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I took a peak at the Far Rockaway ticket by trying to book a ticket from Penn to Far Rockaway. It looks like what I suspected is true it's geo-fenced to Far Rockaway. Next time I'm in Penn I'll try to see if I can buy it from there or the TVM's
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18 hours ago, SevenEleven said:
Don’t do this because if the operator now decides to swerve to avoid you and causes an accident or slams on the brakes and someone on the bus gets injured, it’s a whole another issue.
While I completely agree with you if you regularly deal with CP operators you’d understand why people do that. I can’t wait 40-90 minutes for the next bus because the OP doesn’t wanna pick me up. This is an issue with both local and express buses with drivers speeding through the route and the next one being extremely late.
I’ve gotten yelled at holding an early bus why 2 old lady were trying to get on. It was in the dead of winter late at night and super cold and the next bus was last 40 minutes away.
I’ve also need a B/O yell at another B/O for being 20 minutes late and making a huge gap.
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On 8/18/2023 at 6:00 PM, B35 via Church said:
NICE does it, yet again...
While not exactly good news for passengers, at least they're displaying the news on the destination signage that the fare's going up to $2.90... Noticed it the other day, when I was on the n25, as a Jamaica bound n22 passed by.... The whole sequence went like
n22 Jamaica
<next frame> new fare 8.20.23 <next frame> $2.90
Yeah, I noticed it for the last week or so they're doing a better job getting the word out IMO. I guess one of the few good things they're capable of is keeping their displays up to date.
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7 hours ago, B35 via Church said:
They still have buses going Jamaica-Hicksville on weekends.
There's nothing stopping them from at the very least labeling the route like they do with the n20. Even a n22J and n22H would be better than nothing.
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52 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said:
That's the problem. If you're making a round trip from Zone 1, you can't get it. Only if you start from Far Rockaway.
Makes it similar to the combo thickets but who knows I guess we’ll find out on Sunday
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1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said:
What I will say about NICE is despite having a smaller budget to work with they are trying to different things to somewhat improve the quality of service whether it’s changing up the destination signs to display rail connects, the mobile app and that new ride share service that is suppose to be a modern version of the N36. The MTA is slow to adopt new things but I’m glad the MTA gets enough funding so I’m not riding on hot buses all the time and the service is plentiful.
I wonder how the system would be if NICE received 25 million. They probably meant to purchase more artics but don’t have the funds to.While that may be true, NICE's constant shuffling of service basically drove off a lot of ridership as a bus/trip that you'd rely on now has almost no guarantee to exist after the next schedule change. It's very easy to lose ridership but it's extremely difficult to gain it back. Between the massive budget cuts from Nassau County and the constant changes made by NICE, you basically end up with a bunch of disgruntled riders. Those people put in the time, money, and effort to get their licenses and cars and once they make that investment, they're not looking back.
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On 8/17/2023 at 8:58 AM, Lex said:
It's both. They truncated them to Hicksville in favor of another Jamaica-Hicksville route, only to start trying to half-ass walking it back a few years later.
On 8/17/2023 at 9:38 AM, NewFlyer 230 said:The n24 took over n78/n79 service between Mineola and Hicksville reducing those two routes to a rush hour service. What is so crazy nowadays is the split NICE did for both the n22/n24 when in all honesty they should had left the n78/n79 alone.
16 hours ago, B35 via Church said:Nah, even back when the N78/N79 ran to Mineola, ridership from points east of Hicksville on both of those routes used to tank at Hicksville RR.... In turn, N78/79's along OCR were even emptier than the current eastern split of the n24 (as in, RFM - Hicksville) were.... Having the n24 go Jamaica - Hicksville was/is a far better use of resources than having N78's go Plainview - Mineola, and especially having N79's go South Huntington - Mineola....
Killing the span of the n78/n79 ultimately did that route pairing in.... Well, that, and the waning demand for Walt Whitman (n79).....
