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I think running it down Brighton wouldn't hurt though and I'm sure Brighton passengers would like the extra service on the weekends seeing as to how packed the trains are and considering that the is the closest express service to CI. (It's about.. 10-13 stops on the train until it goes Express.)

I think Brighton Beach is still a better last stop. 2nd Avenue requires the to cut between the and tracks at Broadway and 2nd Avenue. I don't think any Brighton passenger would complain about the express service being there on the weekends though since the still has a decent crowd from Coney Island.

Agreed. I’m against the whole idea but I just want to know if Dyre Ave demands Lexington Service

I know we've run the deinterlining arguments into the ground, but for 149 St - Grand Concourse, if we were to deinterline the and the to the point where the is eliminated and the replaces the would it end up making service better as a whole or worse or just have no change in how service is run. As in, do you think it's worth it to deinterline in the Bronx.

I mixed up Gateway and Kings Plaza* You're right I lapsed about the B6.

When I went to school in that area it was always a hastle trying to get to Broadway Junction when the and people were piling on the was down (specifically when the train started smoking (I don't know the mechanic stuff) and everyone was getting on the Q24 or the , but it's harder to get to Southern Brooklyn. The old B12 service would've served the area nicely but that was cut out during the 2010 budget cuts. If you wanted to get to... Gateway Mall or Coney Island or even the Bay Ridge area you'd have to take the into Manhattan for the , the to the at Jay St or get out at Hoyt/Fulton and walk to DeKalb or Atlantic Avenue. The issue is partically solved because a Q8 can just take you to the train at New Lots Ave but there's no direct routes to South Brooklyn that I know of. This would solve that.

There was an interesting B71+ route proposed that i'd think would be fine, maybe if it went deeper into Manhattan and ended at Broadway Junction via Eastern Parkway

What's stopping them from letting the B82+ from running to Gateway, the B6 Local running to New Lots Ave, and just having the B6-LTD run to Gateway as well. I like the addition of the B5 (in fact i love it considering there wasn't really a way to get from Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy to Gateway Mall without frustration and 2 routes (B82 to the B83 being the simpler route. )) You'd figure there's a lot of overlap between the 4 buses that you can consolidate connections somewhere.

Wish they'd do something with the B39. We need better interborough travel, perhaps extending it to Lorimer St Brooklyn Side and either the East End of Houston St or a LES loop from Bridge --> Essex -> Houston or 14th St--> Columbia and/or Avenue D --> Grand --> Essex --> Bridge.

I think what I'm confused about is the purpose of these suggestions. Usually when people want to switch one route with another it's supposed to have an advantage for it. I doubt 8th Av needs 2 express services over 2 locals, and when you have the 1 local service locked in at 12 TPH also merging with the . I feel like service changes should have a good reason why.

I just don't see how a College functions as a better name for a subway station. 149 St - Grand Concourse makes sense because the station is on.. 149 St and Grand Concourse. Hostos isn't a landmark, doesn't tell you where you are and it's not really an attraction or popular destination. It's not like City College or Columbia both of which are big campus' that are known in NYC. Hostos, in my opinion, isn't a college that warrants renaming a station after it. If it is, then where does the renaming/adding on names end? Chambers St - BMCC? DeKalb Av - LIU? Van Cortlandt Park - Manhattan College?

I really hope they don't change the Q44 to Fordham Plaza. It surprising how many buses the Q44 missed because it only went to Bronx Zoo. Sending it to Fordham Plaza connects the Q44 to the Bx12 and Metro North which alone are two great pluses.

As someone who takes the M14 regularly, I don't think there's ever been a time where I was waiting longer than 10 minutes for the A or the D. Even before SBS service the M14 might've been slower (especially at Union Sq/4th Av) but never anything unbearable. Yes, there is more Ds then there are As but that's because more people live along Avenue C/D than people that live along Avenue A. Even when I'm waiting for the M9 (which at times can take 20-30 minutes) at Essex/Delancey I usually decide to walk to the D on Columbia or Wait for the A and walk down 2 blocks. The only times I see the M14A crowded is in the morning going Westbound, outside of that there's not a crowd large enough that warrants you standing on the bus. The 14D on the other hand can be crowded til' 7 or 8 by the time it hits Avenue A

It's been a loop bus route for a while now.

the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station.

Or just label the Astoria Shuttle as . Nobody really knows what that Broadway means outside of the transit community. They'd likely recognize the though.

The connection wouldn't be bad to have service from Howard Beach to Jamaica. It wouldn't even hurt.

Would also be better if the MTA added a true Lafayette-Fulton St transfer, this way passengers needing local stops on Fulton, along with people on Local Stops who want to take the can just get off and transfer between Fulton Local and Crosstown routes. You'd also provide two opportunities to transfer to a train if they need Hoyt-Schmerhorn St; The at Fulton St, and the at Nostrand Av

I don't think there needs to be a logical reason out side of, this is a route that 1) Doesn't go through a station twice, and 2) Doesn't hop back and forth between express-local (like a to Barclays, to Franklin Av and to Brooklyn College solution), "Multiple routings may be possible to make the trip, but your goal is to find the one routing that matches the puzzle of the day. The solution may or may not be the fastest or efficient routing."

All these subwaydle complaints, i don't think it's supposed to be the most logical of routes, just any routes in the realm of possibility. It's more of a use your imagination thing. My own strategy is just figure out the train at the beginning and the end. 14 - Union Sq gives us the option of , while Flatbush Av gives the option of . Once you figure out the 2 trains you need, you can guess what transfer those 2 trains have in common on two separate stations. Instead of treating the game like you're giving someone the best possible directions, treat it like an actual puzzle.

All this, we could just use or

Probably just kicking the door in.

I'm sure the everyday rider would understand all these changes. Hell, I'm not even sure I'd understand at a glance.. For all of this you could've just had the go via the , the go via the then the down to Jay St, the and don't even have to be this complicated, you could've just ran the and via Bridge, and have people use . Idk why the is suspended anyways. If you keep everything simple and on the usual GOs, service will usually be fine. New Yorkers are trying to get to one place to another.. The goal isn't to create a brand new map or create some weird service pattern/route but to make everything as easy, digestible and simple as possible. If it's anything the MTA knows how to make GOs have some simplicity and easy to understand logic behind them.

Just now seeing this, but my train was stopped for the same reason for maybe 10 minutes, but I was going the opposite direction (southbound), didn't even know how bad this was, but train don't have too many alternatives except for buses, which makes traveling difficult..

Not the worst plan I've seen, but I don't think it's physically possible for to connect Lower Nassau St Line to 6th Avenue without some really tight 180. You'd also be forcing the CPW express to be entirely comprised of 8-car trains since the Jamaica and Nassau lines both are only 8 cars with no extra platform space to be made.