BM5 via Woodhaven

I got caught up in this one, someone got struck at 42nd Street on the Broadway Line. Our train, which was the first train in 40 minutes,was running local to fill a gap in local service when we got held at 28th Street. 

No trains between 14th and 57th Streets according to station announcements:

Delays

There is limited train service in Manhattan and Queens.

What's Happening?

Emergency teams are responding to a person who was struck by a train at Times Sq-42 St.

Expect delays on trains in both directions.

Alternatives:

For service between Queens and Manhattan, consider trains.

For service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, consider trains.

For service in Manhattan, consider trains.

Planned Work Reminder: trains run in both directions via the between Lexington Av/63 St and 57 St-7 Av, via the to/from 36 St (Brooklyn) and via the to/from Coney Island-Stillwell Av for fastrack maintenance.

Posted: 06/06/2023 11:10 PM

Update 1 - Not on Alerts (11:31 PM):

Some SB trains are running via Crosstown and Culver to Coney Island. 

Update 2

All Broadway service suspended north of Whitehall.

Trains Rerouted

trains are suspended between Whitehall St and 96 St.

trains are suspended between Whitehall St and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd.

What's Happening?

Emergency teams are responding to a person who was struck by a train at Times Sq-42 St.

Additional Service Changes

Some trains are running via the between Bergen St and Court Sq in both directions.

Some southbound trains are operating via the from Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av to W 4 St-Wash Sq, then via to Jay St-MetroTech.

Some northbound trains will operate via the from W 4 St-Wash Sq to Jay St-MetroTech, then via to Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av.

Some northbound trains will end at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr.

Listen for train crew announcements to hear if your train will end or be rerouted.

Expect delays on trains in both directions.l

Posted: 06/06/2023 11:47 PM

On 5/21/2023 at 6:01 PM, B35 via Church said:

The #107 is supposed to be the "answer" to the backtracking of the Bronx bound BL-42 (where it serves Downtown Mt. Vernon before reaching the subway).... Part of the problem is that it (107) does a bit of backtracking itself -although not near as stark as the BL-42... Having worked in that general area around the BL-42/54/55, I can definitely see folks utilizing the #107 or the #101 over the #42... I'm of the belief that they have the #107 ending at 233rd b/c coming from the east, it's more infeasible turning buses around Nereid... Coming from the west (of Nereid) like the current BL-25/26 does, it's a little more feasible... It's one reason why I'd have the #107 run w/ the #101 to Bronx River rd (via Nereid ), etc. to try to make more use of it.... Basically, I don't mind the overlap of the two routes, but having the #101 & the #107 serve 2 different WPR stations I'm not too high on either....

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case with the turnaround scenario for the 107 (and I can kinda see why), altogether yeah they need to rethink that setup.

I guess the general consensus here is that having the 42/101/107 routed as is, is excessive. I guess where the difference lies is on how to deal with that. Personally I think the southern Mount Vernon to Bronx demand (and vice versa) should be dealt with one route, which I would do so with the 101. Understandably some sections further north from Sandford may not be walkable to/from the 101, which is where I could see the 107 come in. Ridership within Mount Vernon I see the 42 doing a better job of handling, and that's without considering the contrast of service levels between the two routes. Overall, while I get what you're saying with the 107 my concern is that it becomes a route suitable for select bases which may not be sufficient enough. It also does not seem like they want to dedicate too many resources on the thing, with it not even running on Sundays. 

On 5/21/2023 at 6:01 PM, B35 via Church said:

As far as your #53 inquiry, two questions (well, three):

1] Would the bias, or gravitation of more service be towards the #53 (over the #101) on weekends, due to the #7 covering Mt. Vernon - New Roc?

2a] IDK what you mean at the very end there when you say "(to/from its current south)"... Do you mean from its current southern terminal?

2b] In your inquiry regarding phasing out the #42 & #107. I'm trying to figure out where you'd have a route like the #53 ultimately run between (in terms of end terminals).... I'm not certain if you'd want to have a 53 of sorts serving the subway (e/g, via the current BL-42 west of S. 5th st), or if your aim is to have a 53 serve as an intra Mt. Vernon route (kind of like the current BL-54's role in the network), as a sort of gap filler b/w Petrillo Plaza & Sandford (to have the #101 handle matters along Sandford towards Nereid )...

