Iron Valiant Posted August 28, 2019 Share #28451 Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, MTAbus677 said: Why is the Q12 getting artic buses? I didn’t know they would be getting them! You JUST found out? There’s a whole thread for articulated buses on B38, Q12, and Bx35...unless that got deleted because I can’t find it. Edited August 28, 2019 by Snorunts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted August 28, 2019 Share #28452 Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Snorunts said: You JUST found out? There’s a whole thread for articulated buses on B38, Q12, and Bx35...unless that got deleted because I can’t find it. On mobile, all I had to do was scroll down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTAbus677 Posted August 29, 2019 Share #28453 Posted August 29, 2019 14 hours ago, Snorunts said: You JUST found out? There’s a whole thread for articulated buses on B38, Q12, and Bx35...unless that got deleted because I can’t find it. I didn’t know there was a thread! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted August 29, 2019 Share #28454 Posted August 29, 2019 New ad campaign for all NBC-Channel 4 programming are up right now on all Manhattan Division and express bus divisions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 29, 2019 Share #28455 Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) Between Avenue U and Flushing Av on Nostrand Av, the SBS B44 remains on 8-10 min headways during the weekdays. When it's rush hour, it goes in 5-6 min waits. Edited August 29, 2019 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jova42R Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28456 Posted August 30, 2019 Does anyone know what the least used bus route in the system is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28457 Posted August 30, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 6:35 AM, Lawrence St said: The Q19's headways are absolutely horrible, and is often delayed which makes it even more worse. I agree, but I guess the MTA feels that people can simply take the M60 and the Q48 or Q49. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28458 Posted August 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: I agree, but I guess the MTA feels that people can simply take the M60 and the Q48 or Q49. The M60 is a joke. Just last week there was a 25 min gap in between buses during the height of rush hour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28459 Posted August 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: The M60 is a joke. Just last week there was a 25 min gap in between buses during the height of rush hour. More like the MTA is a joke. The people in charge of buses need to start drinking their morning coffee. ☕️ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28460 Posted August 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Lawrence St said: The M60 is a joke. Just last week there was a 25 min gap in between buses during the height of rush hour. You can mainly thank 125th street for that. Traffic can be a nightmare especially when the weather is terrible. LGA does have its moments too, but despite the gaps the M60 at times face, it can still be more frequent compared to the Q19 especially on weekends. If they made the Q19 at least every 12-15 minutes during rush hours extend its hours to 11pm, it will at least become more attractive. The weekends need to have service run at least every 20 minutes because 30 minutes is not cutting it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28461 Posted August 30, 2019 4 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said: You can mainly thank 125th street for that. Traffic can be a nightmare especially when the weather is terrible. LGA does have its moments too, but despite the gaps the M60 at times face, it can still be more frequent compared to the Q19 especially on weekends. If they made the Q19 at least every 12-15 minutes during rush hours extend its hours to 11pm, it will at least become more attractive. The weekends need to have service run at least every 20 minutes because 30 minutes is not cutting it. The Q19 should be running every 8-9 minutes, not every 15 minutes. And the M60's problem comes from LaGuardia, cause when traffic is bad, it gets stuck in the mess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28462 Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Lawrence St said: And the M60's problem comes from LaGuardia, cause when traffic is bad, it gets stuck in the mess. No, the main issue for that route is definitely 125th Street. LGA can sometimes be bad under normal circumstances, but work is currently being done over there, making the current situation anything but. (If it can't get off 125th Street in a timely fashion going to Queens, it'll get to LGA late, thereby making the return run late, and that has a domino effect, especially since it's not just one or two trips. Hell, the traffic on that one street was cited in that Bx15/M125 split proposal... