BM5 via Woodhaven Posted July 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2015 Presenting the M103... 2012 Nova Bus LFS "Bullet Bill" Articulated 5871 on the M103 at Lexington Avenue/34 Street by BM5 via Woodhaven, on Flickr and the M34 SBS.... 2002 New Flyer D60HF "Galaxy" Articulated 5625 on the M34 SBS at 34 Street Midblock between 5 and 6 Avenues by BM5 via Woodhaven, on Flickr 2002 New Flyer D60HF "Galaxy" Articulated 5625 on the M34 SBS at 34 Street Midblock between 5 and 6 Avenues by BM5 via Woodhaven, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 11, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 11, 2015 Why in the hell are they using that garbage on the M34?? Ridiculous. Federal funds were spent for NEW buses which should run on the M34SBS at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfltransitfan Posted July 11, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 11, 2015 Great to see D60HFs doing SBS lines. S.FL.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted July 11, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 11, 2015 Wow, who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B22viaAtlanticAv Posted July 11, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 11, 2015 Nice pics But this is common practice for the MTA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 11, 2015 Share #6 Posted July 11, 2015 wow, Quill is that short of buses for the +Select and they just received extras from Flatbush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q113 LTD Posted July 11, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2015 Wow, I never saw a D60HF on the M34 +SBS+. Great catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 11, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 11, 2015 Why in the hell are they using that garbage on the M34?? Ridiculous. Federal funds were spent for NEW buses which should run on the M34SBS at all times. The new....ish articulated Novas came out of the MTA's budget. The only order that was federally funded for this division(not including MTA Bus) were the CNG and Hybrid bus orders. wow, Quill is that short of buses for the +Select and they just received extras from Flatbush Two doesn't necessarily help. With the M60 being 24/7. It's putting a lot of wear and tear on those Novas especially since those buses take a pretty brutal beating on that line alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted July 11, 2015 Share #9 Posted July 11, 2015 The M103 had a lot of those SBS wrapped buses today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 11, 2015 Share #10 Posted July 11, 2015 The new....ish articulated Novas came out of the MTA's budget. The only order that was federally funded for this division(not including MTA Bus) were the CNG and Hybrid bus orders. I thought all of the SBS lines received federal funding, which included funds for new buses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted July 11, 2015 Share #11 Posted July 11, 2015 The M103 had a lot of those SBS wrapped buses today.Those wrapped buses couldn't wait for the M86 to start SBS, so they had to go somewhere lol.As for the M34, first I've seen front Green led signage of the SBS signs. I remember seeing a back green LED sign of the M15 SBS years ago. Psst.... that bus is 5526 not 5625 if you haven't noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 11, 2015 Share #12 Posted July 11, 2015 I thought all of the SBS lines received federal funding, which included funds for new buses... The SBS lines did. Most of these buses came through before SBS was even thought of for some of these lines. The only one that's really getting federal funding for SBS is the future Q52/Q53 SBS. The M34 for example wasn't even on the drawing board for the list of SBS routes and it magically popped up ahead of other routes that needed it with plans and layouts already made for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acela Express Posted July 13, 2015 Share #13 Posted July 13, 2015 Why in the hell are they using that garbage on the M34?? Ridiculous. Federal funds were spent for NEW buses which should run on the M34SBS at all times. The M60 has been putting many of those SBS buses into maintenance holds, which is why there's a shortage. Those 59xx LFSAs are taking a beating on the SBS60 between mileage and wear/tear of being highway buses... Which in turns puts the 5800s into new territory on the 60. Quill has received 5 new SBS buses in the past 3 months because of the maintenance holds -- most recently the two 53xx from Flatbush - 5327 & 28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 13, 2015 Share #14 Posted July 13, 2015 The M60 has been putting many of those SBS buses into maintenance holds, which is why there's a shortage. Those 59xx LFSAs are taking a beating on the SBS60 between mileage and wear/tear of being highway buses... Which in turns puts the 5800s into new territory on the 60. Quill has received 5 new SBS buses in the past 3 months because of the maintenance holds -- most recently the two 53xx from Flatbush - 5327 & 28. That means they'll be needing new buses more often then. lol With the way Tuskegee takes care of their buses, they may need to hold off on retiring some of the old non-low floor artics. Here and there I may use the M101 to and from the BxM1 express bus and I'm appalled at how terrible the interiors of some of those buses are and they aren't even that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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