If it helps, what I can tell you is that most of the existing demand on the #42 within Mt. Vernon is b/w [W. 1st/S. 5th] & [the Target along E. Sandford]...

To answer the questions:

1] It was really more because there's no proposed 53 service in this plan on weekends. So naturally to have headways which are somewhat reasonable to deal with, it would need a bigger share of the distribution of resources. I consider 30 minute headways to be the limit of what's considered "somewhat reasonable". I don't see the 53 needing more than that on weekends, no matter how it would be changed. 

2a] I was referring to ridership on the 42 south/east of Mount Vernon. Not necessarily from New Rochelle, but predominantly from within Mount Vernon (after the proposed 42 and 101 split ways). 

2b] I would probably consider either or, but from what it looks like, from it being a realistic option, it cannot be both. To make it a little more clear, I was thinking of having something that covers subway riders along 3rd Street and South Fulton Ave, while covering the demand to/from Downtown Mount Vernon. Giving it some thought, I've thought of doing the following:

Option 1: 

53: Wakefield - 241st Street station to Parkway Plaza in Chester Heights or North & 5th Aves in New Rochelle. 

- Operates via 3rd Street, Fifth Avenue, and Pelhamdale Ave/New Rochelle Road (to Parkway Plaza) or Mayflower Ave (to New Rochelle)

- Between Fulton and Columbus Aves, buses would operate via 4th/5th Streets

42: Petrillo Plaza to Sandford & Columbus (with potential extension to Pelham Manor Shopping Center via Columbus Ave and Pelham Parkway). 

Option 2: 

53: Petrillo Plaza to Parkway Plaza, via existing route 42 down to Colonial Ave & Wolfs Lane, then up Wolfs Lane / Fifth Ave / Pelhamdale Ave/ New Rochelle Road (to Parkway Plaza):

51: Wakefield - 241st Street station to Pelham MNRR Station

- Operates via 3rd Street & Fifth Avenue 

- Between Fulton and Columbus Aves, buses would operate via 4th/5th Streets

Part Suspended

There are no trains running between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd and 57 St-7 Av.

There are no southbound trains running from Queens Plaza to 5 Av/59 St.

The last stop on northbound trains will be 57 St-7 Av or 96 St on the .

Some southbound trains are running on the line from 36 St to 34 St-Herald Sq, then along the line to DeKalb Av.

Some southbound trains are running on the line from 36 St to Lexington Av/63 St, then along the line to 57 St-7 Av.

FDNY is investigating a report of smoke near Lexington Av/59 St.

Take the trains as an alternative.

Posted: 05/22/2023 12:40 PM

Not Mentioned:

Southbound trains only are running via 63rd Street to either 6th Avenue or Broadway.

Northbound trains are now running via 6th Avenue and 53rd Street.

Some northbound trains are running via the from Bergen Street to Court Square, then over the to Roosevelt Avenue.

On 5/18/2023 at 11:50 PM, checkmatechamp13 said:

I'm not opposed to this, but at the same time, I like the east-west connectivity the proposed BL-15 provides (though I would prefer it serve Mount Kisco rather than Katonah). I'm not sure if there's enough ridership to sustain both. 

Yeah, another Peekskill route through Yorktown Heights would be excessive. Worst case scenario, I would go with having the proposed 19 (from the first draft) branch off to have a Yorktown Heights branch. The 19 Yorktown Heights branch would also hit the intermediate points riders using the 15 generally get off (north of the Grasslands Area & White Plains). Plus it would restore the connection between Yorktown Heights and Mount Kisco eliminated with the 12. It would make the 19 more useful than what they did to it in this new proposal (SMH at the truncation to Chappaqua). 

On 5/14/2023 at 9:02 PM, B35 via Church said:

The BL-15 to Underhill to the Taconic is exactly what I thought up about a year or so ago on here... Only difference is that you'd have it serve MNRR Peekskill.

Being that this new network eradicates the BL-17, it's put the battery in my back (so to speak) to come up with ways to make it even more useful.... Instead of panning the BL-17 eastward towards Cortlandt Town Center, I'd have it run up towards the northern part of Peekskill (BL-16 territory)... If it could use the lot for that shopping plaza up by the Peekskill border to turnaround or whatever, that'd be ideal... So as far as the service area goes...

