BM5 via Woodhaven Posted July 26, 2013 Share #1076 Posted July 26, 2013 Wait a sec: the n43 Disontinued between HTC and Roosevelt Field? Oh boy.... @Astoria Line: Yeah, of course they don't listen to community input. They only have those meetings on service changes and their Facebook page for marketing... [/sarcasm] If those people aren't happy with the Westminster Rd stop being removed they should come to those meetings and speak up. It wouldn't be all that hard for NICE to keep it along with the new stop. @Pinepower: Yeah, isolation is not really the problem. In Montauk you also live isolated far, far away from all the crowds and polltion and with only 5 LIRR trains a day but SCT does have normal bus service there Mon-Sun. The n27 could very well be restored to RFM. @Yuki: Hand those signatures over to NICE on the next meeting. When you combined the 10C and LIRR schedules from Montauk, you have hourly-tri hourly service there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted July 26, 2013 Share #1077 Posted July 26, 2013 @Astoria Line: Yeah, of course they don't listen to community input. They only have those meetings on service changes and their Facebook page for marketing... [/sarcasm] If those people aren't happy with the Westminster Rd stop being removed they should come to those meetings and speak up. It wouldn't be all that hard for NICE to keep it along with the new stop. @Pinepower: Yeah, isolation is not really the problem. In Montauk you also live isolated far, far away from all the crowds and polltion and with only 5 LIRR trains a day but SCT does have normal bus service there Mon-Sun. The n27 could very well be restored to RFM. @Yuki: Hand those signatures over to NICE on the next meeting. I already did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted July 26, 2013 Share #1078 Posted July 26, 2013 Wait a sec: the n43 Disontinued between HTC and Roosevelt Field? Oh boy.... When you combined the 10C and LIRR schedules from Montauk, you have hourly-tri hourly service there. what you expect it was duplicative and roundabout. @ joel so N51 and 45 don't go to where people need to where do most students come from? which parts of the county? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted July 26, 2013 Share #1079 Posted July 26, 2013 Wait a sec: the n43 Disontinued between HTC and Roosevelt Field? Oh boy.... When you combined the 10C and LIRR schedules from Montauk, you have hourly-tri hourly service there. Which is more than Glen Cove if you count in the missed connections. Also, it's summer time so there's the S94 for additional service in Montauk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Posted July 27, 2013 Share #1080 Posted July 27, 2013 Last I remember going to Nassau before graduating, a lot of people I met were either from Queens or from some extreme end of the county that has no transportation services and they drove anyway. The best NICE can do is expand on the options students already have. For whatever reason (ask Hound, he might know the historical routings better) the N45 and N51 only go through the former AFB grounds and getting from one end of the campus to the other is already a 5-10 minute walk, on top of most professors holding students until the last minute. Not only will the 45 and 51 expand service, it can also make it easier for students to get off campus. The afternoon rush will always be a problem, until NICE either reroutes the buses that take the front exit or somehow that stupid traffic light is resynced. The one benefit of the 45 & 51 being rerouted to the parking field #3 stop is it should lessen the crowds that board at the student union stop, since they now have to walk over to there for the 45 & 51. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted July 28, 2013 Share #1081 Posted July 28, 2013 The one benefit of the 45 & 51 being rerouted to the parking field #3 stop is it should lessen the crowds that board at the student union stop, since they now have to walk over to there for the 45 & 51. Also some students take whichever bus comes first to get to the Mall. If your class is by the clusters the stop by Endo Blvd is more convenient 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1082 Posted August 15, 2013 New schedules are posted: the n6x extension is reverse peak only, N47 has been merged into the N48/49 timetable. Note that the timetable cover is wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1083 Posted August 15, 2013 The n4x is only going to save about 12 minutes? I guess I expected more.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1084 Posted August 15, 2013 There's mistake on n47/48/49 schedule. Cover says, n46 and n49 bus is missing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1085 Posted August 15, 2013 The n4x is only going to save about 12 minutes? I guess I expected more.... Any savings is better, especially when the saving is >8 minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1086 Posted August 15, 2013 I wonder why they didn't put up the new design on those n4x poles... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1087 Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Starting September 3rd, the n4xpress will be the fastest way to get between Freeport and Jamaica! Look for these interactive signs posted at all new n4xpress stops next week to learn more about this route. Interesting mistruth by NICE... I think maybe they meant the fastest way to get between Jamaica and Freeport [bY BUS]. lol A bus and a train both leave Freeport at 7:57am... The train arrives in Jamaica 23 minutes later at :8:20 am, the bus arrives at 8:45am, 48 minutes after it left Freeport... The train leaving Freeport at the same time as the bus arrived in Jamaica 25 minutes before the bus, but NICE says "the n4xpress will be the fastest way to get between Freeport and Jamaica!" lol Edited August 15, 2013 by Burrstone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1088 Posted August 15, 2013 Really? Anyway, I don't like this N4X set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1089 Posted August 15, 2013 The fact that the 47 is on the 48/49 schedule is nice, but it crunches up the damn thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1090 Posted August 15, 2013 Really? Really, what? