Ty24 Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3551 Posted February 5, 2015 Nice Bus 1006(Ex Foothill Transit) On the N6 [/url [url=http://s300.photobucket.com/user/nyct54/media/20150204_091133.jpg.html] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3552 Posted February 5, 2015 Other than the front sign not working, the plates, the rear lights, the doors, and the obnoxious NICE logo that you can't see half of (orange on orange!), it looks like an old Orion V. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3553 Posted February 5, 2015 Oh Damn, looks good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3554 Posted February 5, 2015 Cali plates off , temp tag in the window like the new New Flyers, these new plates are hard to get... Btw while on the subject I HATE the new plates on the buses. County of Nassau on the left and Nassau (the county on the bottom of the plate similar to how Florida puts the county on the bottom. I was hoping NICE or Nassau Inter County Express on the left side of the plate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3555 Posted February 5, 2015 Other than the front sign not working, the plates, the rear lights, the doors, and the obnoxious NICE logo that you can't see half of (orange on orange!), it looks like an old Orion V. They're not painting a custom car, the name of the game is doing it cheap, and I think they did a great job. I'm sure the signs will take time to program. The buses are doing what they intended, helping filling the gap, I think riders would be glad to have that bus on the route instead of having to wait in the cold for the next one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 5, 2015 Share #3556 Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Cali plates off , temp tag in the window like the new New Flyers, these new plates are hard to get... Btw while on the subject I HATE the new plates on the buses. County of Nassau on the left and Nassau (the county on the bottom of the plate similar to how Florida puts the county on the bottom. I was hoping NICE or Nassau Inter County Express on the left side of the plate.The plates go in the name of the city/county/"main" agency, not a sub agency of the government like NICE or the DOT. All plates for city agencies say "City of NY" and all plates for the MTA have MTA on them, whether its LIRR NYCT MTA Bus or whoever. It's funny how at first NYCTs plates came as "City of NY" then they finally got it's a MTA not city agency and gave them MTA plates. Edited February 5, 2015 by Orion VII 4 Life 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q113 LTD Posted February 7, 2015 Share #3557 Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Here is the video of NICE buses using Orion V CNG ex Foothill Transit: Bus #1019 From https://www.youtube.com/user/R323838 Edited February 7, 2015 by Q113 LTD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q113 LTD Posted February 7, 2015 Share #3558 Posted February 7, 2015 They're not painting a custom car, the name of the game is doing it cheap, and I think they did a great job. I'm sure the signs will take time to program. The buses are doing what they intended, helping filling the gap, I think riders would be glad to have that bus on the route instead of having to wait in the cold for the next one. The NICE logo that is on the orange and blue stripes on the Orion V CNG ex Foothill Transit doesn't look good. They should had put the logo under the blue stripe next to the driver on the left side like on the Orion Vll NG. But anyway, which you think looks better, the current NICE color scheme or the orange and blue stripes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mta B43 Posted February 7, 2015 Share #3559 Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Is there any update with the fleet numbers of the Ex Foothills that are currently in service? Edited February 7, 2015 by mta B43 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3560 Posted February 8, 2015 They actually got suburban seat buses? Those are gonna go to hell quick... But maybe this could be NICE trying to set up some kind of actual express bus service? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3561 Posted February 8, 2015 They actually got suburban seat buses? Those are gonna go to hell quick... But maybe this could be NICE trying to set up some kind of actual express bus service? It's just how the buses came, I wouldn't read anything else into it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3562 Posted February 8, 2015 It's just how the buses came, I wouldn't read anything else into it.Yes but why buy suburban buses knowing what they're in for... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3563 Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Yes but why buy suburban buses knowing what they're in for... Because they were suuuuuuuuuuper cheap and only have 2 more years left in them(the tanks) Edited February 8, 2015 by Cait Sith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3564 Posted February 8, 2015 They actually got suburban seat buses? Those are gonna go to hell quick... But maybe this could be NICE trying to set up some kind of actual express bus service? Right-I also heard they plan on having hostess service,serving coffee & donuts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3565 Posted February 8, 2015 Right-I also heard they plan on having hostess service,serving coffee & donuts. Mmmmm... donuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted February 8, 2015 Share #3566 Posted February 8, 2015 They actually got suburban seat buses? Those are gonna go to hell quick... But maybe this could be NICE trying to set up some kind of actual express bus service? If the city ones have held up, just two years in Nassau wouldn't hurt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3567 Posted February 9, 2015 Is there any update with the fleet numbers of the Ex Foothills that are currently in service? Numbered in the #1000 series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3568 Posted February 9, 2015 If the city ones have held up, just two years in Nassau wouldn't hurt. Right but they were used in actual express service. Not local runs except some of em towards the end of their lives 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armani Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3569 Posted February 9, 2015 My question is do you think NICE will get their act together or are they already regretting letting the MTA walk away? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3570 Posted February 9, 2015 My question is do you think NICE will get their act together or are they already regretting letting the MTA walk away? The county executive and probably the commissioners too have no regrets and probably get lots of money from Veolia. Only the regular guy who has to deal with their sh*t service wants the MTA back and the pols couldn't give a damn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3571 Posted February 9, 2015 The county executive and probably the commissioners too have no regrets and probably get lots of money from Veolia. Only the regular guy who has to deal with their sh*t service wants the MTA back and the pols couldn't give a damn. Also,Mangano making more money from the cab service that he owns,due to people giving up waiting for shitty NICE Bus service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted February 9, 2015 Share #3572 Posted February 9, 2015 My question is do you think NICE will get their act together or are they already regretting letting the MTA walk away? Nothing could make the bus service here any good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q101 E Midtown Posted February 10, 2015 Share #3573 Posted February 10, 2015 Also,Mangano making more money from the cab service that he owns,due to people giving up waiting for shitty NICE Bus service. What cab service is that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted February 10, 2015 Share #3574 Posted February 10, 2015 What cab service is that? Any taxi or car service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted February 10, 2015 Share #3575 Posted February 10, 2015 What cab service is that? One of the members of the the county-appointed bus committee (bullshit) is a friend of Mango's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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