NY1635 Posted May 30, 2017 Share #5751 Posted May 30, 2017 What's causing the n15 to arrive a few minutes apart from each other? I notice the first n15 tend to have a lot of people while the one that comes a few minutes later has one person. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67thAve Posted May 30, 2017 Share #5752 Posted May 30, 2017 What's causing the n15 to arrive a few minutes apart from each other? I notice the first n15 tend to have a lot of people while the one that comes a few minutes later has one person. I have no idea, and the n15 is one of those routes that I take very frequently. Some days it's pretty good, other days, not so much (I've had instances where three n15 buses in the same direction showed up in ten minutes). One possibility, in my view, is perhaps X bus gets stuck at a lot of the lights in Rockville Centre while Y bus just cruises on through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted May 31, 2017 Share #5753 Posted May 31, 2017 I found this article on the web. I personally don't see how adjusting the bus schedule to meet with the trains at the LIRR station can work given the extensive delays during the rush currently plaguing the railroad. http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/05/25/on-long-island-transit-operates-as-two-separate-and-unequal-systems/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted May 31, 2017 Share #5754 Posted May 31, 2017 That's probably the least of their worries at this point. I rarely see anyone outside of Hempstead get on the bus from the train. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCguy Posted June 1, 2017 Share #5755 Posted June 1, 2017 Anyone notice the picket line yesterday? http://www.twulocal252.org/updates/transdev-transit/breaking-members-transdev-picket 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted June 2, 2017 Share #5756 Posted June 2, 2017 Anyone notice the picket line yesterday? http://www.twulocal252.org/updates/transdev-transit/breaking-members-transdev-picket Hope you're happy Ed Mangano. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted June 2, 2017 Share #5757 Posted June 2, 2017 There was a crash on the 1st in Farmingdale. A Dodge Caravan hit 1790 head on and the Caravan driver died on the spot. http://abc7ny.com/news/1-dead-when-minivan-nice-bus-collide-in-farmingdale/2060187/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted June 3, 2017 Share #5758 Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) At 165th St Bus Terminal, NICE Bus has placed new sign for articulated bus. Also for n88 Jones Beach- which photos better? Using different modes Edited June 3, 2017 by FamousNYLover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted June 3, 2017 Share #5759 Posted June 3, 2017 Bus brokedown on the n27 today, had to wait for the next bus i one hour. The "dispatcher" who came to inspect the bus with a maintenance van, the best thing they could do is... to check the clever device... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted June 3, 2017 Share #5760 Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Is that sign for the n6 Articulated Saturday Schedule correct? The 6:08 am trip is labeled as an express and I don't recall the n6x running on a Saturday. It looks like someone just copy and pasted the Monday-Friday schedule, but just cut off at 5:10pm. Edited June 3, 2017 by NY1635 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Meadow Posted June 12, 2017 Share #5761 Posted June 12, 2017 Apparently from a former member on here who I'll just call whinepowerli had said that rvc depot is in the hands of mta can anyone clarify that claim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTSTdrive Posted June 13, 2017 Share #5762 Posted June 13, 2017 Apparently from a former member on here who I'll just call whinepowerli had said that rvc depot is in the hands of mta can anyone clarify that claim.Doubt it that this has happened unless a source says otherwise. On a somewhat related note, a comment in one of his recent NICE Bus rant videos claims that the MTA can repossess the Orion VII NG/EPA10 CNGs (and maybe what's left of the ex-LIB Orion Vs) although not the New Flyers or the Arbocs. Is this possible? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted June 13, 2017 Share #5763 Posted June 13, 2017 Technically MTA put orders in for both sets of buses. Never got to use the EPA10's. The rest belongs to NICE. I'm just taking an educated guess. Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5764 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) NICE has released the new bus schedules for the Summer, which will go into effect on June 25th. Looking at the schedule, I feel that the n20 would work better as a Flushing-Roslyn/C.W.Post route. There's just too much negative space on the current n20H/G schedule and a few morning runs on the n20H starting at the Clock Tower. http://nicebus.com/Passenger-Information/Customer-Advisory-Committee.aspx Edited June 14, 2017 by NY1635 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5765 Posted June 14, 2017 Looks like the articulated runs will be running later on Saturdays 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac5689 Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5766 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Apparently from a former member on here who I'll just call whinepowerli had said that rvc depot is in the hands of mta can anyone clarify that claim. According to Hound on BusChat (I don't remember if he is a member here) the MTA is planning on using the RVC Depot for the 200 buses as part of their plan to limit the impact on the LIRR ridership because of Amtraks work at Penn Station. Not sure if its the truth or if that is what Powerli was talking about. Edited June 14, 2017 by mac5689 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac5689 Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5767 Posted June 14, 2017 On a somewhat related note, a comment in one of his recent NICE Bus rant videos claims that the MTA can repossess the Orion VII NG/EPA10 CNGs (and maybe what's left of the ex-LIB Orion Vs) although not the New Flyers or the Arbocs. Is this possible? I remember back when NICE was formed people said the MTA had the power to take back the Orion V's, and Orion VII's because they had brought them and therefore owned them. (Ownership of those buses was a big debate if I recall) It was said, either at that time or the last time the topic was brought up, that the MTA DID NOT have the power to take back the buses because they were brought with some type of funding that said they had to be used in Nassau County. (I mean one would think if the MTA had the power to reposes the Orion V's and Orion VII's they would have taken them with them when they left) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5768 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Summer 2017 interlining grid: WeekdaySaturdaySunday Blue = ARBOC, yellow = articulated. Looks like the articulated runs will be running later on Saturdays On weekdays, they have four artics out at a given time under the new schedule, and they're only operating rush hour express service. No weekday midday or evening artic operations.On Saturdays there are two out all day. Presumably the others will work the n88 as needed. The n19, n78/n79, and n80 remain their own blocks, not interlined with anything else. Route by route, from looking at the timetables (all are weekday, no weekend changes on these routes): n22: No changes, timetable removes all mention of the n22A. n24: 5:47p from Hicksville eliminated, 10:15p from Jamaica will terminate at RFM. Minor time changes. n19: 2min added to AM running time and 2min removed from PM running time. Turn changes. n23: 10:30a trip from Mineola eliminated. n27: Added 7:36a trip from Hempstead, 10:45p trip from Hempstead eliminated (9:45p trip will run Willis Ave) n33: 3min added running time eastbound. n40/41: No changes. n48/49: Added 7:10a n49 trip from Hempstead; PM eastbound minor time changes. n54/55: Time changes all day. The westbound schedule contains typos in the PM (route numbers), early AM westbound short turns extended to originate from Unqua Rd and Sunrise Mall respectively n58: Added 9:25p southbound trip from USMMA. n72: 6:15a from Hempstead and 1:02p from Rt 110 eliminated. Time changes. n70: 4:24p and 6:15p from SUNY Farmingdale converted to n72 trips. Time changes. n80: Minor time changes. The trip removals from the n24, n23, and n27 timetables don't appear to be new service cuts, rather, they look like trips that never run under the April schedule but were included by accident. They were not in the April not in the GTFS. Edited June 14, 2017 by Amtrak7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroTransitTee Posted June 14, 2017 Share #5769 Posted June 14, 2017 How many Orion V CNG's are left? And on what routes do they primarily run on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted June 15, 2017 Share #5770 Posted June 15, 2017 Summer 2017 interlining grid: WeekdaySaturdaySunday Blue = ARBOC, yellow = articulated. On weekdays, they have four artics out at a given time under the new schedule, and they're only operating rush hour express service. No weekday midday or evening artic operations. On Saturdays there are two out all day. Presumably the others will work the n88 as needed. The n19, n78/n79, and n80 remain their own blocks, not interlined with anything else. Route by route, from looking at the timetables (all are weekday, no weekend changes on these routes): n22: