Retired MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet
Year Builder and model name Proposed numbers Proposed operator Powertrain engine , transmission or propulsion system Notes
1995 Flxible Metro-E 40102-4D 1900-1949 New York City Transit Detroit Diesel series 50 and Allison V-731 Order cancelled because Flxible closed and folded . This order was transferred to Orion Bus Industries as Orion V ( 05.501 ) buses 631-680
2004-2005 New Flyer Industries D60HF ( articulated ) 5770-5834 New York City Transit Detroit Diesel series 50 EGR and Allison B500R Gen III Model discontinued prior to being built
2006 DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America Orion V CNG ( 05.501 CNG ) 463-512 Long Island Bus John Deree 6081H and Allison B400R Gen IV Based on a possible option order of the MTA Long Island Bus 2004 Orion V batch , and presumably dropped in favor of low-floor buses
2012- 2013 Millennium Transit Services RTS Legend ( semi low-floor ) 4700-4789 New York City Transit EPA 2013 Cummins ISL-9 and Allison B400R Gen V Planned BQ & E program buses for the MTA ( along with Daimler , New Flyer , Novabus , and Prevost ) , but were never delivered for unknown reasons
2012- 2013 Millennium Transit Services RTS Express ( single-door suburban ) 2500-2589 New York City Transit EPA 2010 Cummins ISL-9 and Allison B400R Gen IV Planned BQ & E program buses for the MTA ( along with Daimler , New Flyer , Novabus , and Prevost ) , but were never delivered for unknown reasons
2012- 2013 Daimler Commercial Buses Orion VII EPA10 ( 07.501 , semi low-floor , CNG ) 570-643 MTA Bus Company Cummins ISL-G and Allison B400R Gen V Contract was for 74 CNG buses with an option of 30 additional buses . Order cancelled because Orion closed and folded . The order was transferred to New Flyer Industries as New Flyer C40LF buses under the same numbers . Would have been nearly identical to NICE 's # 1840-1884 EPA 10s . Two buses were built , but were instead purchased by CENTRO in Syracuse and now run as numbers 1271-1272
Buses ordered but never delivered
These buses were ordered with some or no units built , but were discontinued or canceled in between .
The NYC Transit Department of Buses, subsidiary Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, and the Metropolitan Suburban Transportation Authority, now under MTA Regional Bus Operations, have provided bus service in Greater New York since the 1950s (1973-2011 in Nassau County), utilizing mostly buses from General Motors and Flxible through the 1980s, and later on the Rapid Transit Series design, and buses from Gillig and Orion. The fleet of buses which has been employed and is no longer on the active roster is listed below.