Thank you for posting this video along with the other videos showing you driving to NYC. I miss riding the bus to NYC. I used to do it a lot when I was growing up and my mom and I took the bus from Pennsylvania into Port Authority. Your videos brought back a lot of good memories. Please keep posting these videos!

Great video

When I park my bus, i usually avoid the angle in spaces as they're too tight of a space. I usually use the parallel spots on the side walls

@yitznewton

2 ай бұрын

At the time I filmed this, we were specifically assigned something like 6 angle spaces in the north wing 4th floor, so we didn't have that option. Since then they took away those spots when DeCamp eliminated their line runs, and we are relegated to the basement

I saw that bus drive on my street on Wednesday

I like your videos when is your next live stream I really enjoyed them

@yitznewton

10 ай бұрын

Oof not sure. I haven't thought much recently about content for those

I really like these videos. I'd like to see the Nabi 416 driver view though.

@yitznewton

9 ай бұрын

We only have the MCI coaches, but I would love to get my hands on other equipment.

@vicrob82

4 ай бұрын

No you don’t lol …the ride will sound rough

If I may ask - What time in the morning do you depart for Port Authority on this run? And - How many runs are you allowed to do in a day to and from Port Authority? Thank you so much again for these videos. Stay safe!

@yitznewton

4 ай бұрын

When I personally do that run it usually leaves Rockaway at 6:40. We have a number of other times as well. Full time drivers usually do 2 circuits a day. Senior drivers often choose back to back (e.g. going into NYC at 5am and 11am), and the less senior drivers are stuck with a split shift: one morning and one evening rush.

@JohnYork-or5px

4 ай бұрын

@@yitznewton Thank you for the information. I often wondered how many trips drivers make into Port Authority.

Njt will fire us for using a camera in this capacity

@yitznewton

9 ай бұрын

I can imagine... I didn't see anything on the topic in my company's handbook 🤞🏻

@BottomLin3Op

9 ай бұрын

@yitznewton that's good. I enjoy these videos. I wish I could do videos like this but instead I place my gopro in the back of the bus.

How does the fare register work? I’m thinking about doing commuter bus service. I have a CDL class A license and been driving a tractor trailer for 16 years. Anyway again only thing I’m worried about is how to use the fare register. Yes I’m watching but still curious

@yitznewton

4 ай бұрын

Ours is pretty basic, no automated cash handling or scanning of customer devices. You sign in with the route info, select current zone as you drive, and it keeps count of tickets and cash collected. The interface is a little dated and hard to navigate like an old printer, but it's not too complicated. It helps that our lines don't have all that many stops.

@timbuktug3321

4 ай бұрын

@@yitznewton ok thank you so much I really appreciate your response.

How are you

How old is this bus that the doors can still be opened while driving?

@yitznewton

6 ай бұрын

This is model year 2017, but as far as I know the newer ones do as well

@Jako-wm7np

6 ай бұрын

​@@yitznewtonoh okay 😅😅

That congestion wastes so much time for everyone and increases the cost of running the bus service as each bus can't do as many trips as they lose hours every day in traffic!

@yitznewton

8 ай бұрын

There's only so much room in Manhattan for all the vehicles to go. The only way to address this would be to further restrict or tax low-occupancy cars coming in, and you can guess how popular that would be with the rich and powerful

@me-it9jn

2 ай бұрын

that’s why we should build another tunnel under the Hudson and call it the Jefferson tunnel

I'm retired NYCT. Quick Question - Do you have regular riders who you waited 1-2 min cause they late? & one day you waited & left. the next time they got mad at you. or the ones huffing buffing behind you cause unusual traffic, so they late for whatever. LOL Thanks + Stay Safe w/ all the reckless drivers Tri state.

@yitznewton

3 ай бұрын

Most of my trips are extra-capacity trips, so for one thing I am not anyone's everyday driver, and for another my bus is usually unscheduled, and the scheduled bus will be along soon after mine. So the short answer is, I don't have to deal with that on my commuter trips. On the other hand, on my school bus runs, when I was doing a regular route, I sometimes had stragglers. I let them know I'm not waiting around past the official time for their stop. In some cases it would have been impossible to wait, since some stops were in the middle of a busy street at an intersection with nowhere to pull over anyway.

I must admit seeing you drive this bus on to what for me is the wrong side of the road feels very confusing. I keep thinking your going to pull to the left side when making turns. But thats because I have only ever been to countries where they drive on the left hand side of the road.

@yitznewton

8 ай бұрын

Takes some getting used to!

@epicthe112 do me a favor, edit your comment & remove the company's name 😊