B35 via Church Posted November 25, 2023 Share #3576 Posted November 25, 2023 2 hours ago, FlxMtroD said: 107 (NJT needs to get with PA for gate assignment change just to have artics run throughout the day and weekends. Currently, only a few inbound artics into NYC and outbound fro the PABT during rush hour) I do not know why NJT continues to underestimate/shortchange the #107 in terms of capacity per trip... You hate the NABI's on the #171, but I've grown quite irritated with 40-footers (and the f***ed up ones at that) on the #107... While they're used interchangeably, the #37 is still secondary to the #107 - but yet they run 40'-ers on the #107 as if demand is equivalent to the #37 or something.... Quite maddening.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 26, 2023 Share #3577 Posted November 26, 2023 What was going on along rt. 46 yesterday afternoon? I took the #198 (4:33 trip out of Willowbrook, if it matters...and I'm glad it beat the preceding #197 that was supposed to come at 4:30, because there's no way all those people were getting on an inbound #197 at that time of day) after getting off the #705 at Willowbrook..... I actually saw the preceding 4:03 #198 trip back to NY when I was on said #705, but there was no way I could've caught it.... That bus left Willowbrook with about 10 people on it... smh... Anyway, the normal route back to NY is to take rt. 46 to rt. 3 before hitting 495.... Instead, we ended up taking I-80... to rt. 19... to the GSP... to get to rt. 3.... The crazy part is, after doing all that, even given the (normal) traffic jams at/on 495 to the tunnel approach, we were only 11 mins. late... We were flying on I-80; I was surprised to see it that empty, to be honest... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 26, 2023 Share #3578 Posted November 26, 2023 On 11/23/2023 at 3:11 PM, B35 via Church said: By transit? Because I can just simply drive there (and end up paying those exorbitant parking fees).... If you mean by transit, I would either take *whatever* route to Union City & xfer to the #85, or the #320 option (to the #85)... Depends on what mood I'm in (as with most things).... One thing I'm not ever doing again though is the #160 to the #703. Not sure whatever you may be trying to get at by asking me this, but I'm telling you flat out that I would not take that #355... And it's not a matter of cost/affordability for me either, it's a matter of principle, like I said earlier..... Crazy that I can go significantly deeper into NJ on NJT from NYC than the Meadowlands for less..... That's exactly how I look at it, and why I never bothered to fan the 355 ever since it's inception. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 26, 2023 Share #3579 Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) The one time I went to American Dream to get some footage of the routes over there a while after it opened, I got there with the 160. I just walked from MetLife over to the mall. Round trip on the thing was still cheaper than the one way 355 fare SMH. Edited November 26, 2023 by BM5 via Woodhaven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted November 27, 2023 Share #3580 Posted November 27, 2023 3 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: The one time I went to American Dream to get some footage of the routes over there a while after it opened, I got there with the 160. I just walked from MetLife over to the mall. Round trip on the thing was still cheaper than the one way 355 fare SMH. It also sucks that NJT/American Dream promised fulltime Meadowlands Rail-Line service when the mall fully opened, and that STILL aint happened lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted November 27, 2023 Share #3581 Posted November 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Lawrence St said: It also sucks that NJT/American Dream promised fulltime Meadowlands Rail-Line service when the mall fully opened, and that STILL aint happened lol. You guys just don't know how bad things are on the rail side of NJT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted November 27, 2023 Share #3582 Posted November 27, 2023 10 hours ago, go25 said: You guys just don't know how bad things are on the rail side of NJT Honestly, for the longest time I was under the impression that the Meadowlands line was able to be accessed from Manhattan without having to reverse move. I didn't notice I was wrong until I actually looked at the track map and realized. What person thought this was a good idea??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted November 27, 2023 Share #3583 Posted November 27, 2023 11 hours ago, go25 said: You guys just don't know how bad things are on the rail side of NJT I don’t even like the sound of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted November 27, 2023 Share #3584 Posted November 27, 2023 Trust me on that one. There's many reasons why there's no daily Meadowlands rail service, one being not having sufficient rolling stock. NJT rail ops is still running equipment from the 70s (GP40s and Arrows) that are not working properly with the PTC/ACSES systems, the majority of the cars (Comets) that are in the MMC are being stripped of usable parts because no one makes them anymore, the Multilevel replacement for the Arrows have been pushed back to at some point in 2024 and Transit not having money for parts is pretty much sums it all up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted November 28, 2023 Share #3585 Posted November 28, 2023 11 hours ago, go25 said: NJT rail ops is still running equipment from the 70s (GP40s and Arrows) that are not working properly with the PTC/ACSES systems I always found the pairing of the GP40s with Comet Vs tacky. And as far as all this computer stuff with PTC and ACSES systems: It’s the same thing I say about using software updates (with the ticket scanners) and buses in the same sentence: why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted November 28, 2023 Share #3586 Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, 46Dover said: I always found the pairing of the GP40s with Comet Vs tacky. And as far as all this computer stuff with PTC and ACSES systems: It’s the same thing I say about using software updates (with the ticket scanners) and buses in the same sentence: why? That's where you're wrong, my friend. Two different systems (Alstom with NJT and Siemens with Amtrak) in certain areas have "bleed