MTA Dude

Doesn't the B37 do almost exactly the same thing as the ? And the B25 for the except for a short segment in Dumbo? I think the difference between McDonald Ave and Broadway is that the has very low ridership south of Church Ave and makes all local stops at all times. Broadway has the running skip stop during rush hours and express west of Myrtle in the peak direction, so it's not very good at continuous Broadway service. I would assign the B39 that role instead of merging it with the B32 and B24.

Here's a map of what I would do for the Queens bus redesign. It's not finished yet (so no labels) but hopefully it's enough to understand the details of each route. I recommend downloading the PDF since Google Drive's PDF viewer isn't that good IMO. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O2S3c3NDRbgXfH_oRwAFfIbeSaDuKxXl/view?usp=sharing A few notes: The B62 isn't shown on the map but I would keep it the same as it is now north of Williamsburg, I didn't just leave Jackson Ave with no bus service. I have the Q11 going to Forest Hills and the Q21 going to Elmhurst No, that is not the Q49 merged with the B57 Q52 still exists with its current day service pattern Flushing, Jamaica, and Rego Park are left blank, and that's because I still need to make separate insets for them. I'll list the routes that go through these hubs; routes not listed terminate within the hub. In Jamaica I want Archer Ave to be a full busway between Merrick and Sutphin, instead of what we currently have with Jamaica Ave. All routes except the Q56 currently on Jamaica Ave should be moved to this new busway. Flushing: Q12 - Northern to Kissena Blvds Q17 - Sanford Ave to Linden Pl / College Point Q19 - straight across Roosevelt as proposed by the MTA Q20 - Main St to Mitchell Gardens Q25 - Kissena Blvd to Union St Q27 - 46 Av to College Point Blvd Q44 - Main St to Linden Pl / Whitestone Expy Q50 - GCP from LGA, makes a loop around Main, 39 Av, and Prince, then follows Q44 to the Bronx Jamaica: Q6 - Hillside to Sutphin via Archer Ave, similar to what's proposed by the MTA Q9 - Utopia Pkwy to 130th St Q24 - merged with the Q42 Q43 - merged with the Q40 running along Hillside Ave Q65 - extended past its current terminal to serve Tuskegee Airmen Way and the projects on 160th St Q110 - Jamaica Ave to Liberty Ave as proposed by the MTA Rego Park: Q38 - Eliot Ave to 99th St / northern part of current Q23 Q53 - same as current day Q57 - express "SBS" version of Q58, HHE to Eliot Ave Q59 - takes over the current Q38 to 108th St Q60 - across Queens Blvd And here's the biggest changes to the Rockaways (taken from an older version of the map I made 2 years ago when the redesign was first released): https://i.imgur.com/0OJpf2c.png I'm probably the least confident with what I did with Maspeth. I thought I was doing something by moving the Q67 onto the LIE, but that only produces a significant time savings outside of rush hours when there isn't traffic. The Q18 was added at the last minute because I wanted to maintain access to industrial Maspeth from 69th St, but now I'm probably just overserving that area. And I just don't know what to do with the northern part of the Q103 or southern part of the Q38, since the Q67 is the only one in the area that match their frequencies and I don't like having them as standalone routes.

You could do that with a Lefferts Blvd - Union Tpke route that crosses Queens Blvd like this and it would make much more sense than the Q10/64 combo they're proposing.

There's not a lot of ridership between Cambria Heights and Flushing as it is, and the QT73 doesn't serve that portion effectively anyway. For the few that do need it though, it would be a two seat ride, whether from the QT71 or QT73. Actually yeah, I might be overserving northern College Point with my proposal. I have it running from Kew Gardens and going down 71st Ave, but are buses too tall for the LIRR bridge there? Is that why they have it running on Ascan? Also, what's the deal with the private neighborhood there? I think it would be better than the current Q53 running along Broadway and Roosevelt Ave. Unless you don't think the Q53 to Woodside should exist at all, but people were complaining about losing that connection. Actually yeah I definitely agree with this. I saw the MTA's proposal as butchering the Q42 and attaching it to the Q65. The latter I'm leaning towards in favor of, especially now that the QT65 has been relegated to a coverage route, but why completely butcher the Q42? Tbh I have no idea how to best serve Old Howard and Hamilton Beach. Currently, each Q11 branch runs every hour, but most Q11s short turn on Cross Bay Blvd. Are most riders there trying to head up Woodhaven Blvd, or somewhere else? As for service between Crescent and Rockaway Blvd , I thought the MTA had a good reason for proposing it (under-subway bus coverage?) but guess not.

