N6 Limited

Just an observation, It seems that the gets to W4th quicker than the in front of it. There are times where the that I'm on catches up to the before it at W4th. Numerous times when taking the from Queens, once I get to W4th, I transfer tor the , sometimes a gets there at the same time, or a shortly after. Or, there will be a several min wait where a or comes first. As there are less stops on the , and the 8th ave line is further west which makes the trip longer, it seems logical that the beats the even if they leave Union Turnpike at the same time, where the goes ahead.

There are times where I catch a or (if it's across the platform) to get to W4th quicker, and I may catch up to the to the before the before the that I was on. 

How anyone read this TAC Minutes?

It looks like NICE Bus did something new for TAC.

September 17th minutes- Which list who spoke at TAC meeting.

http://www.nicebus.com/_meta/downloads/Trans_Com_9-17-13_Minutes.pdf

 

From June 18th minutes.

http://www.nicebus.com/_meta/downloads/Transit_Com_6_18_13_Minutes.pdf

For the September 17 meeting PDF, they have more information about the Clever Devices system starting on page 25.

Funny thing about that. Every time I take the G it's basically within a 1 minute of its scheduled time. For all the shit that line gets, it's pretty decent.

I think count down clocks would help. Since there are none, it seems like your waiting forever for it to show up.

Would it make sense to run SBS service between St George and 86th street or 59th St ? Or perhaps from those stations along the SIE service road or Victory Blvd to connect to the other routes?

Yeah tell me about it, I mean look at this crazyness:

 

 

You read my mind, I took that pic yesterday!

I've seen a lot of that as well. The( F) showed a transfer to the at every stop.

Too bad USE LIRR!! Before N27 was more frequent so using LIRR wasn't practical. You gotta improvise. If you want em to see how badly they messed up N27 just stop using it they aren't dumb enough to run empty buses that were formerly full. Use LIRR and force their hand.  LIRR for a short distance is very cheap. Use ALL YOUR OPTIONS.

Rarely is the LIRR a viable alternative for the Bus.

So you voted for Mangano bc Suozzi didn't mention transit funding even all you know/bitched about Mangano's lack of funding for the past couple of years?  Interesting..

 

I wasn't expecting it even if Suozzi was voted in, so...  lol

Interesting indeed.

I meant for some people who lives near Whole Food by Jericho. There's one lady who was waiting on middle of raised maiden to see which n20 Flushing or n48/49 Hempstead/n20 Hicksville comes first during Saturday and she told me it was very hard for her to shop at Jericho Whole Foods on weekends.

That's why. n48/49 could turn around at parking lot.

Edit: Forgot to reply to this quote. 

Yes the N48/49 makes it much easier to go to Whole Foods.

I see Yuki is already spamming them with complaints... as if it's really NICE's fault that every bus is late because of traffic...

Yuki is spamming putting up long complaints across several tweets. Now he's complaing the bus stop signs are too high and don't have Braille. The LIBRU is spamming with ADA threats. 

What I want to know is, why as soon as NICE gets takes over, do these complaints and demands come out of the woodworks, meanwhile when the MTA was running LIB they get free passes. 

I'm going to have a field day with NICE's twitter.

I make use of the "contact us" link on NICE's site. If people have a problem, they need to send in those complaints or call the number.

Not sure if anyone saw the Nassau Co. Exec debate on WCBS & WLNY yesterday but Suozzi looked like a deer in the headlights. Had several opportunities to address transportation issues when Mangano spoke of transit hubs, he could've said "hey Ed if you want transit friendly downtowns why are you not putting more money into NICE?" but he didn't. Suozzi blew it and lost my vote period. 

"Transit friendly" downtown's on Long Island are going to be focused on LIRR stations. 

Yes they do. They do the exact thing the used to do there.

Thanks.Is it a smooth process? or do some trans get held back because another train is in the station?

By reversing direction at Wall St. Trains don't run frequently in the late night hours.

How long does that take? Is there another T/O ready to switch ends? or does the TO, walk to the other end of the train?