over" problems. And also with the GP40 and Arrows, you can only do so many upgrades to those equipment and the Speed Enforcement System (SES a.k.a PTC) in them can either work or not whenever it chooses. I had the pleasure one day of running an Arrow consist on the Corridor and I couldn't go past 57 MPH because of the those systems going haywire and giving you unwanted penalties to deal/recover from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAzumah Posted November 28, 2023 Share #3587 Posted November 28, 2023 On 11/26/2023 at 11:28 PM, go25 said: You guys just don't know how bad things are on the rail side of NJT I recommended that NJT take Stadler KISS battery units for the Meadowlands line for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and I was told that they would never take units that would be confined to the Hoboken Division. My counterpoint was that these trains with temporary perimeter seating would be perfect for moving tons of passengers on an MU platform to major events. They could change to normal seating after the event. The FIFA event could be used to upgrade a number of things quickly if a plan was in place to do so. Look at how LA is using the Olympics to upgrade their transit system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted November 28, 2023 Share #3588 Posted November 28, 2023 9 hours ago, go25 said: That's where you're wrong, my friend. Two different systems (Alstom with NJT and Siemens with Amtrak) in certain areas have "bleed over" problems. And also with the GP40 and Arrows, you can only do so many upgrades to those equipment and the Speed Enforcement System (SES a.k.a PTC) in them can either work or not whenever it chooses. I had the pleasure one day of running an Arrow consist on the Corridor and I couldn't go past 57 MPH because of the those systems going haywire and giving you unwanted penalties to deal/recover from. But in their defense, that's across the united states that those problems are. I know the MBTA locomotives have ACSES/PTC added on in such a way that you have to keep looking up to look at the cab signals because there was no other place to put them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted November 28, 2023 Share #3589 Posted November 28, 2023 31 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: But in their defense, that's across the united states that those problems are. I know the MBTA locomotives have ACSES/PTC added on in such a way that you have to keep looking up to look at the cab signals because there was no other place to put them. Transit half assed their entire PTC system, it's amazing that it can work sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare402 Posted December 1, 2023 Share #3590 Posted December 1, 2023 you know what i havent heard about in a while? The newbus redesign project. whatever happened with that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCTransitFilms Posted December 1, 2023 Share #3591 Posted December 1, 2023 Philadelphia Transit Vehicles is officially a thing of the past. It is no longer going to work due to new limited access to the API feeds... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTE Posted December 1, 2023 Share #3592 Posted December 1, 2023 7 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said: Philadelphia Transit Vehicles is officially a thing of the past. It is no longer going to work due to new limited access to the API feeds... bruh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkm07302 Posted December 2, 2023 Share #3593 Posted December 2, 2023 20 hours ago, nightmare402 said: you know what i havent heard about in a while? The newbus redesign project. whatever happened with that? I thought about that also. Like many other things, NJ Transit catch amnesia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted December 3, 2023 Share #3594 Posted December 3, 2023 Reading this Op-Ed, the person has a point: Of all the routes they could've had deviate towards Communipaw, the #86 was probably one of the most random ones they could've chosen: https://hudsoncountyview.com/letter-nj-transit-must-rise-to-the-occasion-with-ac-bus-service-ending-soon/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNR Beacon Line Posted December 3, 2023 Share #3595 Posted December 3, 2023 I was on a former coach usa bus (6026) and there’s no ticket/card reader on it… are they on any of the former coach buses? Why would they announce tap to pay if they won’t even have readers on all the buses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTE Posted December 4, 2023 Share #3596 Posted December 4, 2023 4 hours ago, MNR Beacon Line said: I was on a former coach usa bus (6026) and there’s no ticket/card reader on it… are they on any of the former coach buses? Why would they announce tap to pay if they won’t even have readers on all the buses? 6026? I could of sworn I’ve seen it on a Coach contract a few weeks ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNR Beacon Line Posted December 4, 2023 Share #3597 Posted December 4, 2023 16 hours ago, NJTE said: 6026? I could of sworn I’ve seen it on a Coach contract a few weeks ago Was on the 84P out of journal square. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted December 4, 2023 Share #3598 Posted December 4, 2023 2 hours ago, MNR Beacon Line said: Was on the 84P out of journal square. The 84P is a ONEBus route so the unit in question is not an ex Coach USA bus. It looks like the tap and go readers are not on the contracted routes as of yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow III Posted December 4, 2023 Share #3599 Posted December 4, 2023 23 hours ago, MNR Beacon Line said: I was on a former coach usa bus (6026) and there’s no ticket/card reader on it… are they on any of the former coach buses? Why would they announce tap to pay if they won’t even have readers on all the buses? I ride Suburban Transit's buses in for the Middlesex county routes. None of the buses have tap and pay at the moment and I have not heard of any plans for adding the system to those buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted December 5, 2023 Share #3600 Posted December 5, 2023 So it finally happened, an artic on the 24. 20810 was on the mentioned route earlier today. Just imagine if ONE Bus had some artics on that route when it still operated it lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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