lupojohn

No, its just getting your attention...

Correct. It's most likely not going back to Chambers anymore.

Regarding the above comments, i'll just say that sending the in place of the when it doesn't run is not a bad idea(weekends, maybe late night).

Here is the most recent article about the . The author is a board member of the Riders' Alliance:

http://www.secondavenuesagas.com/2013/01/29/the-g-trains-chicken-and-egg-problem/

I think there are 3 key points here:

An out of system transfer to the and to Atlantic-Barclays could increase ridership if these folks know they had an easier way to connect to these lines. It's something that the could explore.

A crowded train is defined as every seat taken and a quarter of the train standing. Well, some people put their packages on seats and since the uses a fleet with two-seaters, does that mean the considers a seat with a package as taken? If so, that's illogical and they need to seriously overhaul this definition of a crowded train.

The reason for low ridership is because, as the article says, they avoid the because it doesn't run very often(which is true), waits are too long(definitely true. I know this firsthand) and that the is always crowded(only point in the article that is not true). They can run more trains and cut wait times. 

Simply put, I don't see the hesitation in at least experimenting with enhanced service. As I mentioned, run it in place of the when the isn't running and maybe follow the points I and the article points out and the low ridership that is pointed out in above comments may or may not change, but if we on't try this, we'll never know. It can't hurt any line and any commuter. A moving walkway at Court Square is not the answer(threw that in as a random thought).

I still don't understand why some heads want the anywhere on the Queens Blvd. The demand to/from Crosstown is extremely tiny. And then what? Delay the , and trains trying to come into/from the station at all costs?

From what I have read, it has to do with the whole stuff from 2010. A few years ago yes, but people were not happy. Essentially, they felt when the was cut and the was consolidated to take it's place, the was cut back and they felt it wasn't fair.

Send the to Queens Plaza. The shares the express track with the Forest Hills-bound. Move it to the local track with the , as they do when they share the local track southbound. Regarding tph and all that, you can figure out how to configure that stuff so the still has good service and the can terminate on the middle tracks.

I would like an R32 exterior rollsign:

21 St-Queensbridge

Queens

Coney Island

Brooklyn

6th Avenue

West End

Whitehall.

 

Where else?

Well, Lance said the can't handle Astoria to Coney Island itself, so I thought maybe CI, but its old route makes more sense, I guess.

When it comes to the MTA, you should know by now that nothing is definite. However, based on the fact that the N will not be able to handle Astoria on its own and that it would be quite wasteful to run double the amount of N trains between Ditmars and Stillwell, something has to replace the Q when it starts running to 96 St.

And the terminals?

No

Very well, but he says someone told him that. Who that person is, only he knows.

The present proposal has the Q running to the Upper East Side, later Harlem, the N as the Broadway express and the return of the W to help out the Astoria line. Using the T as a route now, all we'd be doing is shuffling the letters around.

I've heard rumblings about a return of the . Would this be a definite and if it returns, would it reprise going from Astoria-Ditmars Blvd to Whitehall Street or different terminals?

Just a quick question-

 

Why is that when I was stuck in the chaos of no Downtown trains, and stopped at Lexingition 59 St, I went into the uptown platform and found out that the Platform door was unlocked and I went inside. Just as I went in someone spoke behind me and scared me that I nearly fell into the track. He said what are you doing up here? I responded I was looking for the downtown , and he said that there was no and that's this platform was for an extension of the . I said what ? He said that this platform would be for the new service.

 

And this is my question:

Huh!?!?

There will be a new ?

What exactly is the point of the being re-routed to 125th? Does the not think the can handle the line on its own?

Good for you, now lets move on to the question without any further interruptions! Come on, John! You know better than this buddy! But good job with the trip(s)

 

Good night

There's no such things as interruptions on a Random Thoughts thread. Anything goes. When/if anyone has the answer to your question, they will respond because I don't know.

Been on the D via the N and then the N via the D for seven straight days.

Please help me reach Mr. Linsky . thank you. new member, Jim SHULMAN

If you're talking about Dennis Linsky, he's on Facebook. Message him there.

We got AT&T Sprint and Verizon here too and the lines are just fine.

I have 2 Sprint stores by me and there are never any lines. They have a $60 plan for the new iPhone and I might be able to pay $20 a month for 24 months. I don't deal with any other stores.

1020 on the Bx5. I know this is at GH and is in the 5's fleet, but this is the first time i've seen it on there.

There are always two artics on the Bx30 during rush hours, mostly during school days.

I saw a 3rd, but forgot the number.

5756 and 4763 were on the Bx30 today.

What was the number of that RTS on the M79?

8907 has also been quiet for the past days, hope that's still there.

It's back in Queens.

You'll want to keep this around then.

 

http://www.ttmg.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations_Depot_Roster

From? The Bx12 is a Gun Hill Depot route(split with KB during the summer) and 6193 is a Gun Hill Bus.

I didn't know that, so that's why I said it was from Gun Hill. We don't all have access to that type of information regarding what routes use what depots in the summer. Also, I should know about what the 12 uses more than almost everyone here since I live a few minutes from the line and pass it almost every day. I see what equipment it uses and never saw that on there before.

6193 was on loan from Gun Hill Depot to the Bx12 yesterday.

Would Mount Vernon be ideal for an express bus to Manhattan? (The BxM3 is currently one of only two express buses that serve Westchester, the other being the BxM4C)

Increase service on the BxM4C. I hardly see any and they use Bee-Line buses.

Why is everything lately on this thread about express buses, lol?

It isn't, and that's why there are plenty of Isham short turned buses serving just Inwood.... I guess you don't know about those...

Not the point and yes, I know all about those short-turn buses(I got a picture of one). My point was to have more buses on the 7 in the area where the 100 used to help it out AFTER the 100 got rerouted. There's no reason the 7 should have more jammed buses after 207th.