No changes, timetable removes all mention of the n22A. n24: 5:47p from Hicksville eliminated, 10:15p from Jamaica will terminate at RFM. Minor time changes. n19: 2min added to AM running time and 2min removed from PM running time. Turn changes. n23: 10:30a trip from Mineola eliminated. n27: Added 7:36a trip from Hempstead, 10:45p trip from Hempstead eliminated (9:45p trip will run Willis Ave) n33: 3min added running time eastbound. n40/41: No changes. n48/49: Added 7:10a n49 trip from Hempstead; PM eastbound minor time changes. n54/55: Time changes all day. The westbound schedule contains typos in the PM (route numbers), early AM westbound short turns extended to originate from Unqua Rd and Sunrise Mall respectively n58: Added 9:25p southbound trip from USMMA. n72: 6:15a from Hempstead and 1:02p from Rt 110 eliminated. Time changes. n70: 4:24p and 6:15p from SUNY Farmingdale converted to n72 trips. Time changes. n80: Minor time changes. The trip removals from the n24, n23, and n27 timetables don't appear to be new service cuts, rather, they look like trips that never run under the April schedule but were included by accident. They were not in the April not in the GTFS. How do people read the interlining chart? What is a block? Does a driver work a single block or multiple blocks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 15, 2017 Share #5771 Posted June 15, 2017 How do people read the interlining chart? What is a block? Does a driver work a single block or multiple blocks? Each block represents a set of trips that turn for each other. Because some of these are way more than a 12 hour day, I'm assuming that these represent vehicle cycles, not driver cycles. One vehicle or driver can work multiple blocks over the course of a day (as evidenced by the one-run pieces near the bottom of the list). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted June 16, 2017 Share #5772 Posted June 16, 2017 I'm just glad articulated trips are now marked. http://nicebus.com/NiceBus/media/NiceBus-FrontPageSlider/NICE-n6_Jun2017_v4.pdf Does anyone have the current articulated schedule? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RES2773 Posted June 18, 2017 Share #5773 Posted June 18, 2017 Summer 2017 interlining grid: Weekday Saturday Sunday Blue = ARBOC, yellow = articulated. On weekdays, they have four artics out at a given time under the new schedule, and they're only operating rush hour express service. No weekday midday or evening artic operations. On Saturdays there are two out all day. Presumably the others will work the n88 as needed. The n19, n78/n79, and n80 remain their own blocks, not interlined with anything else. Route by route, from looking at the timetables (all are weekday, no weekend changes on these routes): n22: No changes, timetable removes all mention of the n22A. n24: 5:47p from Hicksville eliminated, 10:15p from Jamaica will terminate at RFM. Minor time changes. n19: 2min added to AM running time and 2min removed from PM running time. Turn changes. n23: 10:30a trip from Mineola eliminated. n27: Added 7:36a trip from Hempstead, 10:45p trip from Hempstead eliminated (9:45p trip will run Willis Ave) n33: 3min added running time eastbound. n40/41: No changes. n48/49: Added 7:10a n49 trip from Hempstead; PM eastbound minor time changes. n54/55: Time changes all day. The westbound schedule contains typos in the PM (route numbers), early AM westbound short turns extended to originate from Unqua Rd and Sunrise Mall respectively n58: Added 9:25p southbound trip from USMMA. n72: 6:15a from Hempstead and 1:02p from Rt 110 eliminated. Time changes. n70: 4:24p and 6:15p from SUNY Farmingdale converted to n72 trips. Time changes. n80: Minor time changes. The trip removals from the n24, n23, and n27 timetables don't appear to be new service cuts, rather, they look like trips that never run under the April schedule but were included by accident. They were not in the April not in the GTFS. Thanks for posting. I have to say I am still really sour about the lack of warning NICE provided about the n22A cut. The only indication was the tiny black line on the pdf schedule, which is not looked at by many people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 18, 2017 Share #5774 Posted June 18, 2017 Does anyone have the current articulated schedule? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted June 18, 2017 Share #5775 Posted June 18, 2017 Thanks for posting. I have to say I am still really sour about the lack of warning NICE provided about the n22A cut. The only indication was the tiny black line on the pdf schedule, which is not looked at by many people. It's best to expect nothing good from NICE at this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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