A Former New Yorker

Are they added more service to the #31 at some point? Bus is always crowded and it's ridiculous that have it run such crap headways despite running along a major corridor like South Orange Avenue

Why did they cut Journal Sq service on the 67

Is there a way to look up vehicle numbers on Mybusnow. PTV results are super limited for some reason 

Can anyone who takes the Coach USA routes give thoughts on how NJT is running things

Checked the bus times for the right now and there are only buses going towards Canarsie and nothing going towards Williamsburg. They f**ked up hard 

I've been thinking about setting up a transit company operating in NYC. I already have ideas for routes and know how to do scheduling such but idk the exact steps to properly pull it off like how does one find a garage location or if it's possible that the MTA would gives away retired buses or if we have to buy our own and also how does one advertise our services to the general community/areas we will serve. I'm genuinely serious about persuading this and would like help make transit in NYC the best it can be

On 7/6/2023 at 8:19 AM, DCTransitFilms said:

Transsee hasn't worked either. Heard they changed up the tracking where PTV and Transsee can't work on. Lately I've been using Departure Vision and MyBus. 

https://dv.njtransit.com/?fbclid=IwAR2_3ymdz_H9hW88dPZn6Q93jad-zCPKZ400JhXy72H2Kx-0kBJiB_yihE4#/bus/map

Why are NJT doing that, is it for safety concerns?

Where can u track NJT buses? Philadelphiatransitvehicles stopped doing their NJT one about a week ago

I was thinking about extending the Q112 north up Rockaway Blvd and having it end at the 75 St-Elderts Lane  station instead of at the Rockaway Blvd  station. 

How many people are actually taking the B98V/Q98V. I'm assuming ridership might increase over time but would it prevent those routes from being another B91/B92

LaGuardia Airport is pretty well-served by public transportation. Service to Brooklyn: Take M60+ to the (N), Manhattan: M60+ SBS and others parts of Queens: Q47, Q48, Q72. But there's no route providing an one-seat ride to the Bronx. So I crafted one

Bx48: Operates LaGuardia Airport to Parkchester. 

Runs along Westchester Av, right on E 167 St and then E 169 St, left on Franklin Av, right on E 168 St, left on 3rd Av, merge onto St Anns Av, right onto E 149 St, left onto Grand Concourse and merge onto Major Deegan Expy to RFK Bridge and follows along the M60+ SBS to LaGuardia Airport. 

This route connects to the up to Whitlock Av, at 149 St - GC and The Hub. Also could serve as a general Queens to Bronx connector.

48 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

My questions are in the bold portion. I may be a ignorant to Staten Island Bus service. However, I have a pretty good knowledge of the bus system to say this.  You don’t need a SIM16c if you already have a SIM33 & 33c already doing the work. I would like for you to justify a reason to why the SIM16c should be a combination. From the way I see it’s over kill. 
 

With your SIM36 proposal I feel that there’s enough bus service on Richmond Avenue to not warrant any additional service. Unless I see the MTA trying to expand on SI express service right now these proposals are just proposals. Just expand a bit more on this.  

The "Combination" is a express route that runs in both Downtown and Midtown. Forget to mention that all "Combination" routes run on Church St/6 Av. The SIM16 is intended to provide express service along Richmond Terrace between Port Richmond and South Av. The SIM33C goes down South Av up to Forest. The SIM16 goes all the way down to Teleport and merge into W Shore Pkwy. I think having it end in Lower Manhattan or run through West St would make it a decent alternative to the SIM33. Making it a rush hour only route is also better. 

As for the SIM36, Eltingville was the only terminal I could think of at the time. If the route went all the down Victory Blvd to Travis, it could be an express variant of local S62/S92 up to Clove Road

Express Bus Ideas: 

SIM13: Operates from Woodrow Rd/Lenevar Av to Greenwich Village. Runs on Woodrow Road, then on Arthur Kill Road to Korean War Veterans Pkwy/W Shore Expressway/Staten Island Exp and then follows the SIM7 from there 

SIM16C: Operates from Port Richmond to Central Pk S/6 Av via South Av/Richmond Terrace and follows the "Combination" routes 

SIM12: Operates from New Dorp La/Cedar Grove Av to Midtown. Runs along New Dorp Lane, left on Amboy Road, then right on Arden Av and then runs though Korean War Veterans Pkwy/NJ Tunrpike/42nd St/5 Av/Madison Av 

SIM36: Operates to Eltingville Transit Center to Midtown via Richmond Av, right on Victory Blvd, right onto Clove Road and follows the SIM31 until 57 St 

SIM17: Operates from Oakwood (S76 termimal) to Midtown via Todt Hill Road. Straight on Mill Road, left on New Dorp Lane, right on Richmond Road, slight left on Todt Hill Road, left on Ocean Terrace, right on Bradley Av, right on Gannon Av and takes merger near Bradley, runs along Gowanus Exp, FDR and then 23rd and right on Madison Av ending at 57th St 

SIM2X: Operates from Tottenville to Downtown. Runs along Hylan Blvd along the regular SIM2 portion, left on Seguine Av, right on Amboy Road, left on Foster Road, left on Drumgoole Road and merge onto Korean War Veterans Expy and then W Shore Expy and follows the SIM2 to Downtown

2 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

@A Former New Yorker Not necessarily saying I agree, but I think that route is generally OK. The only thing is I would have it bypass the Forest Hill Road/Yukon Avenue loop (the same for the current S59), and I don't think it needs to go south of the ETC.

I'd be interested to know if pre-COVID, Amazon could've served as a strong enough anchor for route running via Rockland Avenue and Travis Avenue. (I don't think so honestly, and nowadays it would pretty much be the only anchor). So yeah the best way would probably be to have it supplement the S59 if your goal were to connect South Shore residents to Amazon.

I had it go south to serve the SIR, thus giving it a direct link from Amazon to the other parts of the island that the SIR serves. It more or less would double as a feeder route to it than have them go all the way to St George via the S40

Good points though 😌

It's been a good while since I was gone. Now the S40 is the only route serving the Amazon location by Old Place that connects much of the northern part of SI along Richmond Terrace and connecting to the ferry. There should be a route connecting the other parts of SI to the center and that's where the S64 comes in 

S64

Howland Hook <> Annadale 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1sPjElvp9pEzATr6kLJzKeJNApT3iGsya&usp=sharing

Any upcoming routes swapped depots around this time

What were the details of the Summer pick and the next route to be converted to ariculated. I haven't been active for a while

Question: Is the B46 going to be fully articulated or is it only for SBS

Any thoughts on having a bus route in  Newark heading to Port Authority that serves parts of the city that aren't covered by the #107 or the #108. It has to used the I-280 exit 14 to/from Newark.

8 hours ago, S78 via Hylan said:

I can only see the first photo.

Try refreshing the page 

The Neoplans are retiring soon. So let's get those photos before there's gone. 

Does anyone know how extremely inconvenient the GO buses are (GO25 only running on Rush Hours and the GO28 being completely unreliable at of the time as it only runs every half-hour at all times even though they have 10 Suburbans assigned to it and the fact that both don't have dedicated bus lanes)

50 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said:

Anyone putting bets on how badly NJT will mess up service for the VMA crowds? Over/under on how many hours people will need to wait for a train after it ends?

1 or 2 hours tops. PATH will be overcrowded to no end. 

2 hours ago, FamousNYLover said:

 

In future, right click on image, copy "image address", then go to forum, and paste.

K thx. Oh btw do you like those pictures