A NYC Transit official confirmed that double-decker buses will be running in New York City this summer (or by the end of the year) as a test for possible future permanent service. Double-decker buses used to run along Fifth Avenue back in the day. One bus model possibly being considered for the summer test is the Van Hool TD925. A couple months ago I caught one running around Manhattan.
Leaving Times Square, Flushing Line platform, at 11:30 AM. Will be in revenue passenger service.
Here is the possible consist, from a source on subchat.com:
Car#: Car type
9306: R-33WF
6239: R-15
6609: R-17
5760: R-12
9068/69: R-33
9010/11: R-33
9016/17: R-33
Lifeguards with no clothes on? Hey now. This could be interesting. I spotted this sign on the West Side.
A Catholic high school in Queens is chartering a full length (8-car) subway train, similar to the one pictured above, to take them from Queens to midtown. The price is $4000. Not a bad deal. The article notes that Tom Cruise did something similar in 2006 to promote his new movie Mission Impossible: III. He was charged $10,000 for that ride since it was “more involved.”
Since 2004, jetBlue has been my favorite airline, and the one I fly the most. So I notice when they change things. Well, it seems like every day now they’re changing the seat pitch in their Airbus A320 aircraft. I decided to do a little research into what the seat pitch has been over the years. Here is what I’ve come up with. (All dates are approximate.)
Prior to November 2003 (source)
Rows 1-27 = 32 inches of seat pitch
Seat pitch was roughly identical for every row on the plane.
November 2003 to February 2007 (source)
Rows 2-10 = 32 inches of seat pitch
Rows 1 and 11-26 = 34 inches of seat pitch
One row of seats was removed from the plane, and 17 rows (mainly in the rear of the plane) received an extra two inches of seat pitch. A trade off was created – sit in the back and get extra legroom, or sit in the front and get off the plane quicker.
February 2007 to March 2008 (source)
Rows 1-11 = 36 inches of seat pitch
Rows 12-25 = 34 inches of seat pitch
Yet another row of seats was removed. This allowed the rows in the front of the aircraft to gain additional legroom, thereby ending the trade off. Sitting in the front of the plane was now a win-win, more legroom and quicker deplaning.
March 2008 to Present (source)
Rows 2-5 and 10-11 = 38 inches of seat pitch (called Even More Legroom™)
Rows 1, 6-9 and 12-25 = 34 inches of seat pitch (called Lots of Legroom™)
Some rows in the front gained legroom, other rows in the front lost legroom, and the rows in the back didn’t change. Now it costs extra to choose to sit in one of the rows with the greatest legroom, whereas previously you could make the choice for free.
Hot on the heels of the announcement that PATH and two NJT bus routes will get a MasterCard contactless payment trial, it was reported yesterday that NYCT is expanding its existing Tap and go trial program in ways I never expected (I thought the trial would end and that would be that, but I’m being pleasantly surprised). It looks like you may be able to use a single contactless fare device on parts of NYCT, PATH, and NJT in maybe a year. Very cool.
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I came in through the backstage/VIP entrance to The Tent and she was right there, having her photo taken! I was standing right behind the photographer when this photo was taken.
I then went into The Tent to see the Michael Kors fashion show. A few minutes before the show started (40 minutes late), Sigourney walked into The Tent. She posted for photos, and I got a poor photo of her posing for those photos (look in the center of the photo below).
So today at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, I was doing my thing…
…when I saw Julia Allison!! I even got a photo!
So cool! YAY Fashion Week 🙂
Here’s some classic Julia:
Lip Dub: Journey's Don't Stop Believing from Julia Allison on Vimeo.
Someone over at the NYCT “Service Alerts” office got clued in that the X32 crosses the Whitestone Bridge as well.
