N6 Limited Posted May 8, 2012 Share #201 Posted May 8, 2012 While at the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center, I was taking pics of buses. As I reviewed them, a security guard asked if I was taking pictures inside. When I said, "Yes? What's the matter?", he told me that it's illegal to take pictures inside the terminal because the third-party owners disallowed it sometime ago. But he did say I could take pictures outside the facility, which I did. Once I finished taking pictures, I noticed the Hempstead Transit Center guidelines posted on the back outside wall (by the doors, the side closest to the station); and I've seen those regulations many times before. There were plenty of regulations, but nothing about not being allowed to take photographs in the facility, and I've been there about a dozen times. Is photography illegal in the Rosa Parks Transit Center? I don't even know why they care, the terminal is a POS anyway. They should be concerned about those nasty bathrooms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share #202 Posted May 8, 2012 While at the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center, I was taking pics of buses. As I reviewed them, a security guard asked if I was taking pictures inside. When I said, "Yes? What's the matter?", he told me that it's illegal to take pictures inside the terminal because the third-party owners disallowed it sometime ago. But he did say I could take pictures outside the facility, which I did. Once I finished taking pictures, I noticed the Hempstead Transit Center guidelines posted on the back outside wall (by the doors, the side closest to the station); and I've seen those regulations many times before. There were plenty of regulations, but nothing about not being allowed to take photographs in the facility, and I've been there about a dozen times. Is photography illegal in the Rosa Parks Transit Center? I've had the same problem. I suggest taking videos outside the fenced area, like when pulling in and out the driveways. I'm friend with security there, so security and dispatchers they don't disturb me when I take pic. I remember taking an LIB trip with you and security said something about us taking photos. They didn't want them. I don't even know why they care, the terminal is a POS anyway. They should be concerned about those nasty bathrooms. True, it is a public area. LOL @ the bathroom joke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted May 8, 2012 Share #203 Posted May 8, 2012 The same thing happened a few years ago, I was waiting at Franklin Ave after work on my way home, the driver passes the bus stop to just in front of Taco Bell to let people off, ran behind the bus, and caught the back door and hopped on. At least 5 people got off the bus. The driver then says I have to pay. WHAT?! REALLY!? You should have STOPPED AT THE BUS STOP instead of playing games. I had an unlimited metrocard anyway it really made no difference. He saw me all of the time. So I went up and dipped my card, SURPRISE!!! A premium TransitChek Metrocard,(at that time) Happy now? SMH. Ugh. I hate when that happens. I remember once a bus flagged me with plenty of room to spare (the front wasn't even filled). So I chase after the bus and the next light is red, and then when it turns green it pulls into the stop, and by that time I'm able to catch up. So I don't think the B/O is going to hold the front door (considering he flagged me for no reason), so I go in the back. The B/O then shouts out "To the kid who came in the back, come in through the front". So I run up there as fast as I can and the B/O has the nerve to say "What's the problem?" I shout out "The problem is you just passed me!", and then he says "Oh, well there was another bus behind me" (like I was supposed to know, especially considering the fact that I didn't even see the bus behind us while this whole thing was going on). And then he says "Welcome to the real word". And I'm shaking my head thinking "In the real world, you would've flagged a passenger because the bus was 100% full and then they would've come up to you and beat you to a pulp". If you want to talk about the "real world". SMH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted May 8, 2012 Share #204 Posted May 8, 2012 While at the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center, I was taking pics of buses. As I reviewed them, a security guard asked if I was taking pictures inside. When I said, "Yes? What's the matter?", he told me that it's illegal to take pictures inside the terminal because the third-party owners disallowed it sometime ago. But he did say I could take pictures outside the facility, which I did. Once I finished taking pictures, I noticed the Hempstead Transit Center guidelines posted on the back outside wall (by the doors, the side closest to the station); and I've seen those regulations many times before. There were plenty of regulations, but nothing about not being allowed to take photographs in the facility, and I've been there about a dozen times. Is photography illegal in the Rosa Parks Transit Center? If you're talking about the ones that date way back (they still read "MSBA" and looked as if they were typewritten).... When were you there? I was there from around 3:45 to 4:00. Everyone always comes late... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 8, 2012 Share #205 Posted May 8, 2012 Ugh. I hate when that happens. I remember once a bus flagged me with plenty of room to spare (the front wasn't even filled). So I chase after the bus and the next light is red, and then when it turns green it pulls into the stop, and by that time I'm able to catch up. So I don't think the B/O is going to hold the front door (considering he flagged me for no reason), so I go in the back. The B/O then shouts out "To the kid who came in the back, come in through the front". So I run up there as fast as I can and the B/O has the nerve to say "What's the problem?" I shout out "The problem is you just passed me!", and then he says "Oh, well there was another bus behind me" (like I was supposed to know, especially considering the fact that I didn't even see the bus behind us while this whole thing was going on). And then he says "Welcome to the real word". And I'm shaking my head thinking "In the real world, you would've flagged a passenger because the bus was 100% full and then they would've come up to you and beat you to a pulp". If you want to talk about the "real world". SMH. The real world lol. Someone didn't feel like being at work that day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted May 8, 2012 Share #206 Posted May 8, 2012 I meant dispatcher I know from meeting told security that I takes good picture, and they don't say anything to me since I help with Long Island Bus Riders Union. