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R68/R68A differences
Here are some R68 and R68A pics which subway car do you like better R68s or R 68As? IMO I like the R68s better because they have better brakes R68 interior R68A interior R68/68A pics What are some...
View ArticleWhich Routes Deserve Some Artics?
All of you know many buses get jam packed today, with barely any standing room left, let alone seating. Do you think adding artics to more routes would solve some of the problems? Which routes in your...
View ArticleWhy Do We Need to Make Bus Service More Inconvenient?
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/06/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/ DOT's latest proposal for Sheepshead Bay would inconvenience B36 riders and possibly B49 riders also.
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MTA hires cleaning crew for dirty Select Bus Service stops
The is calling in a cleaning crew to tackle graffiti at Select Bus Service stops. A $314,496 three-year contract to tidy up dirty bus stations would require crews to hand-clean streetside fare...
View ArticleWhy Can't Paint Jobs Be Centralized?
I don't understand why some buses get sent to Zerega or wherever they do the paint and lettering jobs professionally while other buses are done at whatever depot they belong to? It really makes no...
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Calgary Transit - Photos, News, and other neat things
Okay, now since I've seen some TTC posts, I might as well give the prairies the same treatment. This is for Calgary Transit, the transit system in Calgary, Canada. I might refer Calgary Transit as CT...
View ArticleLabor Strike could hike NJT fares further
NJ Transit’s unionized railroad employees have worked without a contract for four years. Now they are demanding a pay raise similar to the one received last year by Long Island Rail Road employees:...
View ArticleDoes the Bx12 go to orchard beach on ...?
I want to go either this coming sunday (which will most likely rain so I am doubtfull about that day) or this coming monday.... Will I be able to get to the beach on the bx12 bus any of those days?...
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R32 (J)/(Z) vs R42 (J)/(Z)
Here is a video I took of R32 and R42s on the Some photos I took of the SMEES in action Also an extra Rare R160 train terminating at Kew gardens What do you think is better on the and R32s or R42s?
View ArticleNova Bus and Former Private Bus Lines
Four of the seven NYCDOT private bus lines, which are Queens Surface, Green Bus Lines, Jamaica Bus, and Triboro Coach, had GMC and TMC RTS's, the latter were the newest RTS's the companies ever had....
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Updated IRT Announcements and Destinations
On my way to work today, I was a little surprised when I saw a approach and the side sign said 'TO DYRE AV' rather than 'TO EASTCHESTR-DYRE AV'. As it turned out, from Flatbush to President Street, the...
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Conductor Apologizes For Taking F Train Hostages To Park Slope
Conductor Apologizes For Taking F Train Hostages To Park Slope BY NATHAN TEMPEY IN NEWS ON JUN 30, 2015 11:10 AM This F train conductor was not eager to explain himself after carrying rush hour...
View ArticleThe Customers are not the MTA's Top Priority
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/06/the-commute-the-customer-is-not-the-mtas-top-priority/ THE COMMUTE: Customers should be the MTA’s top priority, but they’re not. That explains why communication...
View ArticleQ27
The Q27 is very complex it terms of making it better after I discussion on the which lines need attics thread so I divide to make. Separate thread starting of from where I made that idea on wards The...
View ArticleCould holding buses at major stops help with bunching?
I was watching a YouTube video in which a transit planner (or something of the sort) was discussing a system of addressing bus bunching in Santiago, Chile. Not to get into specifics the system...
View ArticleQuick equipment questions
sorry for not going to the appropriate threads but I need this info quick which lines use design line coaches and bi level trains and do they meet each other if they do where?
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The Transit (Bus) Biography Thread
Given the extensiveness of transit available in this city I am sometimes curious as to how routes (bus and subway) which are just lines on a map to an outsider evolve into everyday commutes for it's...
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Metro Ave & Woodhaven Blvd
On BusTime, the Williamsburg Q54 bus stop is labeled as METROPOLITAN AV/WOODHAVEN BL and the Forest Hills Q23 bus stop is labeled as METROPOLITAN AV/TROTTING COURSE LA. When i was at this bus stop...
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Hot Subway cars of the summer
Back in the day, New York City subway cars had ceiling fans, not HVAC units, to approximate climate control. When air conditioning was first piloted in a subway car in 1955, a New York Times reporter...
View ArticleThe Proposed SBS in Queens Could Delay Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway
http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/opinion/5798-proposed-select-bus-service-in-queens-could-jeopardize-phase-2-of-2nd-avenue-subway
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