MTA RTS Retirement Ceremony & Final Months of RTS Buses in Active Service - 2018 to May 6, 2019

Here are various videos taken between 2018 and 2019, featuring the very last of MTA NYC Bus Nova Bus RTS-06 (T80206) buses running in active service. From 1981 under GMC until 1999 under Nova Bus, almost 4900 RTS buses were made for the MTA. The last RTS buses were gradually phased out starting in mid-2018, and the last units ran in late April 2019, marking 38 years of RTS buses on New York City streets. However, on May 6, 2019, a ceremonial retirement send-off involving unit 5241 and preserved unit 5249 was held. Timestamps: 0:00 Final months of MTA NYC RTS buses 4:32 MTA NYC RTS bus retirement ceremony