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Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Tue Oct 1 15:50:30 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. Very interesting article, it's a shame that the people whom we rely on to keep the buses moving (the mechanics, not the drivers) slack off and leave buses OOS for months. If the mechanics can't fix the buses, the drivers can't take them out for service which means they don't work (and still get paid for it), and if the drivers aren't on the road, passengers aren't being picked up and no revenue is being collected. Then service gets cut due to the de-facto "unreliable" service, and it gets worse and worse.The chain eventually needs to be broken. |
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Posted by David on Tue Oct 1 15:51:00 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. The 50 Flxibles mentioned in the article became Orion Vs 631-680 when Flxible went belly-up.David |
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Posted by TCO on Tue Oct 1 17:31:38 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. ("If you do business with New York, you go broke," said Dennis Howard, the president of the Gillig Corporation in Lafayette, Calif., a bus maker that has stayed out of the city's market.)Good Im glad Gillig Corporation stayed out of New York City. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 18:09:36 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by TCO on Tue Oct 1 17:31:38 2013. 10 years later... |
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Posted by CJ on Tue Oct 1 18:53:40 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by TCO on Tue Oct 1 17:31:38 2013. Technically they didn't stay out of New York. Long Island Bus bought a number of Phantoms in both 35 and 40 foot versions. I saw them in 2000 in Jamaica while on vacation and was shocked to see those particular buses in New York.I was use to seeing them on a daily bases in Florida running side by side with Orion Vs, Flxibles, and Neoplans. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 19:06:33 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. Except for a blitz or two what were the oldest buses in the fleet back then? The 1981 RTS? They needed to be retired after 14 years? I suppose the 1959 new looks lasted about 14 years as well. But I wonder if new looks , GM and Flx, were in such condition mechanically. Im sure they may have looked like hell at times but Im sure they were reliable. TMC made the 1981s and 82s? I thought they were still GM in Detroit up until about 1986. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Tue Oct 1 20:59:37 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. Wow. I didn't know that it was THAT bad! Geez! Buses getting vandalized like that? Ugh... Well, they still had the Fishbowls running back then, but they were about to be phased out for good!If I recall correctly, the MTA slashed some service, later that year, in September. One of the cuts was the elimination of the then-KB depot Bx24 route, when it used to run from Fordham Plaza, to West 256th Street & Mosholu Avenue. I rode them a few times, only to find a few passengers aboard. Never packed. |
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Posted by CJ on Tue Oct 1 21:27:24 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 19:06:33 2013. The 1959 New Looks made it into the early 1980s before the Grummans and RTS replaced them. By that point they were over 20+ years old. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 21:45:21 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by CJ on Tue Oct 1 21:27:24 2013. I don't think so they were replaced in 1973-74. They weren't on the roster in 1976 that was posted here a few years back. 100 was retired by '73 and it wasn't even supposed to be the preserved bus. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 21:47:43 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 21:45:21 2013. I'm certainly not arguing with you but from what I've heard the 5301 group didn't last as long as 5303s and certainly 5305s in NYC both private and city. I can be proven wrong. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Oct 1 22:17:28 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 19:06:33 2013. What about the 1977 Flxible New Looks? A few of them may have been in storage. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Oct 1 22:19:02 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by mcorivervsaf on Tue Oct 1 20:59:37 2013. Was the impetus for the cuts budget problems, or lack of buses? |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 22:55:57 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Oct 1 22:17:28 2013. I doubt it. I recall them being of the road mostly by the summer of '92 and stored at Gleason and on Flatbush Ave next to Highway 2 by the entrance to the westbound belt. Maybe a few in storage but certainly not on the road and not a source of angst for buying new buses. |
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Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Tue Oct 1 23:14:36 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Oct 1 22:19:02 2013. Not 100% sure. From what I heard, the MTA had it's government funding cut down, affecting bus & subway service. Any service that was used the least, got cut. The old Bx24 was eliminated due to low ridership, go figure. |
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Posted by TCO on Wed Oct 2 14:06:08 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 18:09:36 2013. Yeah that was 8 years ago came out from MCH Depot. |
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Posted by TCO on Wed Oct 2 14:16:26 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by CJ on Tue Oct 1 18:53:40 2013. (I was use to seeing them on a daily bases in Florida running side by side with Orion Vs, Flxibles, and Neoplans.)All three manufacturer no longer making buses and Flxibles is one of the best and other two I hate it also don't forget the RTS. |
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Posted by CJ on Wed Oct 2 14:55:13 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by TCO on Wed Oct 2 14:16:26 2013. Yeah. By 2000 the Flxibles were running out their last miles. The Neoplans were in the reserve fleet by 2001 with the arrival of the trouble plagued 2001 Gilligs.Up until then were regularly used in service in 2000. The Neoplans were pretty fast for the most part and had a distinctive sound to them. The Gilligs were an instant success for Lynx when 201 went into service on December 21st, 1994. |