...well, I'll just draw a map: >>See Here<<

So I'd have a route of sorts (that "express 15" ) work concurrently with that modified BL-17....

I generally thought there should be some Northern Westchester - White Plains link, and I've had several concepts for them but never really definitively thought of one.

I have it going to Peekskill RR since the runtime wouldn't require any additional resources, and in the process getting whatever amount of riders from Metro North trains. So on top of being a White Plains area express/commuter route, it would also be a Metro-North feeder route at no added cost.  Using the existing route 15 timetable and estimating runtimes via the Taconic based on google maps estimate (+some extra cushion), having buses express between WMC and Yorktown Heights would save at the very least 20 minutes, in most cases around 25 minutes. The new runtime between White Plains and Peekskill would still be 90 minutes or greater, meaning the three hour cycle previously alluded to cannot be done. Four buses would be needed, and the Peekskill RR extension would add some runtime but still allow enough recovery time. 

As far as your proposed 17, would this route run similar in service levels to today's 17? Also given this proposal I would presume you would have the 14 running via Verplanck? For the latter I can agree with that (while also getting rid of that Verplanck Microtransit zone).  Verplanck is walkable by suburban standards, you can usually make your way to the 14 in that area fairly easily, even if the bus doesn't run directly on your street. That microtransit zone is one of the several pointless ones in this plan. 

On 5/14/2023 at 10:26 PM, Lawrence St said:

So what would serve Yorktown Heights?

The 15 would. Headed north it gets off the Taconic at Underhill to then go into the commercial part of Yorktown Heights, and headed south it would take Underhill from commerical Yorktown Heights to the Taconic. 

On 5/18/2023 at 11:50 PM, checkmatechamp13 said:

I think Bee Line's proposed BL-107 does a pretty good job of covering that section of Mount Vernon, but it just occurred to me...if the BL-53 were rerouted to the Wakefield  station rather than up to Petrillo Plaza, that would pretty much cover any gaps left by the BL-107 in terms of access to the  . I know that the BL-53 is pretty much a Mount Vernon/Pelham shuttle/circulator, but given that all the connections available at Petrillo Plaza are also available at other points on the route, how outlandish would it be to reroute it to Wakefield rather than Petrillo Plaza?

Yikes! Good catch...yeah, that's around 29 trips each way...it sounds like it'll be running something like every 30 minutes peak, 60 minutes off-peak or something along those lines...yeah they definitely need to redistribute more service from the BL-4 and BL-42 onto the BL-101.

18 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

As for the #53, I wouldn't bother turning it towards The Bronx.... I will say though that I've always thought the potential was there to make more out of that route - specifically b/w Lincoln av. & Petrillo Plaza.... Rather than turn the route down towards The Bronx, I'd have that aforementioned portion of the route serviced by a branch of the #7..... Given your inquiry though, instead of leaving the #42 as is/proposed, I suppose it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to say, have a route run b/w New Roc' & 241st via [the pocket of New Roc' that the BL-30 serves] & [the BL-53 between Lincoln av & W. 1st st].... So while I wouldn't personally run #53's to The Bronx, I still wouldn't say it's outlandish to turn it away from Petrillo Plaza....

Yeah, they're seriously underestimating the potential for that #101.... As far as reallocating resources, this is basically splitting hairs, but while I don't entirely disagree with taking some service away from the #4 - I would look to do so from the #1 (for reasons mentioned earlier in this post) before I would do so from the #4 (even though the #4 & the #101 parallel each other b/w MNRR Yonkers & Central Park av)... While the #101 will end up taking some people away from the #4, I don't see it taking away near as much as some people believe it will (apparently, with the proposed service levels for the #101, neither does Bee Line)....

With respect to the 101, on top of what is being mentioned, what also irks me is the 101/107 overlap, and on top of that the decision to serve different subway stations (107 to 233rd Street, 101 to Nereid Avenue). This makes it annoying for riders coming off trains to the bus. I personally don't see the need for two buses to the  on White Plains Road from points along Sandford Boulevard, especially the way they have it there.