Hey everyone, I've come back from my 5 year slumber to present my version of the redesign. https://app.podaris.com/projects/Yuj4C4c57sLWPDBLc/engage I renamed all the routes so they matched the current-day routes as much as possible. Unfortunately, the viewing interface isn't that great, you can't click on routes to see them in detail and I had to put all of the routes into 5 groups. The best way to view it is to make an account and clone the project. In the Planning mode, on the right side click on the layers tab (the two squares stacked on top of each other) and from there you can toggle the visibility of each individual route. I wrote my detailed thoughts about each route on the map, but here are the major changes: Flushing / Northeast Queens: Francis Lewis Blvd south of the LIE is surrounded by the park, and north of the LIE there's the QT31, QT15, and QT17, which means that extending the QT73 to Flushing brings nothing new to the table. Instead, I have the QT64 running to Flushing via Sanford since the QT49 already covers the northern part of Utopia Pkwy, and giving it a strong northern anchor makes it easier to justify a much needed headway increase. Since the QT64 goes to Flushing, I would have the QT30 run via 164th St and 162nd St to Sanford before dashing to Flushing to cover the vast majority of Q65 riders heading to Flushing. I extended the QT86 up 130th St and 127th St up to 6th Ave to help out the QT15. QT48, QT49, and QT51 should run all day. Not sure if Willets Point Blvd ridership is high enough to justify a purple route. I turned it into a green route and extended it down with the QT16 to Holly Ave, helping out along the busiest section of that route. Instead of having the QT65 go to Beechhurst, it should run to industrial College Point along the proposed QT64 route so that those Q65 riders still have access while bypassing Flushing. Not sure how important it is to have a direct connection to College Point shopping center from Flushing is, but if it is, I'd have the QT64 run up there via Linden and Whitestone Expy. Split the QT81, obviously. QT50 should run straight to LGA from Flushing. Forest Hills / Kew Gardens: Too many routes swinging across between Forest Hills and Kew Gardens. 108th St route should be separate. QT86 should terminate at Kew Gardens QT87 absolutely cannot replace any portion of Jewel Ave service with those headways. It should go through Kew Gardens, it's faster anyway. I think a combination between the Q10 and the Q46 might work, since for how major of a corridor Lefferts Blvd is, it's actually pretty isolated from points east of the Van Wyck Expressway. Not really sure about south Forest Hills. How many Q23 riders would be covered by the new Yellowstone route? What is left for the three stops along Continental? If the answer to that last question is "not much", then I would continue having the QT87 serving that portion, and run the Q64 Jewel Ave route down Yellowstone Blvd to Glendale. And even then the Q64 might have to be one of the few routes that need short turns. If the two branches have about equal ridership, I would have both branches run up Jewel Ave and truncate the QT87 to Kew Gardens. Elmhurst / Jackson Heights: Probably gonna be my most controversial suggestion, but here goes. Q53 riders complained about losing access to Broadway, Jackson Heights, and Woodside. Someone from Woodside complained about how it would take three buses to get to Woodhaven Blvd. On the other hand, Broadway and Jackson Heights are incredibly congested and make the Q53 unreliable. My solution is to run the Q53 up via 90th/92nd St and Hampton St, which are kiiiiinda close to Broadway but much less congested. And at that point you might as well just take over the rest of the QT10 route. That would also give any point along Roosevelt Ave an easy 2-seat ride to Woodhaven Blvd and the Rockaways. For the QT82, Q29 riders complained that they now have to backtrack to get to the 7 train. I would have the northern portion run along Eliot Ave to Ridgewood. For the southern portion, the Q29 section feels a bit short, and they got rid of the Q47 along 80th St without any replacement. I would have the Q29 continue up 80th St, turn onto 57th Ave, and then run to Jackson Heights via Broadway. Everyone hates the QT74, just bring back the Q49. LIC / Astoria / Maspeth: There's no need for two routes on Steinway St. Get rid of the QT2. The QT1 should continue up the Q100 route and end at the Q101 terminal. If the QT76 has to swing over to 21st like that, do it via Ditmars Blvd for the and connection. The QT75 sucks, bring back the Q39. The northern portion of the QT80 should be merged with the southern portion of the QT78. It'll be similar to the current Q18, but it runs on 65th Pl north of the LIE and 69th St south of it. The southern portion of the QT80 will be the Q39. I would have the QT77 run nonstop between Maurice Ave and Van Dam St via the LIE, run down 69th St, and then replace the southern branch of the Q38 via Juniper Valley Rd, Furmanville Ave, and 63rd Drive. Industrial Maspeth will be handled by the Q39 alone. My BQ24 is an awkward attempt at filling the gaps in service, covering Roosevelt Island, 36th Ave, 48th St, and the southern branch of the B24. Jamaica / SE Queens: QT33, QT38, and QT39 should not be considered dash routes for running between 188th St and 179th St. There's no reason the QT68 (Q3) should be switching with the QT39 (Q83) to go up Liberty Blvd instead continuing up Farmers Blvd, especially since it goes back up to Hillside Ave immediately afterward anyway. And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Liberty Ave pretty heavily used? Not a good idea to connect it with a coverage route along Farmers Blvd. QT41 should be covering all of 120th Ave like the Q84 does now. What does sending the QT73 over there accomplish? QT65 should run via Liberty Ave, 173rd St, 174th St, and Sayres Ave to the current Q42 terminal to cover more of St. Albans. QT88 This abomination of a route deserves its own section. The QT83 should serve Lindenwood and Howard Beach. The eastern branch should replace the QT62 on Liberty Ave. The QT62 should run via Sutter and Pitkin Aves like the current Q7. Anyway, my username sucks, can I change it or something lol

