Kingjunior34

What’s up with bus drivers driving so slow, waiting at lights and empty bus stops.

like I Know y’all trying to stay on schedule but people have places to be . 

So when is the B46 going to receive its artics, most of the stops have been converted already. And the B46 needs them more than any of these routes 

3 hours ago, JeremiahC99 said:

They could also end up getting LFS Buses from Tuskegee Airmen Depot as well once they get their XD60s from MTA Bus. I attached a spreadsheet below that shows the potential assignments of the fleet to make service:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_B8Hu1hRaZ4hjToejxvy-FDPlBGSxEn3k_sW1-Vfc64

Note that it may be somewhat inaccurate due to not taking into account buses lost in accidents, buses not ordered yet, etc.

So is East New York isn’t getting Artics ?

What will the rockaway parkway redesign look like ? What new features, new bus terminals? Like what the plan for this project 

33 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

1) The B103 wasn't always the way it currently is. For the most part, people are not riding from end to end, so the indirect part doesn't really hold. Nowadays, it just does a lot, but there are specific groups of people riding, the Flatbush/Flatbush-Canarsie group being the biggest one. There is also those who take the route from Flatbush into Downtown Brooklyn (although there's more SB ridership than NB). 

2/5)Previously, the B103 had the LIMITED designation, but ran weekdays only, non-stop from Downtown Brooklyn to Kensington. IIRC, it also had pick-up only and drop-off only segments, which made it an intraborough express route. There were portions of the day (middays for the most part) when service ran hourly. This bus was never meant for riders to connect to the subway, as it was more for workers in Downtown Brooklyn. Obviously, all the restrictions have been removed, and the bus also makes more stops. Few pieces of the old B103 service pattern remain, with the lack of a direct connection to the  being one. 

3) It is a high frequency route because it serves many areas which are more transit dependent. Except for several sections of Canarsie where the B103 runs, most people heavily utilize mass transit in the Flatbush-Canarsie section. IDK if Spring Creek can hold artic buses, but for the mean time, it'll have to do with what they have. The C40LF's can only go so many places, and there aren't enough CNG artics to just transfer to SC. Maybe when the C40s get replaced, we might see something, but that's still years up ahead. 

 

 

So why don’t they fix it ? 

Topic - B103

1. Why is this route so indirect going a very long And bendy route 

2. Why is there only limited and no local service, was it always like this ?

3. Why is this line one of the highest frequency lines in Brooklyn? Why wasn’t it ever considered to be come an articulated route ?

4. Is this line ever going to to considered for select bus service?

5. Why is the placement of stops so weird for not stopping  in front the Q station at cortelyou rd

6. Why is the 103 just so weird 

6 hours ago, Far rockaway said:

 train shuttle buses was a disaster. Buses stuck in traffic for like more than an 1 hour leaving Manhattan stretching from Lafayatte street to Essex street. Insane. 

Yes omg. It was a nightmare

B81

ENY Depot

Broadway Junction or any north Brooklyn/Queens terminal to Downtown Brooklyn via Eastern Parkway Full Length from Broadway to grand army plaza.

would that route ever work ? 

39 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

They should be on the Bx12 more often...lots of kids farebeat during the school time.

They don’t give kids fines they are kids .. kids farebeat on every route, most they can do is tell them to use your school metro card to get a ticket

5 hours ago, Brillant93 said:

I'm not sure enough to answer that but from what said on here it looks like it maybe the cause. The B46 couldn't fit them for layover and they always have been evaluated over and over to accommodate artics. Personally in my opinion they probably just need to push the last stop further up on broadway like ending at Myrtle avenue. But thats for another thread to discuss at. 

I always thought it should terminate at myrtle and Broadway 

4 hours ago, Brillant93 said:

Not sure what you mean. Like routes that doesn’t have high ridership but is articulated? 

Yeah 

7 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

Ulmer Park: B6

ENY: B15, B82

GA: B38, Q58 (GA is artic ready). 

FP:  No clue. 