Given that the 53 was brought up, I'm wondering if there is some way to restructure the 53 where you can gut both the 42 and the 107. That way the resources on those routes can be divided up between the 53 and 101, with a greater share on weekdays going to the 101 (and more to the 53 on weekends). So basically an iteration of the route which goes to Mount Vernon and covers where most of the existing 42 demand would come from, to/from Mount Vernon in particular (to/from its current south). 

For the next two nights there will be no eastbound train service at Elmont.

Planned - Stations Skipped

Eastbound trains skip Elmont-UBS Arena

May 17 - 19, Wed to Fri, 11:30 PM to 3:30 AM

Use the nearby Bellerose station instead.

What's happening?

Urgent track repairs

Posted: 05/16/2023 09:13 AM

Regarding a Northern Westchester - White Plains link, what I had in mind was to have a proposed 15 be the bus that consolidates parts of the existing 10, 15, 17, and 77 together. 

The route would begin at Peekskill RR Station, then operate along the existing 17 to Cortlandt Town Center, then follow the 15 to Underhill Ave & Saw Mill River Road (NYS 118), then take Underhill to the Taconic State Parkway. From there it would run express via the Taconic to WMC, then serve WCC, and from there maybe take the existing 15 route to/from White Plains. Or it can do an express version of the proposed 104 in the first draft, basically to Valhalla RR Station, then express via the Bronx River Parkway to White Plains (if permissible). 

I think a runtime for such a route can be done in less than 90 minutes, so it can run hourly during off peak hours with a cycle time of 3 hours. During rush hours it would run every 30 minutes. I would run it daily. 

Based on the original plan, I would use whatever resources they're spending on the 104 to run the combined route (I would call that the 15, because it resembles the 15 the most). I don't remember how many buses they needed for the 104 but it definitely was more than three. 

Such a route would cover most existing 17 riders, 15 riders up in Northern Westchester, and the 77 as well. Also FWIW, for route 10 riders White Plains might be a more convenient connection (and might save them both time and money). In the process, also being much more frequent than any of them. 

NICE changes starting May 28th

https://www.nicebus.com/Passenger-Information/Now

Notable Changes 

n6X - Stop Reductions

• 179th Street  Station Stop will now only be served by Hempstead-bound buses; Jamaica-bound buses will run express to 169th Street  station instead
• The Hempstead-bound stop at Hillside Avenue & Francis Lewis Boulevard will be discontinued

n22X - Trips Eliminated and Many Trips Truncated to/from Roosevelt Field Mall

• The 5:30 AM, 2:09 PM and 2:35 PM trips from Hicksville will be discontinued
• The 6:48 AM, 3:45 PM, and 4:15 PM trips from Jamaica will be discontinued
• The 6:44 AM, 7:47 AM and 3:00 PM trips from Hicksville will now start at Roosevelt Field Mall 
• The 8:15 AM, 9:15 AM, and 6:45 PM trips from Jamaica will now end at Roosevelt Field Mall
• ~45 to 60 minutes headways in the AM between Hicksville and RFM from 7:06 AM (WB) and 7:57 AM (EB)

n75 - Pilot program Appears to End

• No notice of a temporary suspension, like the n16X suspension notice (for the summer) 

n88/n88X - Route Relabeled

• The n88 will be labeled as n88X
• Trips to/from Hempstead return on weekends, making no stops between HTC and Freeport LIRR

Haven't seen DeKalb in a while:

Some Reroutes

Some southbound:

trains run via from Canal St to DeKalb Av.

trains run via from Broadway-Lafayette St to Coney Island-Stillwell Av.

Southbound and trains are delayed due to a signal malfunction near DeKalb Av.

Additional Service Changes:

Some southbound trains run via the line from DeKalb Av to 36 St then via the to Coney Island-Stillwell Av.

Posted: 05/11/2023 08:21 PM

22 hours ago, xD4nn said:

Equipment is randomly rotated on trains. No train has a set amount of cars. The only time when a train has a set amount of cars is when capacity is exceeded on a regular basis.

Which is why I said "at some point". 