22 hours ago, Mtatransit said:Truncating the 78/79 to Hicksville was the right move
You had way too much duplication of service between Mineola and Roosevelt Field, and you had that very lightly used n24 RXR E Meadow Branch. Extending it to Hicksville was the better utilization of resources as well as provide one seat rides to people coming from western Nassau to the shopping areas around Old County Rd.
what made less sense is when they split the n24
Traffic aside the current configuration of having the split route is a mess. It's at least inconvenient and at worse extremely confusing. If NICE doesn't want to run the full route then they should disassociate it from the n22/24. they should just rebrand the eastern branches into something else. But what makes it worse for me is how the split is done. Yeah, there may have been a lot of routes going from Mineola to RFM, but having people make an additional transfer just to go a short distance is extremely inconvenient. From the west your only option into RFM is the n24 and your only option to Mineola from the east is the n22. Their bandaid to this was to add the second transfer but that only works if paying with cash or with a mobile ticket, which IMO makes the situation worse since as far as I'm aware a metrocard is still the main way of paying.
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On 8/16/2023 at 1:05 AM, checkmatechamp13 said:
Location-based...you can only purchase it if you're near the Far Rockaway station, which means anyone starting in the City Terminal Zone is screwed.
They could make is so if you want a return you have to buy it at Far Rockaway too, like like how they do with the combo tickets.
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On 8/17/2023 at 12:00 AM, Calvin said:
There will be an on-boarding difference when stepping into an Express bus. Both MCIs and Prevosts are getting the same treatment of receiving sliding door partitions by the operator side next to the farebox close to the first two rows of seats.
* Noticed one on the BxM11 today that was an MCI, unit 3427.
I've seen one on a CP unit it was a Prevost with the door and a glass panel in front of the first row. the driver closes the front with their door while on the highway.
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On 8/17/2023 at 12:52 AM, QM1to6Ave said:
I suspect darker intentions, mostly because I get the same few B/O's on different buses who magically always have the seats pushed up. Only one time have I actually seen a wheelchair passenger on board
I wouldn't rule that out either.
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12 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:
n20:
I knew at some point they would introduce an n20x route but I wonder what that would that mean for the n20H. Does anyone think the n20X should run all the way to Hicksville? I haven’t been on the n20H since 2021 so I don’t know how the ridership to Hicksville. I think there is too much service on Northern Blvd east of Great Neck with the n20H, n20X and n21.
It's not really being introduced, more like it's being introduced. The n20x (and n20L) is like NICE's version of the McRib.
For the most part, these changes seem to be good, but I'll hold my applause for them until the schedules come out. NICE still hasn't really fully solved the situation it created with the Queens to Hickville services. If it's really not interested in running through routes to Hicksville anymore they should change the route numbers. IIRC there used to be another route that did Mineola to Hicksville, I believe it was the N78 or N79 or something like that. Also s far as I'm aware you don't get the free additional transfer when you go from the n20G to the n20H anymore like they originally promised.0 -
On 8/15/2023 at 11:16 PM, BrooklynBus said:
They said you can still comment after the final plan is released. So t does that mean they will make additional changes after the final plan is released? If not, what is the purpose in making further comments?
Also based on the Bronx and Staten Island plans they can make adjustments after implementation. I can't imagine that it won't happen in this case, considering how many changes they want to make.
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On 8/15/2023 at 1:47 AM, QM1to6Ave said:
Ha, I posted the same question here a while ago but never got a response. I think this folded up wheelchair seat nonsense is another game the B/Os are playing because I've seen a grand total on 2 wheelchair riders since the Prevosts started running, and I never used to see this on the MCIs. Now I see it on both kinds of buses very frequently.
Even if the seats are properly spaced, sometimes the seat is flipped up and the B/O ties the seatbelt in such a way that it it is very difficult to release the seat down to sit on it. This nonsense drives me insane.
On 8/15/2023 at 6:53 PM, 7-express said:Yeah I'm thinking the seat belts are tied up in some crazy way that makes it difficult to move unless you got on your hands and knees. Something I'll have to try in the future just to spite them. CP bus drivers are really the worst. I'm not even sure why so many wheelchair seats are tied up unless they like sleeping on the floor in between runs or something.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if some B/Os forgot how to reset them too, it's not like they get used very often. At this point, I feel like you'd have better luck emailing Prevost how to move the seats than asking here.
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17 minutes ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:
There were plans of having the terminal be located at the parking lot at 168th, near the 103rd Precinct. Haven't heard much from an actual implementation since then.
I don't think I've even seen construction work for it yet.