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Posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 2 15:05:14 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 18:09:36 2013. Yes but that was to test the propulsion system not the bus. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Wed Oct 2 15:06:20 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 2 15:05:14 2013. it still is a bus. 10 years later. |
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Posted by TCO on Wed Oct 2 17:21:26 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by CJ on Wed Oct 2 14:55:13 2013. I heard the FDOT contract with gilligs corp is up by end of this year and not sure if they want to renew the contract. We (HART) just got 12 more Gilligs Buses with clean diesel and before end of 2014 we will be getting 20 CNG buses but we don't know if they going for gilligs or other company. |
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Posted by CJ on Wed Oct 2 18:51:03 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by TCO on Wed Oct 2 17:21:26 2013. It is set to expire at around December of this year. Don't know if Gillig will renew it, although if they want to keep Florida, they will. This month a Xcelsior demo is visiting us. |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Thu Oct 3 02:08:59 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by mcorivervsaf on Tue Oct 1 20:59:37 2013. I remember a mechanic dieing in Walnut depot. If I remember correctly he too was a union rep on the depot level. He got under a RTS and cut the airbag and the bus crushed him to death.Stupid! |
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Posted by David on Thu Oct 3 05:09:48 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Thu Oct 3 02:08:59 2013. That was in Fresh Pond, I believe -- or it happened twice.David |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Thu Oct 3 10:06:11 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by David on Thu Oct 3 05:09:48 2013. Yeah you are right.I started June of 1995 and I thought of something happening like that after I started the job in Walnut too. |
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Posted by mci guy on Wed Dec 18 13:27:39 2013, in response to January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 1 14:56:22 2013. not that much has changed since this article was written. the bus fleet dates back to 1996. nyct needs to retire all buses in service from 1996-2000. they will not get replacements until 2015-2016. by then the situation in 1995 will look good. |
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Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses |
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Posted by mci guy on Wed Dec 18 13:35:45 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by mcorivervsaf on Tue Oct 1 23:14:36 2013. by the way lars updale i believe was a si bus driver who had a brother named eric. lars was one huge pain in the ass. how did lars get into management. one of them used to post on this forum. |
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Posted by caine515 on Wed Dec 18 14:15:15 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by mci guy on Wed Dec 18 13:27:39 2013. The TMC buses they are referring to are #8401-#8567. I remember when they arrived a bulk of them were held at FLA for repair work. This is where they were supposed to go:8401-8455-FLA 8456-8505-HUD 8506-8567-5th Avenue at the same time Orion was sending #93001-#93072 and #93073-#93099(renumbered #101-#199) and also we were getting #200-#680. Here were their assignements. #101-#159-YUK-as express. Orignally #93001-#93071. #160-#172-CAS-as express. Orignally #93060-#93072. #173-#199-CS. #200-#299.GH and some went to MCH. #300-#313.CS. #317-CNG. 5th Av. #400-#450-MCH. #451-#504-Castleton. #505-#580-Casey Stengel. #581-#610.5th Avenue-CNG. #611-#630. Casey Stengel-express. Eventually sent to CAS. #631-#680. Local to Yukon. |
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Posted by sloth on Thu Dec 19 19:48:04 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Oct 1 22:55:57 2013. There were a handful of 9000s running on the Manhattan East Side which may have lasted a bit longer. I remember seeing them but couldn't provide exact details.Once in awhile I'd catch a Blitz on the q27 & get passed by two or three RTS's on the way to Main Street. |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Thu Dec 19 21:47:10 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by caine515 on Wed Dec 18 14:15:15 2013. Thanks for the list! |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Thu Dec 19 21:48:17 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Thu Oct 3 02:08:59 2013. Very unfortunate. |
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Posted by FutureKBArticOP on Thu Dec 19 22:34:32 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by LRG5784 on Thu Dec 19 21:47:10 2013. 400-450 were delivered to Amsterdam....and were there until they closed it. |
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Posted by The TransitMan on Thu Dec 19 23:50:01 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by FutureKBArticOP on Thu Dec 19 22:34:32 2013. Um...no. #400-401 were delivered to Casey Stengel. 402-451 were delivered I believe to Kingsbridge BEFORE moving to Amsterdam. |
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Posted by The TransitMan on Fri Dec 20 00:10:33 2013, in response to Re: January 1995... Why MTA NYC Bus service suck so BAD!; + Orion & TMC fail to deliver buses, posted by caine515 on Wed Dec 18 14:15:15 2013. Ahhh....I see "Caine515" about the TMC assignments, which explains why they were split up like this:#8401-8439 delivered to Flatbush ***These buses were split up such as (this might not be accurate...be easy)***: #8440-8442, #8445-8446, #8451-8452, #8454, #8458, #8466, #8468, #8470-8472, #8477-8478 to 126th St #8443-8444, #8447-8450, #8453, #8455-8457 to Flatbush #8459, #8461-8465, #8467, #8469, #8473-8476, #8479-8517 to Hudson #8460, #8518-8566 to Jackie Gleason ************************************************** #151-172 delivered to Castleton. #173-232 delivered to Casey Stengel. #233-290,#298,#301-316 delivered to Kingsbridge...I think some went to Walnut because I saw #298 on the Bx15 back in 1997 AND when these buses went to Casey Stengel in 1997...some buses came from KB (#262-268, #279, #301-302, #304 to name a few) while others came from Walnut. I remember seeing those KB and WAL logos on the buses running on the Q13, Q16, Q28, etc. #291-297, #299-300 delivered to Casey Stengel. #452-458 delivered to Jackie Gleason THEN sent to Kingsbridge. #611-630 delivered to Castleton THEN sent to Queens Village and THEN Casey Stengel. |
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