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 8, 2012 Share #207 Posted May 8, 2012 I meant dispatcher I know from meeting told security that I takes good picture, and they don't say anything to me since I help with Long Island Bus Riders Union. Have you gone to a meeting yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted May 8, 2012 Share #208 Posted May 8, 2012 There's another meeting this Wednesday at 100 Duffy Av. I miss meeting on April 25th because I had errand for my mom and miss both NICE and NYCT Meeting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share #209 Posted May 8, 2012 The Union doesn't have the power or the information to hold a thorough and changing meeting for the NICE system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 8, 2012 Share #210 Posted May 8, 2012 The Union doesn't have the power or the information to hold a thorough and changing meeting for the NICE system. Are you saying that I can't take the N21 to Hicksville to attend said meeting? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted May 9, 2012 Share #211 Posted May 9, 2012 Well, the owns HTC so carry your NYCT Rules with you, and state to them that the allows you to take photos of their property as long as you're on a public area. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share #212 Posted May 9, 2012 Well, the owns HTC so carry your NYCT Rules with you, and state to them that the allows you to take photos of their property as long as you're on a public area. Yup, Section 1050.9, Rule #3LINK: http://www.mta.info/nyct/rules/rules.htm Photography, filming or video recording in any facility or conveyance is permitted except that ancillary equipment such as lights, reflectors or tripods may not be used. Members of the press holding valid identification issued by the New York City Police Department are hereby authorized to use necessary ancillary equipment. All photographic activity must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted May 10, 2012 Share #213 Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) I can totally see NICE personnel retorting with the fact that the doesn't run anything out there any longer, so their rules are no longer valid. Other than half the NGs. And the MVMs at Hempstead. And the fareboxes. And the data readers needed for the fareboxes to read MetroCards. Edited May 10, 2012 by Joel Up Front 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted May 10, 2012 Share #214 Posted May 10, 2012 I can totally see NICE personnel retorting with the fact that the doesn't run anything out there any longer, so their rules are no longer valid. Other than half the NGs. And the MVMs at Hempstead. And the fareboxes. And the data readers needed for the fareboxes to read MetroCards. Well, Hempstead Transit Center in general is owned by the except the streets out of the gates. Mitchel Field Bus Depot and the half of the Orion VII's, as well as the miscellany equipment that makes MetroCard usage possible. So the Rules apply to all the facilities mentioned as well as LIRR Stations and 165th St. Bus Term. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 10, 2012 Share #215 Posted May 10, 2012 There's another meeting this Wednesday at 100 Duffy Av. I miss meeting on April 25th because I had errand for my mom and miss both NICE and NYCT Meeting. Did you go? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share #216 Posted May 11, 2012 Remember back in April when NICE said they saved money to lessen the cuts by purchasing a new fuel contract. Now, I don't know much about fuel, but does a cheaper fuel contract mean the CNG fuel quality could be less? Like less clean or less efficient? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted May 13, 2012 Share #217 Posted May 13, 2012 Is there a need for a JFK Flyer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share #218 Posted May 14, 2012 Is there a need for a JFK Flyer? Not really, It's hard to create a successful bus for that long a distance to the airport from Nassau County. Flights are taking off at all different times of the day and night, and that means bus service would have run 24 hrs/day to work. But that's too expensive and ridership wasn't that high back when the Flyer still ran. And many people would rather take the faster way of the LIRR to Jamaica to the Airtrain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted May 14, 2012 Share #219 Posted May 14, 2012 Not only that, look at any city, and all routes that go to the airport. How much ridership is there as you get closer to the airport? Usually pretty empty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted May 14, 2012 Share #220 Posted May 14, 2012 Not only that, look at any city, and all routes that go to the airport. How much ridership is there as you get closer to the airport? Usually pretty empty. That's somewhat true. I was actually surprised at how few people stayed on the Q33 when it got to the airport. But then again, the M60 gets a lot of people going to the airport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted May 14, 2012 Share #221 Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) The M60 draws crowds all over the Manhattan and Bronx, because it connects to most subway routes at 125 St. Edited May 14, 2012 by VWM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted May 15, 2012 Share #222 Posted May 15, 2012 Cool find: An old 1968 schedule for Mid-Island Transit, one of the old LIPBLS: http://www.hempsteadplains.com/miditran.htm The text claims that the route no longer exists, but the N45 does follow the route's path from RF all the way down. Duplicate services, perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share #223 Posted May 15, 2012 Cool find: An old 1968 schedule for Mid-Island Transit, one of the old LIPBLS: http://www.hempstead...om/miditran.htm The text claims that the route no longer exists, but the N45 does follow the route's path from RF all the way down. Duplicate services, perhaps? Did they use typewriters to create bus schedules back then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted May 15, 2012 Share #224 Posted May 15, 2012 That schedule was from 1968... everything was typewritten back then. I just noticed the "Express Buses to Shea and Yankee Stadiums" on the side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted May 15, 2012 Share #225 Posted May 15, 2012 Bellmore to Syosset? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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