1 hour ago, Calvin said:

Starting May 22nd, Monday: On the LIRR Atlantic Terminal branch, some trains will have another train behind as one will be making only its one stop to or from their said terminal while another train will make the stop at East New York and Nostrand Av. The West Hempstead branch remains the same and the peak trip on the Hempstead and select peak trips on Babylon to and from Freeport. 

https://new.mta.info/document/110546

So basically, they cut the service to/from Brooklyn to every 30 minutes, like it used to be, LOL. Knowing them, at some point they might end up having two 10-car sets for the bunched up trains , and then have an 8-car train for the interval with only one train. 

They've seemed to have done relatively few changes, and in some cases made things worse. 

So they expanded the Peekskill area microtransit to Verplank and Buchanan, while maintaining the 14 out of that area like in the previous draft. In the White Plains area, they've appeared to combine the eastern portion of the 104 with the their suggested proposed 14 (Grasslands to Peekskill). 

Now in this new draft, they extended the 15 from Yorktown Heights to Katonah, which I guess is somewhat better than what it was previously (but that's not saying much). They still don't have any fixed route directly serving Hudson Valley Hospital. 

In the process of all that, they're cutting the 19 between Katonah and Chappaqua, when they co-existed together in the previous draft. Seemingly for the sake of further justifying the microtransit zone in that area. 

The only other major route changes that stand out, is that route 53 was changed in this updated plan. The 101 will also now connect to the Nereid Avenue subway station and will not go up to 241st Street. 

Service wise I see that it's more or less the same, with some changes like the 20 no longer having a service cut in the evening (it will apparently have the same span it currently has more or less).

Personally I think they dropped the ball here, especially with Northern Westchester. They went too far with straight up eliminating routes and just leaving them with microtransit zones. It's one thing to add a microtransit zone to complement a service area, it's a whole nother thing to replace a bunch of routes with them. The current way they're attempting to place and justify their microtransit zones I'm not onboard with. 

On 4/29/2023 at 10:51 PM, QM1to6Ave said:

I just had that same damn experience with an Exp farebox killing my brand-new Metrocard, which had a full 7-day Exp bus pass loaded onto it. An S/A once told me that the bus fareboxes, especially if you take exp buses everyday, kills Metrocards. I know OMNY has a lot of gltiches, but I would like to finally try out an OMNY card with an unlimited EXP bus pass on it, if they ever bother to make that option available.

Yeah, I've been having this same issue  for a hot minute now. Sometimes as we're boarding, the person in front of me will dip and the machine will take like close to 10 seconds before it spots the card out, and then I put mine in and then two seconds later spits it out with a "READ ERROR". 

I think many B/Os already know and they'll just tell you that's it's alright, but some will tell you to try again, or even feel some type of way after several tries (they do let me on though). Like what am I supposed to do?

On the flip side, the card works normally whenever I swipe at the subway turnstiles. 

The QBL is back at it again. I knew something like this was coming since yesterday and earlier this morning, the trains were taking longer through 36 Street than usual.

Trains Rerouted

Major delays.

Limited in Manhattan and Queens.

No between Delancey St-Essex St and Forest Hills-71 Av.

Take , LIRR or local buses.

What's Happening?

We're addressing a network communications problem near 36 St.

Detailed Service Changes

To alleviate congestion between Manhattan and Queens, the following service changes are in effect:

trains are running between Middle Village-Metropolitan Av and Chambers St in both directions.

There are no trains running between Forest Hills-71 Av and Delancey St-Essex St in both directions.

Some northbound trains are running on the line from Bergen St to Court Sq-23 St, then along the line to Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av. Listen for onboard announcements to hear if your train will be rerouted.

Alternatives

LIRR will cross-honor MetroCard holders at no additional cost between:

Penn Station and Jamaica

Grand Central Madison and Jamaica

Take Q60 buses between Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport and Grand Av-Newtown. These buses connect to service at 46 St-Bliss St and Queensboro Plaza.

Posted: 04/28/2023 09:22 AM

8 hours ago, Calvin said:

From what was mentioned from the list, there are more but they are not LGA buses. To add, these units were spotted without the trackers, JFK and BP NG units: 3964, 3982, 4185, 4188, 4202, 4210, 4216, 4231, 4233, 4239, 4527, 4528, 4601, 4625 and 4626 are included. The Jamaica Av strip is common to find units that's account to the bus schedule but not online to arrival at stops.

