⁴ᴷ MTA NYCT Queens Buses: On Board 2024 Nova Bus LFS SmartBus 9198 on the Q101 (5/28/24)

In May, a total of 3 pilot units - 9192, 9198 and 9201 - were delivered to LaGuardia Bus Depot, as a beginning to their late, yet big Nova Bus LFS order that is to extend throughout the rest of the year, once most if not all LaGuardia bus operators are fully accustomed to the fleet. While Baisley Park and JFK had started their orders for this fleet long prior to LaGuardia's, much of their orders nearly being completed due to priority and replacement for their 2006-2007 Orion VII fleets (all now retired), and 2008/2009-2010 Orion VII Next Generations, LaGuardia's allotment will replace the entire remaining fleet of Next Generations that make up the majority of the depots local fleet, even since the completion of the 2024 New Flyer XD40 order, which focused on filling in empty spaces from the retirement of the 2006-2007 Orion VII 2G+ fleet, but also many NG's as well. #mtabus
Video Clips Taken: May, 28th, 2024.
Enjoy!

[@jadenmuniz8817]

One of the units already went in service on the Q53 SBS a while back!

[@kevonnivens]

That Cummins L9 and The ZF Ecolife 2 ✨️✨️, I wonder if there's gonna be a Cummins L10 ?

[@TransitFans]

This Nova bus is a beautiful good stuff

[@kevonnivens]

9911-9915 is the LFSe+ buses Confirmed ! I knew it was those Fleet numbers and it made sense . It followed up from the hybrid order. Of 275 HEV's

[@javierbarrucz7755]

2024 novabuses in Queens 🫅 New York ❤❤❤🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌 5:43

[@ElevatorAndMTALover]

I want to catch these on LGA routes, too bad they’re all OOS right now (from what someone told me) :(

[@Emperor_NYC]

@@ElevatorAndMTALover yeah they’ve been out of service since late June, no idea what’s been going on with them though. A lot of operators still aren’t certified to drive them yet.

[@ElevatorAndMTALover]

⁠@@Emperor_NYCWhich still gives me a chance to *TRY* and catch LGA Spectrums, I’ve already caught 4269/4274 on the Q39/Q49, now i’m gonna try to find a spectrum NG on the Q67 before they retire from LGA

[@ElevatorAndMTALover]

@@Emperor_NYC 9201 is on the Q18 right now, 1 conehead is back

[@jonathanmenig2418]

How many Orion NGs are remaining at Baisley Park and are remaining at LaGuardia as of now?

[@Emperor_NYC]

@@jonathanmenig2418 Baisley has like 8 or 7 units remaining, LaGuardia has 87 or less.

[@jamesrapp1373]

Right now there’s four

[@jonathanmenig2418]

I wish the Nova delivery would speed up now.

[@kevonnivens]

What will retire 8000-8089 ?

[@Emperor_NYC]

@@kevonnivens A later order of standards, I don’t think it’s confirmed yet still