Please, just leave the alone.

I'm not saying that Christians are stupid. I'm saying that these particular Christians are being annoying and not using thier brains. Police were involved. There was a Q65 that turned onto the bus stop when the parade suddenly appeared. The police was like, nope! You're not going till these people are out (which took like 10 minutes).

Where is the money and the demand?

Where is this? BTW I saw an R188 with broken rollsigns. CORONA WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Kissena Blvd was a COMPLETE MESS this afternoon. Some stupid Christans think they can just gather up to do a parade and clog up buses and important streets. 7 buses bunched up. Neither the dispatcher or the B/Os knew what to do. Took me one hour to get home from Main St to Melbourne Av when it should've took 15-20 minutes.

I don't get it.

Meet some Hunter kids who live in Queens. My classmate is one of them. He got in and entering next year.

LOL! Wait, I am sniffing a hint of foam.

Lol, hope you had a nice trip (sarcasm).

Oh... wow. How lame.

So what does it stand for?

Nope. Still wrong info. Last week it said trains running local and trains only, both were running express.

I'm still trying to figure out what C/R stands for. Conductor... railer. ^Lol, epic fail.

Actually, yesterday I saw what happened. MORE GODDAMN WRONG INFORMATION! The actually ran local with the .

LOL! That R212 Discussion is literally dead. I have no idea somebody made it that early anyway. Now how they are calling it all different names but almost identical, I have no idea.

Very nice explanation! I can never do this well!

LOL! I think I had her on the Q64. "Kissena Blvd next. Please make sure you take your handbags, bookbags, and shopping bags. Have a wonderful day."

Please explain why only the is running local and not the . Or is the giving out more wrong information?

They'd better fix those tracks at Bay Ridge! I want those R160s to stay.

I heard it was on 125th St-2nd Av.