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The line would be better off with limited zone trips

Correct me if I'm wrong, Bombardier uses the same factory for NYC and Toronto so if Toronto cars are struggling so will NYC's. It's so bad in Toronto, they are now accepting cars, for just working. They stop checking if the aesthetics are done correctly which they are not.

where is a stop even at? I keep trying to find the stop on Google street view and I could never find it.

does anyone know is 1234 has original seating? I saw it on the Q44 today and I want to catch it.

Have you seen the Q44? There are always Xd40's on that line.

None really but if you were to make one of them a 24 hour service it would probably be the QM5

no doubt that Northern Blvd isn't getting the love it deserves, but arctics were tested (not in service), but the MTA concluded that it would be too difficult to turn the buses around.

potential the BXM7 it currently has the longest operating hours

its not designed to transport passengers from one terminal to the other. It there as a community loop bringing riders to their nearest subway station. Whether it be 63rd, Metropolitan, or Woodhaven

wouldn't the BXM18 be better off it if it took the FDR? Although it about the same travel time PM, the AM trip could save roughly 10-15 minutes

That would hurt the route more than help it. Although I agree that area sucks I'd be better of traveling down the vanwyck over 150th cause it would cause the northbound buses to have to completly loop around. It wouldn't match the number of buses being sent to each other. If you add the Q20 to JA it might be near even. The problem with the Q17 isn't that it need artics. When most short runs come from Flushing but the depo is on the other side of the the line it causes problems with bunching. The CS trippers travel far enough that they are technically almost doing a short run so it would be more efficient if it ran out of CS over JA. The Q27 is already really long, so IDk if that would be a good idea. I'm pretty sure the Q25/Q27/Q65 can't handle artics.

in that case what's the point of the N20G/H then

Geez i didn't realize the M35 was that bad. Never took it, never will but last year I did take the M60 and I was more people walking than on the X80.

X80 is a rip off tho

isn't the QM4 weekend ridership worse?

Riders do go all the way to the end and route is too short to cut it, I could see an extension to 188th st though to supplement the QM1 during rush hour and eliminate QM5 re route during off peak, it would get rid of the issue of B/O's skipping the QM1 portion of the line.

makes sense considering they are a newer model

Eh they don't have many years left anyways once the few remaining MCI's from staten Island are retired Bronx will get new buses.

I mean I've had express buses with A/C problems too usually out of CP but buses are usually not that bad compared to the subway

Luckily I didn't have much trouble getting on on the Q10 last Friday so you won't have to wait to long unless you are trying to get a pic on the Q111/113/114

Oops haha I didn't even realize I put CP yeah I know its CS that was a mistake thanks for the correcting But if CS give all it Jamica routes excluding the Q44 to Jamaica and the give the Q17 to CS I pretty sure it would be more efficient considering the short runs are from Flushing and not Jamaica

Take a look at the Q17 schedule wouldn't it be smarter for the Q17 to run out of CP and not Jamaica? Maybe they could CP could take the Q17 and give them the Q20 and Q31. (Q76 if needed)

Its was only a proposal as of now there are higher priority routes that need to be completed before we go to new routes. Here's just a few B46 - Upcoming next M14 - For shutdown M23 - For shutdown

Considering that the MTA want to add service to the BX10 shows that its a popular route so splitting wouldn't help