Express units are also included to be at the depot without one: 3274 and 3439. 

I'll believe it when I see it. I take the Q47  a lot and the Q29 as well so I see this play out pretty often, which has been the case for a hot minute now (and pretty recently too). I report virtually all of them when I see it too, so I know what I'm saying when it comes to these broken/inaccurate trackers. Some of them stop working mid route, and never are seen again on bustime. 

17 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

The ones they got directly from The Bronx are online. In fact, almost all their hybrids have their trackers online on BusTime (Save for 12 units that came from Manhattan and Brooklyn: 4266, 4270, 4355, 4442, 4514, 4531-32, 4571, 4599, 4604, and 4630).

It definitely seems like a lot more than those, there's been other buses that I've seen without the trackers, or trackers that malfunction and/or are spotty. Perhaps some of those may have been fixed since then, but that's still way too many buses without working trackers. With how infrequent off-peak service is on a number of LGA lines coupled with the lack of communication whenever runs are not filled, who knows what the actual case is. 

3 hours ago, xD4nn said:

Some of the 2022 LFS have been pulled from service resulting in loans from other depots.

1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

CS has some white and blue LFS’s, Jamaica has some blue and white XD40s from Brooklyn along with some of Quills XD40s and QV has LFS’s from The Bronx.

Interesting, gonna have to see it for myself whenever I get the chance. I did see a massive gap on the Q88 earlier on bustime.

Thankfully I don't have to deal with any of those routes on a daily basis, or else that would just make things bonkers. Unfortunately in my part of the borough there's too many ghost buses, it seems that LGA hasn't properly set up the trackers on the Orion VII NGs they got from other areas (mainly The Bronx). 

3 hours ago, xD4nn said:

Queens division is having a field day right now.

Care to elaborate?

The NYC Half Marathon was held last month, creating a large set of detours between Midtown and the Upper East Side. The route takes 42nd Street & 7th Avenue through Midtown, which makes through service impossible. As a result, everything east of 8th Avenue was rerouted onto 9th/10th Avenues between 34th & 81st Streets. Buses took the 79th Street Transverse to/from the east side. Makes for a bunch of unique sightings. The Q32 is typically rerouted via 65/66th Streets through Central Park, but to my surprise it was routed up to 79th Street (into 81st Street). Below is footage from that day.

2019 New Flyer XD60 6215 on the M103 at Amsterdam Avenue & West 80th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2017 New Flyer XD60 6098 on the M15 SBS at State Street & Peter Minuit Plaza by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2009 Orion VII NG Hybrid 4688 on the Q32 at West 81st Street & Central Park West by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5264 on the M102 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2009 Orion VII NG Hybrid 4688 on the Q32 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2022 Nova Bus LFS 8811 on the Q32 at Columbus Avenue & West 81st Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5871 on the M15 Local at Columbus Avenue & West 81st Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5978 on the M15 Local at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5331 on the M15 Local at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2021 Prevost X3-45 Commuter Coach 1459 on the BxM3 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2021 Prevost X3-45 Commuter Coach 1396 on the BxM7 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2017 New Flyer XD60 6057 on the M103 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2011 Nova Bus LFSA 5834 on the M101 LIMITED at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5926 on the M101 LIMITED at Columbus Avenue & West 80th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2015 New Flyer XD40 7366 on the Q32 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2015 New Flyer XD40 7375 on the Q32 at West 81st Street & Columbus Avenue by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5904 on the M101 at Amsterdam Avenue & West 79th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2018 New Flyer XD60 6163 on the M15 SBS at Amsterdam Avenue & West 79th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2017 New Flyer XD60 6079 on the M103 at Amsterdam Avenue & West 79th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5914 on the M15 Local at Amsterdam Avenue & West 77th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2022 Nova Bus LFS 8811 on the Q32 at Amsterdam Avenue & Broadway by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2022 New Flyer XDE40 9467 on the M1 at Amsterdam Avenue & West 70th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2019 New Flyer XD60 6199 on the M102 at 10th Avenue & 52nd Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

2012 Nova Bus LFSA 5264 on the M101 LIMITED at 10th Avenue & West 57th Street by BM5 Photos 2022-2023, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing!

https://transbridgelines.com/trans-bridge-lines-to-begin-reservations-april-3

Trans-Bridge will start moving to a reservation only system starting April 3rd, when all riders on the Doylestown/Flemington route will be required to book reservations for the specific bus which they seek to board. Under the current system, riders can buy a mobile ticket or through an NJT ticket window at PABT. The tickets are valid can be used on any one bus at any time within 6 months of purchase. 

