10, 2011 Share #11 Posted November 10, 2011 It looks like something out of Pittsburgh or Los Angeles, where color schemes run amok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share #12 Posted November 10, 2011 In the picture, are those digital replicas or has one of the buses already been painted for the new scheme? Digital replicas. It looks like something out of Pittsburgh or Los Angeles, where color schemes run amok. Reminds me of Los Angeles too. Does any system on the east coast even use orange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted November 10, 2011 Share #13 Posted November 10, 2011 I don't think that's a very NICE paintjob... but reminds me of LA Metro a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q101viaSteinway Posted November 10, 2011 Share #14 Posted November 10, 2011 This is very sarcastic idea to call bus service NICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichalkaManiac Posted November 10, 2011 Share #15 Posted November 10, 2011 I just want to know is: will they still keep thr MetroCard option for 2012 (transfers and all)? I recently took a bus trip from Fresh Meadows to Levittown on Halloween morning/afternoon.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted November 10, 2011 Share #16 Posted November 10, 2011 NICE is a pretty clever name for the new system in my opinion. Do I think it fits? Not really. And according to the article, Veolia needs more bus drivers than Long Island Bus had, but fewer maintenance workers? Well, without the , who is gonna maintain the buses? The had a bunch of garages in the city that could repair buses. Are they going to help out? In the picture, are those digital replicas or has one of the buses already been painted for the new scheme? And if Veolia needs more drivers, I may just go for a CDL and take the position as a summer job. they probably need less maintenance workers because they are probably planning on not having an overnight crew in the depot for maintenance...even though that would be an incredibly stupid thing for them to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted November 10, 2011 Share #17 Posted November 10, 2011 Let's look at the pieces of the name. Inter County Express. That hints to me of a significant reduction in service not going to Queens and the creation of some form of LIE commuter service. To me, it sounds like a stupid gimmick that relies on a "backronym" (i.e. they came up with "NICE" first, then needed something for it to stand for). At least that marketing lame-brain wasn't further east - the name might have become SUffolk County Connection ("SUCC")! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 11, 2011 Share #18 Posted November 11, 2011 Well I hope Veolia is better than the MTA, because it wouldn't be NICE to cut half of the LIB. It's not NICE to leave people stranded.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted November 11, 2011 Share #19 Posted November 11, 2011 Well I hope Veolia is better than the MTA, because it wouldn't be NICE to cut half of the LIB. It's not NICE to leave people stranded.:cool: That's up to the County. Veolia is just the contractor, not the decider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted November 11, 2011 Share #20 Posted November 11, 2011 I just want to know is: will they still keep thr MetroCard option for 2012 (transfers and all)? That's for the County to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtNovaBusRTS9369 Posted November 11, 2011 Share #21 Posted November 11, 2011 I just want to know is: will they still keep thr MetroCard option for 2012 (transfers and all)? I recently took a bus trip from Fresh Meadows to Levittown on Halloween morning/afternoon.:confused: See This. Specfifcally the 5th short paragraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted November 11, 2011 Share #22 Posted November 11, 2011 looks like I will make my next move soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 11, 2011 Share #23 Posted November 11, 2011 To me, it sounds like a stupid gimmick that relies on a "backronym" (i.e. they came up with "NICE" first, then needed something for it to stand for). At least that marketing lame-brain wasn't further east - the name might have become SUffolk County Connection ("SUCC")! ...then they could merge & store their buses @ what would be called NASSTY - Nassau & Suffolk Surface Transit Yard anyway, w/ this whole "NICE" bit, I think they stole the core idea from ICMC (inter county motor coach; Suffolk county) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted November 11, 2011 Share #24 Posted November 11, 2011 ...then they can store their buses @ what would be called NASSTY - Nassau & Suffolk Surface Transit Yard anyway, w/ this whole "NICE" bit, I think they stole the core idea from ICMC (inter county motor coach; Suffolk county) nassty wow just wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted November 11, 2011 Share #25 Posted November 11, 2011 NICE is a pretty clever name for the new system in my opinion. Do I think it fits? Not really. And according to the article, Veolia needs more bus drivers than Long Island Bus had, but fewer maintenance workers? Well, without the , who is gonna maintain the buses? The had a bunch of garages in the city that could repair buses. Are they going to help out? MTA didn't repair LI buses at their facilities in the past, so I definitely don't see it happening now that they aren't going to have anything to do with NICE. That's up to the County. Veolia is just the contractor, not the decider. That's not necessarily true. Veolia will pretty much be running everything just as the MTA did for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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