busdude2 Posted April 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 11, 2015 I was checking mybusnow for the route 81. I saw bus #1 doing the route in bayonne. I guess it was not working right because it has to be a Nabi on it. Anyone else see this happening on other routes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
161 New York Posted April 11, 2015 Share #2 Posted April 11, 2015 Seeing the same thing: Probably a misconfigured unit. The 161 looks good 8856 and 7891 are on Route 46. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted April 11, 2015 Share #3 Posted April 11, 2015 I think I saw that happen before. Weird.. Side note about this whole GPS thing I'm not liking how drivers can program the Clever Device so their bus don't show on GPS. I get it you're trying to hide from the road ops or whatever but Transit paid good money for that equipment so the customers would have that info and they're not even getting it. Was out in Howell country the other day and IDK about any other depots but over there it really happens more often than not. Lots of missing runs on GPS and not just the new buses. One thing the MTA system has over the Clever Device is that IIRC as long as the GPS is working and the farebox is working and logged in the bus will show, the driver can't easily turn it off like they can in NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Transit Posted April 11, 2015 Share #4 Posted April 11, 2015 I think I saw that happen before. Weird.. Side note about this whole GPS thing I'm not liking how drivers can program the Clever Device so their bus don't show on GPS. I get it you're trying to hide from the road ops or whatever but Transit paid good money for that equipment so the customers would have that info and they're not even getting it. Was out in Howell country the other day and IDK about any other depots but over there it really happens more often than not. Lots of missing runs on GPS and not just the new buses. One thing the MTA system has over the Clever Device is that IIRC as long as the GPS is working and the farebox is working and logged in the bus will show, the driver can't easily turn it off like they can in NJ. It's not a matter of "hiding" from the regionals or control center. If a starter reassigns your trip, which is beyond routine during the afternoon peak at the Port, you have to go into manual mode to change your sign. This is very likely have reason you see this with Howell lines. You'll see it with pretty much any New York line on a weekday afternoon and evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTransitMan4608 Posted April 12, 2015 Share #5 Posted April 12, 2015 It's not a matter of "hiding" from the regionals or control center. If a starter reassigns your trip, which is beyond routine during the afternoon peak at the Port, you have to go into manual mode to change your sign. This is very likely have reason you see this with Howell lines. You'll see it with pretty much any New York line on a weekday afternoon and evening. Oh so that's why I've been seeing all these ghost buses as of late. To me, these ghost runs are like a box of chocolates. You never know what MCI you're gonna get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
553 Bridgeton Posted April 12, 2015 Share #6 Posted April 12, 2015 Being in manual has nothing to do with hiding. Alot of times in the schedule mode The work sometimes is not accepted and you're forced into manual mode. Yeah Transit paid a lot of money but they can't get the small things fixed like having all the runs programmed for schedule mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busdude2 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted April 12, 2015 Seeing the same thing: Probably a misconfigured unit. The 161 looks good 8856 and 7891 are on Route 46. Yes that is how it looked. Thanks for showing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Transit Posted April 12, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 12, 2015 Being in manual has nothing to do with hiding. Alot of times in the schedule mode The work sometimes is not accepted and you're forced into manual mode. Yeah Transit paid a lot of money but they can't get the small things fixed like having all the runs programmed for schedule mode. This is also true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted April 12, 2015 Share #9 Posted April 12, 2015 Being in manual has nothing to do with hiding. Alot of times in the schedule mode The work sometimes is not accepted and you're forced into manual mode. Yeah Transit paid a lot of money but they can't get the small things fixed like having all the runs programmed for schedule mode.Or just havig manual mode runs show on the GPS... I mean the announcements still work so its not like the CleverDevice doesn't know where the bus is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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