Gleason and Flatbush. Routes are self explanatory. 

Yeah we all know those routes but like other side routes like how queens,Bronx,Manhattan have thier side routes that’s not a main route but is still articulated 

Off topic but when most Brooklyn depots like Eny ,Grand , Jackie Gleason*, Flatbush*, (fresh pond and ulmer park if they are becoming  Arctic depots ) are more Brooklyn routes going to become articulated ? if so which routes would use artics  

Just seen new cummo wrap xd40 7560 on the B17 ENY

Since when b17 from utica ends at rockaway parkway station  ?

These buses don’t come on time . Just I had wait like 15-20 min for 82sbs after I missed one at flatlands and 81st and it wen it came it was packed. It seems to me the Bensonhurst bound buses is the am peak direction ,because there are way more buses in the that direction 

2 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

Now.. that's crazy.

Right now it is early to tell if the goofed on this 82SBS. However, from what I'm reading right now is that it is a total mess. NO SBS should be running with 10 minute headways during the PEAK rush. That's no way to be running an SBS. If that were the case, keep the LTD and expand headways along with the bus lanes.

Also, some of those riders are looking for Coney Island bound service and not Bay 37th Street

Thank you . It’s sbs buses are supposed to come back to back especially since they running 40 footers 

and we need weekends service as well . I don’t understand the b82 sbs is getting the under treatment as if it’s not a major line . Honestly I believe this all because of the postponement. 

Don’t you think 9min in the am is kinda long for a sbs bus when the 6 limited comes in 3-4 mins and pm 10 min when the 6 limited comes in like every 3-4 min in bunches as well. The 6 is being used extra because people don’t know about sbs or the 6 just comes before and by the time 82 sbs comes the stops are empty . I think am and pm rush should be aleast 5-7 minutes and we need to continue to promote sbs so it can gain ridership because who used to take the limited aren’t taking the sbs.

How did the Brooklyn re design meeting go ? 

Anything info 

new routes 

changes 

31 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

2 weeks and counting for service to begin. Hopefully it is 7 days service and not weekdays only.

We have to speak and fight for it (maybe at Brooklyn redesign meeting) 

1 hour ago, JeremiahC99 said:

They would get enhanced B6 and B17 service on Avenue L (B6 rerouted with other routes replacing it, B17 service on Avenue L expanded). There is a post that I made in the Brooklyn Proposals Thread that proposes what can be done to better service both sides of Canarsie.

Is this just a proposal or it is confirmed to be happening because residents who live west of rockaway parkway/flatlands ave needs direct service to the train stations as well this L5 line would only benefit half of Canarsie. Some riders would have to take 1 or 2 buses to catch the L5 bus

13 hours ago, JeremiahC99 said:

I don't think they should merge the B17 and B42. However, there should be a branch of the B42 that serves Seaview Avenue east of Rockaway Parkway so that the residents in the Seaview Village section of Canarsie can have direct access to the line post shutdown, rather then rely on the slow ride on the B17 to the and at Utica Avenue, speeding trips for everyone. More details in the bus proposals thread for Brooklyn.

What the wastern part of Canarsie , west of rockaway parkway (90-80 streets) , what benefits do we gets ? We don’t have direct service to trains?

29 minutes ago, King Transit said:

As far as I'm concerned , the B82 has the long long route even for the SBS. Why not ENY get at least 25 of these latest XD40s for this upcoming service ?

 

That’s what I’m saying , the morning rush going towards rockaway parkway station is basically similar to the b46 going to Utica ave station buses are going to packed back to back , and most riders get off at rockaway maybe some can short turn there and head back toward Cropsey ave ?

So during peak rushes how many buses will be out for 82 ? And how many are currently out for the 46 ? (Am & Pm Rush)

THE ROCKAWAY PARKWAY AREA IS A MESS BUSES ARE STUCK FOR MORE THAN 15 IN THE AREA

with buses switching drivers ,Traffic,confusion,and construction it’s terrible