map.man (Darrin) Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 One of them was killed, between Utica and Summer stations, late in the evening, correct? I remember hearing about that one. I'm wondering if the NFTA has noticed that people are jumping into the tunnels (like at University Station) to write in the dust that's accumulated on the walls of the tunnel in the station. Once, there was a little "colorful" language sitting across from the platform. Surprisingly, it was cleaned up the next time I went down. Doesn't the NFTA have a pressurized washer that they can drive on the tracks? Seems like they can cover a lot more territory in a short period of time, rather than running a rag only over the offending language? It looks like they don't really care about the big picture. Overall, I think Delavan is by far, the worst station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 2017 buses are arriving. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX BRT Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, edison said: 2017 buses are arriving. Made in New York state too. I wouldn't mind a livery update, but then again it looks classic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andru Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 I take it that 1701-1716 will be CNG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 What are the 1700's going to replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 1 hour ago, RailBus63 said: What are the 1700's going to replace? Assuming the worst and highest mileage of the 2100's and the 2200's. I don't think the 2000's are as bad, but they may be arriving retirement soon, too. I'm dying to see the 2400's go. Too small for passenger demand, and the schedulers always seems to have them on busy routes when they're not appropriate....but that might also be from multiple interlining on many routes. Was on a rush-hour trip on route 25 one day, and we had two wheelchairs on a 2400. Add to that, the whole entire trip was standing room only, we were literally on each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 On 4/19/2017 at 8:07 PM, Andru said: I take it that 1701-1716 will be CNG? Looks like a diesel - no roof hump for the CNG tanks or hybrid batteries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andru Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 2 hours ago, RailBus63 said: Looks like a diesel - no roof hump for the CNG tanks or hybrid batteries. Yes I'm aware of that. However my understanding is that this year's order is mixed diesel and CNG. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 On 4/19/2017 at 8:07 PM, Andru said: I take it that 1701-1716 will be CNG? That is the way it is looking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 8 hours ago, Andru said: Yes I'm aware of that. However my understanding is that this year's order is mixed diesel and CNG. Interesting - I wasn't aware it was a split order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzquiz Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 My very early morning job of bathroom cleaning allowed me to see this: 1703 parked at the Comfort Inn on Dingens Street by the I-190 at 2AM! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Quick note: just saw the 2017-2018 budget, and the buses expected in this order are 16 CNG and 8 Diesel. Assuming with that information, 1701-1716 will be CNG, 1717-1724 will be Diesel. Highly unlikely that there will be 26 buses, that I've seen floating around on some messages. Am going to correct the wiki with the documented information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 6 hours ago, map.man (Darrin) said: Quick note: just saw the 2017-2018 budget, and the buses expected in this order are 16 CNG and 8 Diesel. Assuming with that information, 1701-1716 will be CNG, 1717-1724 will be Diesel. Highly unlikely that there will be 26 buses, that I've seen floating around on some messages. Am going to correct the wiki with the documented information. That makes more sense... Which is why 1717 is a diesel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 minute ago, edison said: That makes more sense... Which is why 1717 is a diesel. I was hoping that the fleet numbers wouldn't be mixed, which would make the wiki a little more confusing to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Just now, map.man (Darrin) said: I was hoping that the fleet numbers wouldn't be mixed, which would make the wiki a little more confusing to look at. Yeah... I messed that up. Originally it was supposed to be 18 CNG buses and 6 diesel buses. When they switched it to eight diesels, I didn't subtract the two from the CNG group! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deandre.moye Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 1011 has been on the 6 Sycamore for the past 5 days. Did Babcock get the 1001-1011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Any word on when the 1700's will begin to enter service? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzquiz Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Only 1011 has been sent to Babcock. 1209 has been sent as well. Still waiting for license plates and fare boxes for the 1700s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 On 4/26/2017 at 7:32 PM, edison said: Yeah... I messed that up. Originally it was supposed to be 18 CNG buses and 6 diesel buses. When they switched it to eight diesels, I didn't subtract the two from the CNG group! That wasn't a problem...was hoping that something that 1701-1703 weren't going to be diesel, 1704-1705 CNG, etc, etc... 2 minutes ago, Quartzquiz said: Only 1011 has been sent to Babcock. 1209 has been sent as well. Still waiting for license plates and fare boxes for the 1700s. Surprisingly, some of the license plates that are used already follow some form of consistency. Not going to fill in the blanks, but they do appear that you can deduce the VIN series by the plate numbers. Only issue is if they are not that way...don't want to put the accuracy at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 1704 on Colvin today on the 2nd inbound from Fillmore/Wales. Running late, surprised it showed on the tracker as my trip. It'll be elsewhere, since i think this trip does a lot of interlines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 So Metro announced the proposals of changes to the #1, 2 & 4 lines to end at the Transportation Center, rather than the West 4th and Genesee terminal that's presently used. I can see better connections to route number 15, but the trips already connect to the #3, 5, 11, 20, 25, 40 at the Court Street area, as well as #6, 8, 14, 16, 24 and 36 near the library or Washington Street at Broadway. Is there a specific reason to take service out of the area behind City Hall (which would eliminate service entirely), and duplicate services along Pearl and Franklin Streets which are already busy enough with the streets going two-way. I'm curious what this is going to do to running times, and if it will create excessive delays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 1700's have standard ad panels on the roadside. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map.man (Darrin) Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 On 2229 at Eugene & Hazletine. Hit light pole. All passengers okay. Waiti9ng on reports to be done. (Liberty Cab on fire, buses on reroute.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deandre.moye Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 1722 in service on the 23 Fillmore today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzquiz Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 54 minutes ago, deandre.moye said: 1722 in service on the 23 Fillmore today. Saw it on the 22 Porter-Best today, along with 1717. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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