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28463 Posted August 30, 2019 52 minutes ago, Lex said: No, the main issue for that route is definitely 125th Street. LGA can sometimes be bad under normal circumstances, but work is currently being done over there, making the current situation anything but. (If it can't get off 125th Street in a timely fashion going to Queens, it'll get to LGA late, thereby making the return run late, and that has a domino effect, especially since it's not just one or two trips. Hell, the traffic on that one street was cited in that Bx15/M125 split proposal... I see your point. The bus lanes aren't doing much help because they aren't being enforced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28464 Posted August 30, 2019 13 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said: I agree, but I guess the MTA feels that people can simply take the M60 and the Q48 or Q49. That.... ...or they haven't adapted to the fact that, even though they've extended the thing to Flushing, the route is more than just an (unofficial) shuttle to the for East Elmurst patrons.... In other words, they're underestimating the usage it gets in & out of Flushing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28465 Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Lawrence St said: The Q19 should be running every 8-9 minutes, not every 15 minutes. And the M60's problem comes from LaGuardia, cause when traffic is bad, it gets stuck in the mess. Trust me, I used to take the M60 to go to work. 125th Street is a mess during the PM rush hour especially since the bus lanes also aren’t enforced like they should. I think 8-9 minutes would be too frequent especially since it runs every 20 minutes on weekdays and 30 on the weekends. I’ve never been a fan of its western terminal by the Astoria Houses, because it feels like they just placed it there since other routes also end there. In a way I think it hinders it’s growth since the Q18 is more popular and also serves a station. Edited August 30, 2019 by NewFlyer 230 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28466 Posted August 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: .....I’ve never been a fan of its western terminal by the Astoria Houses, because it feels like they just placed it there since other routes also end there. In a way I think it hinders it’s growth since the Q18 is more popular and also serves a station. Those that even took it as far west as 21st st. were either walking due west, or xferring for the SB 19a after the fact (which is why you had/have some people suggesting that the 19 & 19A be combined).... The extension to the Astoria houses made sense.... The Q18 being the more sought after route to get to the subway had less to do with the Q19 for those folks in the projects & more to do with the (then, indirect) Q102 - which was later straightened, to where it now parallels the Q18 to the subway.... People may (still) complain about the Q18 today, but I remember when that route was just as unreliable as the Q102/103 - even though its posted headways were, better..... Anyway, there was even a phenomenon that had people walking to the M60 for Astoria Blvd. service, the Q19 was so bad (I remember doing it myself way back when, and was surprised to see that I wasn't the only person doing it !... Crazy.) Way I see it, we're lucky they didn't scale the Q19 back to Astoria Blvd ; regardless of how infeasible the turnaround would've been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28467 Posted August 30, 2019 What about running short turn M60 buses between Astoria Blvd and LGA? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axis Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28468 Posted August 30, 2019 17 hours ago, Snorunts said: More like the MTA is a joke. The people in charge of buses need to start drinking their morning coffee. ☕️ More like have their morning coffee get spilled all over them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28469 Posted August 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Lawrence St said: What about running short turn M60 buses between Astoria Blvd and LGA? You might as well increase Q19 service and call it a day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 30, 2019 Share #28470 Posted August 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, NewFlyer 230 said: You might as well increase Q19 service and call it a day. But the Q19 doesn't go to LGA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted August 31, 2019 Share #28471 Posted August 31, 2019 6 hours ago, Lawrence St said: What about running short turn M60 buses between Astoria Blvd and LGA? Sure, if you have the buses from Manhattan bypassing Astoria Blvd .... 55 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: But the Q19 doesn't go to LGA. ...and nobody's going to take the Q19 to any of the buses that run inside the airport either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jova42R Posted August 31, 2019 Share #28472 Posted August 31, 2019 What is the least used bus in a) the system? b) each borough? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted August 31, 2019 Share #28473 Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, B35 via Church said: Sure, if you have the buses from Manhattan bypassing Astoria Blvd .... ...and nobody's going to take the Q19 to any of the buses that run inside the airport either. Honestly that would work. If you split the M60 SBS into the M60 and M60A, have the M60 run on it's normal route but stay on the Parkway to LGA, and have the M60A run between Astoria Blvd and LGA. Think of it like an Astoria version of the Q70. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted August 31, 2019 Share #28474 Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Jova42R said: What is the least used bus in a) the system? b) each borough? Probably the B91A in Brooklyn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jova42R Posted August 31, 2019 Share #28475 Posted August 31, 2019 10 hours ago, Snorunts said: Probably the B91A in Brooklyn. @Snorunts, the 2018 (most recent) ridership stats say it is the S55 (total least used). #2 is the B39. but, since the B91A did not exist then, maybe it has dropped lower than the S55. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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