I Run Trains Posted January 6, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 6, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted January 6, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2018 I'm guessing that BP artics aren't really prepare for a snow storm like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHacksJustKhaks Posted January 6, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 6, 2018 The bus interiors and arctics legit look like scenes from The Day After Tomorrow, truly devastating. Although on a more serious note, why run arctics or even have them on the road in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 6, 2018 Share #4 Posted January 6, 2018 A better question is why in the hell is there snow covering the entire inside of a brand new bus?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OIG119 Posted January 6, 2018 Share #5 Posted January 6, 2018 Quote Although on a more serious note, why run arctics or even have them on the road in the first place? They were brought out because they didn't have enough 40'ers to run service alone with the normal weekday schedule, and didn't have enough time to make a modified schedule to allow most artics to not run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHacksJustKhaks Posted January 6, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: A better question is why in the hell is there snow covering the entire inside of a brand new bus?? Unless the bus became a malfunctioning convertible in the middle of a frickin' blizzard, or someone ran outta space to throw leftover snow, then the doors or windows must've been left open, I have yet to wonder why ?! Definitely was out of service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted January 6, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 6, 2018 5 hours ago, OIG119 said: They were brought out because they didn't have enough 40'ers to run service alone with the normal weekday schedule, and didn't have enough time to make a modified schedule to allow most artics to not run. But we knew it was gonna snow Tuesday. When I moved here in 2013, the first snow that December was predicted to be bad enough that only 40 footers ran on both Bx12s. Did they retire too many 40 footers in favor of artics, or did no one watch Lee Goldberg or Bill Evans all week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 6, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 6, 2018 19 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: A better question is why in the hell is there snow covering the entire inside of a brand new bus?? It's possible the electronics quick working and the driver couldn't get the doors shut once he (she) left the bus. I'm not sure if closing them manually is possible. Frankie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted January 7, 2018 Share #9 Posted January 7, 2018 I'm wondering why they kept trying to run artics out there when we've seen snow loaners out for 2-4 inches with no wind several times earlier this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted January 8, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 8, 2018 I know a lot of folks are claiming this was an un-avoidable situation, but the fact is that's wrong and this could have seen some B/Os getting hurt. People should be holding Transit's feet to the fire, not defending the norm. There could have been an easy announcement of a Saturday or Sunday schedule (it was a snow day, school trippers would have been cancelled anyway, and vastly fewer people were commuting), we could have seen SI buses (huge number of school trippers) easily pulled to other boroughs like we saw a couple years back to replace TU's artics, and we could have seen reserve buses activated in anticipation. Just didn't need to run 60-footers in anywhere near the number that they did this year. At the least, 60-footers could have been kept to Manhattan (better-plowed streets, slightly less snow) with the far Queens routes running 40-footers. Just bad planning all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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