Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted May 26, 2023 Share #37751 Posted May 26, 2023 47 minutes ago, Lil 57 said: In regards to the SI ferry service reductions, the should suspend limited service - Especially ones that aren’t meeting a ferry arrival with this hourly service (save the s89 and s93) and reallocate service towards extra buses on the Brooklyn routes and extra express buses during peak hours. Another Idea would be to make a temporary shuttle bus route from Battery Park to St. George via the bridge with a few stops along Bay Street as well. They're running extra buses on the SIM1, 3, 3C, 4, and 4C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xD4nn Posted May 26, 2023 Share #37752 Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Lil 57 said: In regards to the SI ferry service reductions, the should suspend limited service - Especially ones that aren’t meeting a ferry arrival with this hourly service (save the s89 and s93) and reallocate service towards extra buses on the Brooklyn routes and extra express buses during peak hours. Another Idea would be to make a temporary shuttle bus route from Battery Park to St. George via the bridge with a few stops along Bay Street as well. At most, Brooklyn is only able to gain 17 extra buses as this is the amount of XD40s Jamaica has. I don't think the DOB would send Novas back to Brooklyn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 27, 2023 Share #37753 Posted May 27, 2023 10 hours ago, Lil 57 said: In regards to the SI ferry service reductions, the should suspend limited service - Especially ones that aren’t meeting a ferry arrival with this hourly service (save the s89 and s93) and reallocate service towards extra buses on the Brooklyn routes and extra express buses during peak hours. Another Idea would be to make a temporary shuttle bus route from Battery Park to St. George via the bridge with a few stops along Bay Street as well. That is far from a shuttle, that's a whole route right there lol. You also have the NYC Ferry as well, buses aren't the only option out there for once. 7 hours ago, xD4nn said: At most, Brooklyn is only able to gain 17 extra buses as this is the amount of XD40s Jamaica has. I don't think the DOB would send Novas back to Brooklyn. XDs aren't the only thing they can get. LFS Artics(for Flatbush), XN40s and XN60s from West Farms(huge spare factor), XDE40s. They could also get Orions from Staten Island. Wilder things have happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOGbrooklyn Posted May 27, 2023 Share #37754 Posted May 27, 2023 Just came to rant and say the B82 is so much more worse than the B6 in reliability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40 to 241st Posted May 27, 2023 Share #37755 Posted May 27, 2023 Mta needs Bi-Articulated Buses who agrees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 27, 2023 Share #37756 Posted May 27, 2023 37 minutes ago, 40 to 241st said: Mta needs Bi-Articulated Buses who agrees. No. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40 to 241st Posted May 27, 2023 Share #37757 Posted May 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, Cait Sith said: No. Why not do you see how crowded there articulated routes themself get 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMG106 Posted May 28, 2023 Share #37758 Posted May 28, 2023 5 hours ago, 40 to 241st said: Why not do you see how crowded there articulated routes themself get I don't think the MTA will ever be ready for bi-artics. If anything, give the B6 or B82 artic conversions. Besides, the B82+ will get artics later on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted May 28, 2023 Share #37759 Posted May 28, 2023 8 hours ago, 40 to 241st said: Why not do you see how crowded there articulated routes themself get They do not make much sense in a city with narrowed and tighter streets. It's hard enough to make some of the turns now with the way DOT redesigned things 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted May 28, 2023 Share #37760 Posted May 28, 2023 20 hours ago, 40 to 241st said: Mta needs Bi-Articulated Buses who agrees. Sorry dood, New York ain't ready for bi-artics.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubBus Posted May 29, 2023 Share #37761 Posted May 29, 2023 Didn't know that the have short turns at Flatlands Ave? This was around 7:00pm yesterday evening... Also an accident involving I believe bus#7908 on the at Essex St and New Lots Ave. This was yesterday evening as well. I hope all involved are ok... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted May 29, 2023 Share #37762 Posted May 29, 2023 6 hours ago, SubBus said: Didn't know that the have short turns at Flatlands Ave? This was around 7:00pm yesterday evening... Also an accident involving I believe bus#7908 on the at Essex St and New Lots Ave. This was yesterday evening as well. I hope all involved are ok... Saw a B47 signed up for Flatlands earlier this month, when I was coming off a B17 at Church..... Said to myself, since when did B47's short turned over there.... As of say, the past year or two or so, I've been noticing more & more routes short turning at stops/places where I've never seen them signed up before.