MTA New York City Bus : Articulated Buses Debut On Brooklyn's B1 Line

A new route has been converted to a line that now uses articulated buses, and its the B1 from Ulmer Park Depot.
The B1 was selected as the next line to be converted to an articulated route due to increasing ridership levels. The line was supposed to be converted back in April for the Spring Pick, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other underlying factors, it was delayed until this past Sunday.
The 4700 series New Flyer XD60 "Xcelsior" Artics from The Bronx were transferred over to Ulmer Park Depot. Ironically enough, it looks like history has repeated itself, as Ulmer Park has regained a batch of ZF powered buses in the form of these artics. Several 7100s and 7300s have been transferred to Fresh Pond, East New York and Flatbush Depots in response to the arrivals of the 4700s.
What you'll see here are several videos of various New Flyer XD60 "Xcelsior" Artics operating on the B1 route. These videos were taken in the Dyker Heights area of Brooklyn. These buses are powered by a Cummins ISL9 engine and a mixed transmission batch, as some of these have Allison B400R6 Gen IVs, and ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B transmissions.
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[@greghuang2314]

A lot of the 4700 series XD60s look really beaten up. Hopefully they get a mid-life overhaul of some sort.

[@XxLiLGiJoE17xX]

Great video! I still can't believe a route that I've ridden an endless amount of times between 2010 and 2017 now has artic buses. Wish this was back in my times but I'll catch a ride soon. At 5:15, I never knew buses had a force close option. Do you know how that works? Are they just constantly hitting the close switch repeatedly? Maybe older models do the but I never heard that door release sound trigger off that fast multiple times like that.

[@AlgonquinRider810]

Them Gun Hill units look like they been through woods in Staten Island

[@talwar1990]

So staten Island is the Borough that don't have articulate 60 ft buses

[@alanrobinson4593]

The b6 if anything

[@fiercingdragon]

That's awesome.

[@yoelkranczer580]

what is the next articulated route gonna be? for brooklyn NY?

[@orion7transitfan482]

6:05 - What’s up with the +SBS Flashing Lights? “I’m blinded by the lights..”

[@Kingsbridgeviewer382]

That was always an issue with the 4700's when one or both lights would activate.

[@mtatransportationstudios6986]

And I was told that GA also got some old gens from ENY. I doubt it.

[@ShaneAkACaitSith810]

They did. I was the one that put that information out there. 5 OGs, 4814 and 3 7100s. They're most likely not for service, but for maintenance.

[@mtatransportationstudios6986]

Oh I see. Makes sense.

[@hongrand]

These must be a pain on the 86 Street portion

[@ShaneAkACaitSith810]

Doesn't seem like it honestly. I rode it last night and they seemed fine.

[@christianluyando883]

ShaneAkACaitSith810 It feels so good to have XD60s present in Ulmer Park.

[@lucasaugustojorgelobo7674]

Embarque pelas portas traseiras???