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On 9/23/2021 at 7:33 PM, MysteriousBtrain said:

Gonna bump this bc I was playing around with Bus redesigns and I thought of a redesign scenario that could be possible. This is not at all intended to be serious and more like toying with ideas.

Proposal: revamp the system to allow lower number routes to represent North-South routes with higher number routes representing crosstown routes. For example, M1-19 represent North-South routes serving areas north of Midtown, M20-29 represent routes serving areas south of and including midtown, M30-39 represent misc. crosstown routes. Any other (crosstown) routes reserve their names for the street they operate on (M14/23 remain unchanged and grouped in this category due to being high corridor crosstown routes)

Changes and new routes include:

M1: no service south of 8 St, service between 8 St and Grand St replaced by M25.

M2: unchanged

M3: cut south of 96 St, allows riders north of 96 St to retain access to Mt. Sinai Hospital.

M4: cut south of 106 St. After 106 St, route operates along the M106 to East Harlem, sharing the terminal with the M106.

M5: cut south of 57 St. After 59 St, route operates eastward along the M57 to the terminus at 1 Av-57 St.

M7: Majority of route unchanged; rerouted between 116 St and 106 St to provide coverage along Lenox Ave and Cathedral Pkwy. Cut south of 32 St.

M8: original route renamed, new M8 replaces the M102 and retains the same identical route.

M9: original route renamed, new M9 is a new route replacing the M101 and M98. Operates on the M101 from 34 St to 116 St, then operates along the M98 from 116 St to GWB

M10: unchanged

M11: unchanged

M12: original route renamed, see M22

M13: rename of the M103, retains the same route

M14: unchanged due to being a major crosstown corridor

M15: unchanged

M16: rename of the M104, retains the same route

M18: rename of the M100, reflected to show route after the Bronx redesign

M19: rename of the M101, retains the original M101 route north of 96 St.

M20: Majority of route unchanged, but southbound service operates on 9 Av from 66 St to 14 St, with southbound service on 7 Av replaced by M27.

M21: renamed M32, see below

M22: original route revamped, new M22 is the M12 with an identical routing

M23: unchanged due to being a major crosstown corridor

M25: new route replacing the M55 and portion of M1 south of 8 St. Original M55 south of 8 St replaced by M25 downtown and M27 uptown. Operates between Columbus Circle and South Ferry.

M27: new route operating between Central Park South and Park Row at City Hall via 6/7 Av. Replaces portions of the M7, M20 and M55.

M29: new route replacing the M9. Majority of M9 route is retained with service between Battery Pk and Chatham Sq replicating the M22, operating on Chambers St and Worth St. Retains M9 Battery Pk terminal.

M30: Lower East Side circular replacing the M22. From Park Row at City Hall, service heads east via the M22 route to Grand St, then turns left and continues to Pitt St, where it will make another left on Pitt St and turns right on East Broadway. After east Broadway, route continues to Chatham Sq before running on the original M9 back to the terminal at City Hall.

M31: Route retained but with an extension to 2 Av-96 St. In order to provide convenient and reliable service on 57 St, the M57 would merge with the M31 and short turn trips would operates between 10 Av and 1 Av.

M32: Renamed M21. Retains identical route

M33: renaming of the M8. This is due to the fact that M1-19 are used for North-South routes north of Midtown and the M8 not really identifying with 8 St as the street name only "exists" on the eastbound route for about 4-5 blocks (6 Av-Lafayette St) route unchanged

M34/34A: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M35: unchanged

M36: this new route is a combination of the M66 and western portion of the M57. The M36 would begin service at Columbus Circle, then operate westward along the M57 route to 72 St. After 72 St, the M36 would take the M72 route from Broadway to 5 Av. After 5 Av, the M36 takes the M66 route to York Av. 

M42: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M50: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M60: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M66: merged with new M36 and rerouted M72

M72: Largely unchanged, except it operates on 65/66 St from Central Park West to West End Av, where it continues to it's terminal at Freedom Pl

M79: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M86: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M96: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M98: merged into new M9

M100: merged into new M18

M101: merged into new M19 as well as new M8/13

M102: renumbered to M8

M103: renumbered to M13

M104: renumbered to M16

M106: originally I was gonna opt to merge this route into the M96 and rerouted M4 but I decided to keep it around for East Side riders to have direct access to Mt. Sinai. Due to duplication of other routes, the route would operate with 20-30 min headways compared to 15-30 min.

M116: unchanged, high corridor crosstown route

M125: unchanged from proposal under the Bronx redesign.

Map link: 

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1-jdX8uqXppWiyZZt238SlaYhcYu8WwfS

 

Let's back up a minute here and ask...  What specific service problems are you trying to solve? Maybe identify the problems before offering solutions.

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1 minute ago, Gotham Bus Co. said:

 

Let's back up a minute here and ask...  What specific service problems are you trying to solve? Maybe identify the problems before offering solutions.

My main goal was simply non-crosstown routes into a new numbering schedule and try to organize those bus routes in 4 categories, Washington Hts-East side connectors, East Side-downtown routes, south of Midtown and north of Midtown. If I could end certain routes at business districts I was thinking it might improve reliability. For example, M5 does not operate south of 57 St and the M7 south of 34 St, with the southern segments being replaced by new downtown routes (M25 (replacing M55) and M27). 

A lot of ideas were thrown around similar to how a redesign would work which is why my points aren't 100% clear.

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