QM1to6Ave Posted July 31, 2021 Share #34901 Posted July 31, 2021 19 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: It's actually been a problem, even for some B/Os that are just driving. At the very beginning, they were being charged too. lol They had to adjust the range of the OMNY readers a bit, and it's still a problem. What I do is my phone is set up so that my mobile wallet can only work if the phone is unlocked, and I keep my wallet away from any of the readers, but some of the readers can have the range set too far. I can imagine on the SBS buses that get jam packed and you are forced to stand right by the reader on the rear door, you could get double charged if, say, your wallet is in your bag or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 31, 2021 Share #34902 Posted July 31, 2021 3742 was involved in an accident this morning on Flatbush Avenue near Kings Plaza.. Source: ABC 7 New York 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted July 31, 2021 Share #34903 Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Weird, so I definitely got on a n/b Q44-SBS put-in (bus#5992) from Main St/39 Ave around 5:40PM, I saw it make the left turn from Roosevelt onto Main but it doesn't appear on the timetable schedule. Anyone know the reason for this? Edited July 31, 2021 by danielhg121 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted July 31, 2021 Share #34904 Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, danielhg121 said: Weird, so I definitely got on a n/b Q44-SBS put-in (bus#5992) from Main St/39 Ave around 5:40PM, I saw it make the left turn from Roosevelt onto Main but it doesn't appear on the timetable schedule. Anyone know the reason for this? Late bus maybe? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted July 31, 2021 Share #34905 Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, danielhg121 said: Weird, so I definitely got on a n/b Q44-SBS put-in (bus#5992) from Main St/39 Ave around 5:40PM, I saw it make the left turn from Roosevelt onto Main but it doesn't appear on the timetable schedule. Anyone know the reason for this? Sometimes there are runs that are added to a route that don't appear on the schedule. Happens a lot more than you think especially on the Q44. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34906 Posted August 1, 2021 37 minutes ago, MysteriousBtrain said: Sometimes there are runs that are added to a route that don't appear on the schedule. Happens a lot more than you think especially on the Q44. The Bx12 SBS would have a shuttle running between Pelham Bay and Bay Plaza from time to time, usually on Fridays. Just yesterday I ran into one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34907 Posted August 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Future ENY OP said: 3742 was involved in an accident this morning on Flatbush Avenue near Kings Plaza.. Source: ABC 7 New York That's the third consecutive transit accident in the Northeast this week. First it was 350, then it was MBTA, now it's this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34908 Posted August 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: That's the third consecutive transit accident in the Northeast this week. First it was 350, then it was MBTA, now it's this... As in West Farms bus 350.. Former Jackie Gleason bus? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34909 Posted August 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: As in West Farms bus 350.. Former Jackie Gleason bus? Bee Line 350. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34910 Posted August 1, 2021 44 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: That's the third consecutive transit accident in the Northeast this week. First it was 350, then it was MBTA, now it's this... Don't forget about 6856. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34911 Posted August 1, 2021 18 hours ago, QM1to6Ave said: I can imagine on the SBS buses that get jam packed and you are forced to stand right by the reader on the rear door, you could get double charged if, say, your wallet is in your bag or something. Very true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 1, 2021 Share #34912 Posted August 1, 2021 16 hours ago, paulrivera said: The Bx12 SBS would have a shuttle running between Pelham Bay and Bay Plaza from time to time, usually on Fridays. Just yesterday I ran into one Well it happened yesterday also. I was in Co-op City yesterday (co-incidentally, having taken the Bx12 there after not having done so for years) & also saw one - which ended up beating us to Bay Plaza... I was on a SBS that came from Manhattan (I took the from GWB bus terminal; well 175th, to 207th out of frustration with whatever the hell was going on with the GWB, instead of continuing on with what I had wanted to do) & we just sat at PBP for 11 minutes before pulling off... Somewhere in the middle of that timeframe, an empty SBS signed up as going to Bay Plaza.... I just stayed on the bus I was already on.... I was way more miffed at three things: no notice whatsoever that the SB M5's turnaround at GWB changed to being that of going 178th > Wadsworth > 177th > Broadway... Tried to catch an M5 at its normal first pickup stop & I saw a bus turning onto Broadway a block up.... the fact that a SB M4 couldn't cross 179st in 13 minutes (due to all that traffic trying to get on the bridge)... pretty sure this is why the former was done with the M5... the damn thing (m4) was literally two blocks away too ! This was around 2:45pm. having waited 48 minutes for a Q50 to Flushing... I get something had to be done with the old QBx1, but at the same time, the Q50 part of the split, to this day, is being underestimated/undervalued by the MTA.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted August 2, 2021 Share #34913 Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Craig Cipriano named interim president: NYC Transit: https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/craig-cipriano-steps-mta-interim-president-role Source: Patch New York. Edited August 2, 2021 by Future ENY OP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted August 2, 2021 Share #34914 Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, B35 via Church said: no notice whatsoever that the SB M5's turnaround at GWB changed to being that of going 178th > Wadsworth > 177th > Broadway... Tried to catch an M5 at its normal first pickup stop & I saw a bus turning onto Broadway a block up.... Might have been a traffic related detour. 