B36 Via Ave U Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2401 Posted August 21, 2012 I live right near the Q25,Q34,Q64 and, Q65 so I know what I'm talking about. Theses buses are suffering from rusting and the buses are getting louder and louder. 8571 and 9932 used to be good buses I don't know what has happened to them in the last year. I see what ur saying. Maybe it is a lack of maintenance cuz the MTA knows the 05's are practically done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acela Express Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2402 Posted August 21, 2012 It doesn't get me angry when an op's running hot since I tend to get on at the first stop of a lot of lines so it doesn't matter much to me, but that said, you never gotten trouble from supervisors for running that hot? I always hear the stories from ops over at Mannyville about supervisors busting balls for running even a few minutes hot. Spose that hawks don't have too many supervisors to worry about though... That 46 late nights it's hard to run hot cause of the amount people you carry. If I get caught behind schedule then it is what it is - nothing you can do to make up time. Another thing is, the lights on Utica Ave aren't synced with each other, which pisses me off -- you gotta study the timing so you can stick and move. Dwell times will fucck you basically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2403 Posted August 21, 2012 I gotchu. Gotta say though it's pathetic that it's 2012 and we still got major roads like Utica, Flatbush, even Canal St. in the city without timed lights. Save a lot of time for everybody with synced lights, fewer accidents too with the smoother traffic. DOT's too lazy and nobody wants to/can afford to pay so it stays like that, ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2404 Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) I gotchu. Gotta say though it's pathetic that it's 2012 and we still got major roads like Utica, Flatbush, even Canal St. in the city without timed lights. Save a lot of time for everybody with synced lights, fewer accidents too with the smoother traffic. DOT's too lazy and nobody wants to/can afford to pay so it stays like that, ridiculous. Actually the DOT for the most part is aware of these issues and some of it isn't just by coincidence. Some of these lights aren't synced on purpose to control folks from trying to create a drag way. Sit and observe how some street lights function and you'll see that a lot of them aren't synced and I recall a time when that wasn't the case. It's annoying but it does force folks to not accelerate too quickly. I thought it was just a poor job too until I heard the DOT commissioner talk about the issue and how they try to control the speed to keep the streets safe but at the same time keep traffic moving. Now I don't necessarily agree with how they have things now, but do know that a lot of it isn't laziness. More like incompetence. Edited August 21, 2012 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2405 Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Lazy could be the wrong word, but I do think a lot of what they say is trying to justify the current system as opposed to be willing to dramatically change things. All they'll really radically do is add pedestrian plazas, which are of debated legitimacy. It's complicated, since unsynced lights mean major changes in speed at the lights (stopping, accelerating) while synced lights run the risk of really high speeds going past the lightw. I say we put in roundabouts! Edited August 21, 2012 by MHV9218 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2406 Posted August 21, 2012 Lazy could be the wrong word, but I do think a lot of what they say is trying to justify the current system as opposed to be willing to dramatically change things. All they'll really radically do is add pedestrian plazas, which are of debated legitimacy. It's complicated, since unsynced lights mean major changes in speed at the lights (stopping, accelerating) while synced lights run the risk of really high speeds going past the lightw. I say we put in roundabouts! Yeah, it is somewhat complicated but not that complicated. There are some areas that are just ridiculous now. This morning we waited for almost 5 lights on the BxM2 to go down ONE block (from 81st & Central Park West to 81st and Columbus Avenue) just to make the turn there on Columbus, and this is in the summertime with relatively light traffic. Really ridiculous. A lot of it IMO does indeed has to do with lights not being synched anymore so that as soon as you get a green light, the next light just up the street is now turning red which creates a back up in traffic unnecessarily. If they really want to stop speeding, just install cameras at the traffic lights and ticket the offenders. Simple solution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngblaze Posted August 21, 2012 Share #2407 Posted August 21, 2012 Or like Webster Avenue btwn 169th Street and 171st Street...SMH is all I have to say. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2408 Posted August 22, 2012 M14A/D frequency's seem up… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2409 Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Or like Webster Avenue btwn 169th Street and 171st Street...SMH is all I have to say. This times a thousand. There's one light that turns green right when the next light turns red. Edited August 22, 2012 by Mysterious2train 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmouse Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2410 Posted August 22, 2012 Just saying... lol 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Bus Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2411 Posted August 22, 2012 Just saying... lol I do see a D60HF in front of it in the bus lane though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2412 Posted August 22, 2012 I do see a D60HF in front of it in the bus lane though Yeah but even with that the SBS doesn't use the lanes. The M34/M34A uses it more then the Bx12/M15BRT routes. The route that uses the lane more is the Bx9 heading North. Gone thru it many times. lol May as well make it +SBS over the 12. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2413 Posted August 22, 2012 Just saying... lol Lol at the Scumbag hat on it, I missed that at first. Does look like there's a bus in front, but even so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngblaze Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2414 Posted August 22, 2012 Lol at the Scumbag hat on it, I missed that at first. Does look like there's a bus in front, but even so. They do use it...when cars and cyclist aren't blocking it . As for that SBS in the pic s/he was probably going around the bus servicing the stop. Also, if it's the weekend there's no need really to stay confined to the lane when traffic is flowing smoothly and your next stop (Bx12 SBS) is all the way by Crotona Ave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2415 Posted August 22, 2012 I know I know, I just thought the hat was a good touch since I'm a 5 y/o a heart... Seriously those lanes are definitely put to good use and they're pretty important to keeping the 12 moving sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCtrainfan01 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2416 Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Or like Webster Avenue btwn 169th Street and 171st Street...SMH is all I have to say. I agree... Also, the pair of lights where River and Jerome under the meet is absolutely horrid... Such a short distance and not sync'ed at all..... I hate these lights so much.... When one turns red, the other is green.... Still like that too... Here's a link to it: http://maps.google.c...p=12,21.36,,1,0 I know another light at E 157 ST and Sedgwick where it would be about five mins on red then when it turns green, it was only for about ten seconds.... I think the DOT fixed that now though... Edited August 22, 2012 by NYCtrainfan01 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2417 Posted August 22, 2012 Since when does an RTS from the MTA have orange LED and destination signs? I saw at least two yesterday, and I'm pretty sure they weren't the newer buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2418 Posted August 22, 2012 Since when does an RTS from the MTA have orange LED and destination signs? I saw at least two yesterday, and I'm pretty sure they weren't the newer buses. 9444 and 5105-5112 (maybe more) sport Hanover LED signs. 9444 is one of the recent ones to be done this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2419 Posted August 22, 2012 Just saying... lol In their defense though sometimes there are a-holes in the bus lanes. On 34th street, I've seen countless times cops parked in the bus lane for no good reason, forcing the bus into the other lane and that cop car was the only vehicle in the lane for the entire block. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2420 Posted August 22, 2012 Yeah but even with that the SBS doesn't use the lanes. The M34/M34A uses it more then the Bx12/M15BRT routes. The route that uses the lane more is the Bx9 heading North. Gone thru it many times. lol May as well make it +SBS over the 12. The M34 SBS is able to utilize the bus lanes more because there is a lot more traffic enforcement along 34th street. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2421 Posted August 22, 2012 9444 and 5105-5112 (maybe more) sport Hanover LED signs. 9444 is one of the recent ones to be done this way. 5113 has it now too...damn I love the compressor on that one along with 5109 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2422 Posted August 22, 2012 The M34 SBS is able to utilize the bus lanes more because there is a lot more traffic enforcement along 34th street. True, but even with no traffic blocking the BRT lanes on the Bx12/M15 routes, most drivers won't use the BRT lanes. For the M34, the only section I can think of where the lanes are not usually used is between 5th and Dyer Ave West bound, and 6th to 5th Ave Eastbound due to parked buses, trucks, police cars and cars coming out of the NJ495. But other then that, there is better enforcement along 34th St.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2423 Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Anyone else notice Q35 short-turns to Riis Park lately? I think the crowds have been a lot more manageable. MTA, you done good. Edited August 22, 2012 by Mysterious2train 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B36 Via Ave U Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2424 Posted August 22, 2012 Anyone else notice Q35 short-turns to Riis Park lately? I think the crowds have been a lot more manageable. MTA, you done good. Yes, I have seen much more of them, in the morning, while i have been walking along FB Ave to Kings Plaza, i have seen a lot more Q35's signed up to RIIS Park and wondering what that was all about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2425 Posted August 22, 2012 Isn't the Q35 to Riis Park counted as part of the summer service? The same reason why the QM16 goes there, the Bx5/12 to Orchard Beach, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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