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted May 30, 2023 Share #37763 Posted May 30, 2023 13 hours ago, B35 via Church said: Saw a B47 signed up for Flatlands earlier this month, when I was coming off a B17 at Church..... Said to myself, since when did B47's short turned over there.... As of say, the past year or two or so, I've been noticing more & more routes short turning at stops/places where I've never seen them signed up before.... Those B47 short turns to Flatlands are rarely used.. Even when Flatbush and East New York had the route. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted May 30, 2023 Share #37764 Posted May 30, 2023 Wasn't the Southern half of the 47 (then the 78) from East New York? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted May 30, 2023 Share #37765 Posted May 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Q43LTD said: Wasn't the Southern half of the 47 (then the 78) from East New York? B47: Flatbush (Original) former B78. Than East New York took over for a bit before it's transfer back to Flatbush (before going to Grand Ave officially when Grand Ave opened) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted May 31, 2023 Share #37766 Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/27/2023 at 3:49 PM, 40 to 241st said: Mta needs Bi-Articulated Buses who agrees. I much rather they increase the amount of service versus a higher capacity transit. Remember when they increased service from 40ft to artics, MTA usually cut the amount of service on that route to compensate for the increased capacity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted June 1, 2023 Share #37767 Posted June 1, 2023 16 hours ago, Mtatransit said: I much rather they increase the amount of service versus a higher capacity transit. Remember when they increased service from 40ft to artics, MTA usually cut the amount of service on that route to compensate for the increased capacity I remember when the MTA made the Q10 an artic line the buses per hour decreased significantly especially during rush hour. In January of 2011 the Q10 had 22 buses arrive at Kew Gardens during the 7am hour during the weekday. Now in 2023 there are only 14 arrivals during the 7am hour. Service gaps are far more noticeable now than before and it isn’t uncommon to have a bunch of buses traveling in one direction but only 1 or 2 in the opposite direction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted June 1, 2023 Share #37768 Posted June 1, 2023 Ok, so I think I've noticed a change in some of the new NOVAs being delivered. Before the gallery seating had a pattern that went something like flip seat, bucket seat, flip seat, bucket seat, & forward seat. But now some of the new ones have a different arrangement that goes, bucket seat, bucket seat, flip seat, flip seat, & forward seat. I wonder when they changed it but it seems to be a bit more spacious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted June 1, 2023 Share #37769 Posted June 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, IAlam said: Ok, so I think I've noticed a change in some of the new NOVAs being delivered. Before the gallery seating had a pattern that went something like flip seat, bucket seat, flip seat, bucket seat, & forward seat. But now some of the new ones have a different arrangement that goes, bucket seat, bucket seat, flip seat, flip seat, & forward seat. I wonder when they changed it but it seems to be a bit more spacious. Most likely for the strollers on the Stengel side. Not sure how they are on the Jamaica and QV coneheads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted June 1, 2023 Share #37770 Posted June 1, 2023 47 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: Most likely for the strollers on the Stengel side. Not sure how they are on the Jamaica and QV coneheads. I'm actually a big fan of that, feels more spacious than the previous design. Seems like CS is getting the better passenger layout for now with the extra seat and the better layout. I hope the MTA makes the changes with the other ones soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted June 2, 2023 Share #37771 Posted June 2, 2023 I was reading the below article about the migrant crisis in NYC, and I see in the pics that they are using MTA buses to transport them (and presumably MTA BOs). I wonder how that is being paid for/managed https://hudsonvalleypost.com/chaos-new-york-city-migrants-sent-to-another-upstate-new-york-county/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xD4nn Posted June 3, 2023 Share #37772 Posted June 3, 2023 8355 and 8356 were spotted outside of East New York Depot. 8356 has returned to GH but 8355 has stayed. Any reason why they might be there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted June 3, 2023 Share #37773 Posted June 3, 2023 43 minutes ago, xD4nn said: 8355 and 8356 were spotted outside of East New York Depot. 8356 has returned to GH but 8355 has stayed. Any reason why they might be there? ENY is a CMF, so they were there for repairs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xD4nn Posted June 3, 2023 Share #37774 Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: ENY is a CMF, so they were there for repairs. Both were parked outside the train yard and not in the CMF facility or depot. Both of them have been there for the past few days in the same location. Edited June 3, 2023 by xD4nn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted June 3, 2023 Share #37775 Posted June 3, 2023 8355 is at ENY CMF for new bus radios. Will (or should) become a Jamaica bus after. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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