2020 New Flyer XD60 Action on the LaGuardia Link Q70 Select Bus Service

Taken 7/1/20 along Broadway in Jackson Heights, at the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and at the 74th Street Bus Terminal. The Q70 SBS became a fully articulated route on June 28th, 2020. It was supposed to become an articulated route back in April along with the B1, but both routes were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. XD60s #6274-6286 are being wrapped in the LaGuardia Link scheme, while #7445-7456 will be unwrapped and go back to local service. As of July 1st, 2020, only #6274, #6280, and #6282 are wrapped in the LaGuardia Link scheme. Part of the articulation conversion process involved rerouting the Q70 SBS: the Woodside bound route now continues down 75th Street to Woodside Avenue and runs along Woodside Avenue to 61st Street, where it terminates. The LGA bound route is still the same. Videos seen here are as follows: - Video #1 (0:00): XD60 #6276 on the Q70 SBS, heading to LaGuardia Airport, with 2015 New Flyer XD40 #7467 signed as a Q47 deadheading to the LaGuardia Depot (at Broadway and the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) - Video #2 (0:30): XD60 #6283 on the Q70 SBS, heading to Woodside (at 75th Street and Broadway) - Video #3 (1:21): XD60 #6280 on the Q70 SBS, heading to LaGuardia Airport, and XD60 #6274 on the Q70 SBS, heading to Woodside (at Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street) - Video #4 (2:18): XD60 #6278 on the Q70 SBS, heading to LaGuardia Airport (at Broadway and the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) - Video #5 (2:52): XD60 #6282 Not in Service, deadheading to the LaGuardia depot, and XD60 #6278 on the Q70 SBS, heading to Woodside (at Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street)

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