 

 

 

No trains between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, Brooklyn and 8 Av, Manhattan 

    trains, M14 and free shuttle buses provide alternate service 

Weekend, 11:30 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon, Nov 15 - 18 

 

 service operates between Rockaway Pkwy and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.

Must be Irritating. Do the buses (B24, 32, 62, 60, 57, 38, Q54,59) connecting the and the /(M) get slammed? 

With the Montague Tunnel work being done, do all Whitehall St  trains terminate and switch ends on the center track at Whitehall St?

No mention of the transfer to the at Lexington Ave 63rd st? BTW are they adding an exit to 3rd ave?

I saw a OOS (not R160) train on the 6th Av Express tracks earlier.

R42?

Yep

I saw a OOS (not R160) train on the 6th Av Express tracks earlier.

Was there a track fire on the today? there was a burning smell Around Spring/Canal Street

Service Change  Posted: 10/25/2013 10:02AM 

 

Due to signal problems at Church Av, the following service changes are in effect:

Northbound  trains are running with delays. 

Southbound  trains are terminating at 4 Av.

Southbound  trains are terminating at Jay St-MetroTech,

Expect delays in  and  train service.

Is Church Ave a "master tower" or whatever the terminology is?

It's normal because Jamaica Center can only turn so many trains at rush hour. So they send some (E)'s to 179. IMO, it's not consistent.

I know they send 's to/from 179th. In the morning they go Express so something like that wouldn't happen in the morning. In the evenings they go local, therefore one could make a cross platform transfer from   to if they arrive at Union Turnpike Simultaneously, although in my case the to 179th was held in the station for people to make the connection.

The other day I made a cross platform transfer from an to an at Union Turnpike.

We pulled in to Union Turnpike on the Express tracks, and there was a "special" across the platform to 179th st. We ran somewhat light to 179th. I wonder if there were delays because the bus lines weren't long. And my bus was actually light!

This has links to previous days: http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/fastrack/efmr_10_16_13.html

The first one was messy, with long lines of trains waiting to turn. How is this setup different?

 

Was the crushloaded?

Maybe the first one had the and go local? If so, this "new"(?) set up allows them not to interfere with each other. The wasn't crush loaded as far as I know (my car wasn't), I was toward the back though. Quite a few people spilled out at 74th street though. It was closer to 11:30 by the time I got to Roosevelt than around 10PM when the last and passes through if that makes any difference.

I avoided the (E)/(F) entirely the last 2 late nights and stuck with the QM5 instead. I think a lot of people had the same idea as the bus was much more full than it normally is at 11:30 pm and midnight

I've avoided the QB line in the late evening this week also, I was sure to get on the train by 8PM so I wouldn't have to deal with local trains/etc.  But it wasn't too bad, the is above ground so one could use their phone, and the was still express.

Accomplishments are accessible:

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/fastrack/efmr_10_14_13.html

I finally experienced the Queens Blvd Fastrack. It wasn't as bad as I expected. I Took the to 74th st, and went down stairs.

The Jamaica bound leaves from the Jamaica bound express track and goes local. 

The Jamaica bound leaves from the Manhattan bound express track and goes express. 

The Roosevelt Ave comes in on the Manhattan bound local track, "fumigates", then it it continues "southbound" switches to the express track, changes ends and pulls in on the Jamaica bound Express track.

The treats the Manhattan bound express track as a stub terminal.

The trains were in and out. I first went down to the Jamaica bound platform and was greeted to a full train with the doors already closed then it started to head out, then I saw the on the other side so I ran up and over, and it started pulling away. Basically the and can pull out at the simultaneously.

While that was happening, a Roosevelt pulled in dropped off passengers, pulled off, the C/O announcement about taking the to Manhattan then pulled off. a few mins later, the came in on the other side, and a came in ready to head right back out in a couple of mins.

Maybe it's smoother since this is the 3rd(?) QB Fastrack, from the Fastrack map I thought both 's  and 's were going local, and that there might be a conga line to switch ends, but it was a smooth operation.  

My bus was late so I didn't miss it like I'd originally thought, so it was a nice trip home.

Are they still handing out April 8 (2012) system maps?!

Yep.