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 16, 2013 Share #1091 Posted August 16, 2013 can't wait to take the n4xpress.. Maybe they'll be handing out n4xpress key chains (hey a guy can dream). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 16, 2013 Share #1092 Posted August 16, 2013 Really? Anyway, I don't like this N4X set up. Very useful feedback! Seriously: could you please eleborate what you dont like about it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted August 16, 2013 Share #1093 Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Really, what?The fact that, they have the bus as the fastest way to get from Freeport to Jamaica as opposed to the LIRR. Edited August 16, 2013 by Q43LTD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 16, 2013 Share #1094 Posted August 16, 2013 The fact that, they have the bus as the fastest way to get from Freeport to Jamaica as opposed to the LIRR. I can imagine why one would think the text is a bit weird but at the end of the day, NICE is only providing bus service so in that regard they are totally right: the n4x is the fastest way by bus to reach Jamaica from Freeport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted August 16, 2013 Share #1095 Posted August 16, 2013 I can imagine why one would think the text is a bit weird but at the end of the day, NICE is only providing bus service so in that regard they are totally right: the n4x is the fastest way by bus to reach Jamaica from Freeport.I know that. I'm just a little bit puzzled why Central Av wasn't an express stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Meadow Posted August 17, 2013 Share #1096 Posted August 17, 2013 I hope nice hired more maintence people for 2013 fall services 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 17, 2013 Share #1097 Posted August 17, 2013 Kudos to you for thinking that. Kudos to you for pessimistic thinking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 17, 2013 Share #1098 Posted August 17, 2013 http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/28-more-nassau-bus-drivers-being-hired-1.5865303 28 more Nassau bus drivers being hiredOriginally published: August 9, 2013 6:29 PMUpdated: August 9, 2013 9:26 PMBy ALFONSO A. CASTILLO alfonso.castillo@newsday.com Nassau County's bus operator plans to hire more than two dozen drivers in time for its planned increases in service next month. Michael Setzer, chief executive operator of the Nassau Inter-County Express, said Friday that the company is looking to bring on 28 bus drivers over the next three weeks. Setzer said the added drivers are needed to carry out NICE's biggest service enhancements in years, planned for Sept. 1. The upgrades include a new N4 Express line to ease congestion on a busy South Shore route, and more buses serving Nassau Community College, which NICE officials intend to transform into a "transit hub." Setzer said the drivers' jobs, which have a starting salary of $18.56 an hour, "include a full range of benefits" including health care and retirement plans. Some of the openings are part-time positions, but Setzer said those workers could eventually move into full-time jobs. "This is a good career job for someone who likes this kind of work and can bring a commercial drivers' license and a clean driving record," said Setzer, who noted that it's rare for that many drivers' jobs to open up at once. NICE is also looking to hire additional maintenance workers, including mechanics, Setzer said. In total, NICE will have added 79 workers since taking over the county bus system from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in January 2012. The company expects to have 857 drivers and maintenance workers on the job by September, and for the total workforce to soon top 1,000. "Clearly, NICE is adding routes as well as growing jobs, which together strengthens our local economy," County Executive Edward Mangano said. ...and... and more buses serving Nassau Community College, which NICE officials intend to transform into a "transit hub." Holy shit, NICE took my idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrstone Posted August 17, 2013 Share #1099 Posted August 17, 2013 They "plan" to hire more bus drivers and maintenance workers, but applications to NICE are still slow as the pay and benefits is questionable, despite these articles. How do you know applications are slow? Who knows if what they're saying is true. This came from an interview with Setzer, what reason would he have to lie about the pay and benefits? Seriously. I could call and they could tell me "we only have part-time positions available." For all we know if you called and were told that all the full-time positions could have been filled, I mean we are only talking about 28 of them. I mean really what would Newsday or NICE gain by lying about hiring 28 full-time drivers? Most B/Os are looking for full time with full pay and full benefits. $18.56/hr (starting) plus benefits is above average for Long Island, and if not mistaken is above the starting wage at LIB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted August 17, 2013 Share #1100 Posted August 17, 2013 Wow, that much per hour? That's even way above what bus drivers earn here in my country! (including Veolia's operations) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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