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On 8/9/2023 at 8:49 AM, TDL said:
Any express bus would be longer than the existing subway or ferry. The Belt Parkway does not allow buses so the bus would have to either run via Flatbush Ave/Prospect Expressway from the Marine Parkway Bridge or run via. the Midtown Tunnel first. Not worth it, just stick with the ferry or the
The ferry is probably the fastest way into downtown, and to add to that, there is a free downtown shuttle that goes from the east to the west side of the Financial District.
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16 hours ago, Transit Enthusiast said:
I wonder what would happen to the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q36, Q76 and Q77 (and the NICE Routes) once the current 165th Street Terminal closes next month (supposedly). When the new Terminal is being built, where would the routes be terminating once the old terminal shutters? This situation in Jamaica is confusing, honestly, and could cause a traffic nightmare.
I guess we'll find out when it happens, I haven't heard of any plans yet.
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On 8/9/2023 at 10:50 PM, Lawrence St said:
{Video of SLE Announcments}
I wonder why they made it announce SLE at every station, also it's nice to see they finally updated the branding to say CTRail instead of Metro North.
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While it doesn't specify which lines are getting it my assumption would be Hartford, Danbury, and/or Waterbury lines. Also no mention of the power source, but at the very least I'd expect them to be diesel-powered.
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2 hours ago, N6 Limited said:
Yes, the Hillside portion was painfully slow. I took the bus from Jamaica, I probably should have walked to the Q110 instead.
I always felt like even with more stops Jamaica Av flows better than Hillside. Hillside is one of those corridors that suffers from its own popularity buses there get so busy it slows everything down.
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3 hours ago, MTA Dude said:
Yes, it'll run local from Floral Park all the way to Jamaica Center, which will take 8-11 min longer to get to Forest Hills and points west according to Google Maps. So the question is who deserves this 10 min reduction in travel time more, the 0.8 mile stretch of Hempstead Ave or the 2 mile stretch of Jamaica Ave/Jericho Tpke?
1 hour ago, checkmatechamp13 said:Keep in mind that the eastbound section of Jericho Turnpike also has the n24 available. (Westbound unfortunately it is drop-off only)
I was about to say why should the resources be for an express variant to 179 when the n24 already picks up on a decent portion of that stretch. That's pretty much the express variant. Though I do wonder if the 82 really needs to be an express route.
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1 hour ago, xD4nn said:
Proterra has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-firm-proterra-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2023-08-07/Welp another win for NF I guess. The bus situation in the US is getting worse and worse.
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15 hours ago, 7-express said:
It's still pretty bad this week with numerous cancelled runs as we're in the heart of summer and vacation season now. Pretty abysmal to have so many missing runs right as the fare is about to go up.
Dealing with missing trips and long trip times stuck in traffic, and drivers that constantly avoid picking up passengers I can't see myself being able to rely on them. Now that the peak city ticket is coming, I'm at this point where I'm probably giving up on using the express bus unless I absolutely need it. I guess the MTA won, no more express buses for me.
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51 minutes ago, SoSpectacular said:
Bus can't be pulled out from the depot if the A/C isnt working, but IF it does happen to break down/cease functioning mid-tour it's not considered a safety-sensitive defect...
That is a huge safety issue, maybe on local buses you can somewhat mitigate that with open windows but on express buses that's not even possible. I've heard of instances of people throwing up on some hot express buses. Working A/C is essential in this day and age especially with summer getting hotter every year.
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Queens Bus Redesign Discussion Thread
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Adding on the Q17/27 also has greater frequencies than the Q25/65 which is sorely needed in the north.
Q31 seems like another throwaway route to fill in the missing gaps though I do like that there is another north-south option that doesn't traverse through Flushing. It would make more sense to have that route coming from 162/164th St but that would come at the cost of the Q65 no longer serving Flushing and that was a major issue in the original draft.
It made no sense to have the Q44 be the only Flushing to Jamaica LIRR route, the curtailing for the Q20 shows that the MTA doesn't know what people in that area are using it for. Honestly, it makes more sense to have the Q20 be the route going east of the LIRR than the Q44, I can't imagine most of the people getting on at Jamaica Center and Merrik are going to the Bronx.
The Q25 really needs to go back to Jamaica LIRR, the way they want it to be a Limited route, yet a local version of multiple rush corridors, and not even provide a service increase. That route is doing way too much for almost no benefit for the people it's expected to serve.