22 hours ago, B35 via Church said: we just sat at PBP for 11 minutes before pulling off... Was this a relief? Unusual if it was, normally the relief swaps are really quick for the SBS at Pelham Bay... 22 hours ago, B35 via Church said: having waited 48 minutes for a Q50 to Flushing... That might have been a driver shortage related wait. Normally the Q50 runs every 30 minutes unless you were making the trip at night... Edited August 2, 2021 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 2, 2021 Share #34915 Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) I'm not sure if 9510 and 9560 out of ENY has this feature. Today, getting on the M7, from Union Sq to Times Sq (9567: New Flyer XDE-40): The new bus has a projector camera that opens by itself when the bus comes to a stop and closes back and opens again at the next stop. It shows the back doors (passengers getting off) and two steps to the rear of the bus. Edited August 2, 2021 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 2, 2021 Share #34916 Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, paulrivera said: Might have been a traffic related detour. Had to have been... Nothing else makes sense. 7 hours ago, paulrivera said: Was this a relief? Unusual if it was, normally the relief swaps are really quick for the SBS at Pelham Bay... TBH, I was sitting in the first row of seating behind the rear-most doors (on the right side of the bus) of a relatively crowded bus (as in, plenty of standees) & I didn't make any real attempt to try to look around people to see if there was a driver change or not.... Nor did I look out the right side of the window to see if anything of the sort was about to take place (as in, a waiting b/o on the sidewalk or whatever)..... 7 hours ago, paulrivera said: That might have been a driver shortage related wait. Normally the Q50 runs every 30 minutes unless you were making the trip at night... Couldn't tell you if that was the case or not... But what I can tell you is that during the wait, I saw two other ECH buses w/ the bike racks: one heading towards section 5 as a Q50 (b/o was a hispanic female)... one likely heading towards ECH itself, OOS (b/o was a white male)... TBH, I thought the bus w/ the female b/o was going to be the next Flushing bound bus out (basically, I thought it was going to be over an hour wait)... Then not too long after I saw the bus w/ the female b/o heading towards section 5. the bus I eventually got on arrived (b/o of this bus was a black male).... The bus that was OOS (bus w/ the white male op') passed by about 15 mins. or so into the wait.... I boarded the bus that I did, at Bartow/Co-op City Blvd a little after 5pm... Quite honestly, I think the Flushing bound trip before the one I eventually boarded had departed early.... Because now that I look at the schedule (as I'm typing this), the bus I got on, was more or less on time.... We were SRO at the Baychester/Aldrich stop... Riders attempting to board at E. Tremont got flagged (with all the ppl. on the bus, not a single person got off there)... Hell, the stop after the Jarvis stop had like 10-15 ppl. waiting there for crying out loud... Lol.... Edited August 2, 2021 by B35 via Church 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34917 Posted August 3, 2021 Anyone know why some of the 200-299 C40LF's have different front doors then the others? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34918 Posted August 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Anyone know why some of the 200-299 C40LF's have different front doors then the others? 236 has the original doors that 230 once came with. Not sure about 200-229 or 266-299 as far as differences go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34919 Posted August 3, 2021 7851 is running on the B7 today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34920 Posted August 3, 2021 The driver shortage is real 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34921 Posted August 3, 2021 Today on the B17, a bunch of kids in a summer camp with their chaperones got on the bus, filled an fairly empty the bus all the way up. I've seen summer camps on the subway many times but this is my first time seeing them on the bus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34922 Posted August 3, 2021 Just now, trainfan22 said: Today on the B17, a bunch of kids in a summer camp with their chaperones got on the bus, filled an fairly empty the bus all the way up. I've seen summer camps on the subway many times but this is my first time seeing them on the bus. That's very rare. When I worked in summer camp programs we usually took the subway or chartered a school bus when the subway wasn't feasible. DYCD may have made some changes... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34923 Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, SoSpectacular said: That's very rare. When I worked in summer camp programs we usually took the subway or chartered a school bus when the subway wasn't feasible. DYCD may have made some changes... Its not as rare as people think. Many summer camps use the bus to go to nearby places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34924 Posted August 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: Its not as rare as people think. Many summer camps use the bus to go to nearby places. I've definitely seen it a few times. Once saw a summer group on the B25 from Dumbo. Weren't as many people, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted August 3, 2021 Share #34925 Posted August 3, 2021 Went up to ECH today to see what's in the scrap yard these days... 1) surprisingly, many of the 6500s and some 6400s still exist, 6490 is still in the lot 2)The mobile command center RTS is in the scrap lot 3)there's a 51xx RTS that still exists, with the sign stuck as the Q5. AFAIK there's nothing notable about this particular RTS. 4)Theres 3 - 4 NGs in the scrap lot, surreal, I remember when the scrap lot was filled with TMC RTS and early to mid 90s Orion V's. Now the lot has buses that replaced those old TMCs and Orions. 5) 4904 is in scrap lot, as well as another RTS I assume is the 96 Nova that's apart of the museum fleet. I think these buses are safe, they are just there for storage 6)Theres a C40 from the 800 - 989 batch that still exists in the lot for whatever reason. 7) 2200s from CAS as well as random MCIs from the 04 - 07 batch are in the scrap lot. Weird to see the 2200s in the scrap lot. All of this was observed from a public street, no trespassing or photos were taken. The biggest surprise is the 6500s still being in existence, I thought they would be soda cans by now.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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