New Reservation System

With the new system, riders would have to buy an online reservation for the exact date and time to guarantee a spot on the bus. If plans change, you have a certain amount of time to change your reservation to a later date. The time limit is 30 minutes before bus departure for one-way and round-trip tickets, and 16 hours for commuter passes. Otherwise, the reservation becomes null and void and you lose your money. 

If you fall under any of the following:

• Have a reservation for a different (later) trip
• Do not have any reservation and want to buy a ticket for the next bus out
• Have a ticket bought from an NJT ticket window
• Intend on paying with cash

You will be classified as a standby rider. Standby riders will not be allowed on the bus until every rider with a reservation is let on first, and then let on if space is available, starting at five minutes from departure time. This means that a person with a reservation could potentially lose out on a seat if they are running late and make it just in time for departure, so all riders with reservation need to get to the stop at least five minutes from departure. 

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While the new reservation system will be in place on the Doylestown route for now, it will expand to the Clinton/Allentown route, Newark Airport service, and Wall Street service in the eventual future. 

Thoughts on this? 

Ironically enough regarding this whole situation, they're discontinuing commuter service and eliminating all these lines on Good Friday. Oops!

The only thing I can see NJT doing route-wise without actually extending or creating new routes for now, is to gut the boarding restrictions through Nutley and Lyndhurst on the 192/199 and adding stops along the way. Otherwise, you'd be left with a situation where some sections in those areas get only off-peak service not no peak direction service. That would also mean that the 199 would effectively be a 192, eliminating the need for that number. 

3 hours ago, GojiMet86 said:

For those keeping track of the new shuttle designations, there is a J90 (J shuttle from Crescent to Jamaica-Van Wyck) now trackable on BusTime, now joining the J99, L90, L92, and Q93.

Also, Q92 is the late night shuttle in Manhattan between Times Square and Hudson Yards. 

5 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

You can use the crews from the  that aren’t working due to the suspension of service from Church Ave to Coney Island. The  or  would need only three additional trains to maintain service on Nassau-Bway and extend into Brooklyn at 9th Ave.

This makes even less sense. Who does this help exactly? There's no connection to the most impacted stations (18th Avenue to Kings Highway), where the closest train stations are either a long walk or a bus ride away. Just run the local and call it a day. No need to complicate things for no apparent reason.

Also I have my doubts that only three extra trains would be needed, that sounds very, very tight, especially for the . Again, neither has any business going down there to begin with.

4 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I would rather they extend the  or  to cover 4th Ave local then inconvenience people who have places they need to be.

Well the same thing could be said for  riders on the Culver Line, and I'd argue that even with the local, they'd be spending even more additional time. That's the case with all these G.O's, someone's going to be inconvenienced. Otherwise we'd be in an even worse situation with even more track and signal problems left and right. 

The additional mileage incurred, trains and crews needed to extend the  out to Coney Island just isn't practical given that the  is already there. Neither  or have any business being that far out there for the sake of providing connections within Brooklyn (especially southern Brooklyn). 

40 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why do they force  riders to have an additional 8 minute trip to run 4th Avenue local to accommodate Culver signal work??

The  is generally the closest subway line to the in Southern Brooklyn. It's done that way so you can transfer at 9th Street - 4th Avenue if you need the  or . The other options don't provide you those same transfer opportunities.

The  to the  transfer at Atlantic is just not practical (and the next transfer opportunity to the 6th Avenue line is 34th Street), and it doesn't connect to the . It's the best possible option given the circumstances. You can reroute the  via Sea Beach and  via West End, but then you'd create more problems.

1 hour ago, IAlam said:

*Chicken*

So this was found on an express bus today

^^^With the price of eggs maybe they can start selling them on the side. That'll start patching up a little bit of their deficit.