Bay Ridge Express

Not really. He suggested a lot of short-term fixes (at least shouldn't require years worth of work), but the main problem is how to do it and when the will actually do them.

Not necessarily. You can get away with performing a reroute while STILL deinterlining Broadway. The is also putting dwell times as a long term problem, saying that the R211s will replace the R46s in a couple of years... a lot of people will die before that happens.

This is the only thing I can see them doing based on what all of you have said, since everything else has some sort of big problem. Someone might have suggested this already, but I'm only listing what's possible: Bay Ridge-Essex St 4 Av Local (via Montague) Nassau St Local (removes and platforming) Sea Beach-SAS Sea Beach Local 4 Av Express (via Bridge) Broadway Express 2 Av Local West End/Sea Beach-Astoria West End/Sea Beach Local 4 Av Local (via Montague) Broadway Local Astoria Local Whitehall-Forest Hills Broadway Local Queens Blvd Local same Not so sure about what the and should do in Queens, but I don't know about having the being the sole representer for Astoria

I can't say I agree with your other points, but yes half-fare metrocards are DUMB, and so are bus-only cards

Realistically though, if the has any sort of brain when it comes to improving service, they would develop new infrastructure and not have to reroute trains everywhere. I knew it was stupid.

This is why students are given student metrocards... but once it's either summer or the weekend they decide it's ok to not pay the fare. Btw sorry for the double post but a glitch happened.

This disaster of a plan is the only thing I could come up with that would not change the existing infrastructure, but would allow the to run express on Queens Blvd and give it some sort of help with the least amount of merges: Bay Ridge-Jamaica Center 4 Av Local Broadway Local (via Montague) (merges with ) Queens Blvd Express (merges with ) Whitehall St-96 St Broadway Local (Whitehall-Canal St) Broadway Express (Canal St-57 St) (merges with ) 2 Av Local Coney Island-96 St Brighton Local (merges with ) Broadway Express (merges with ) (via Bridge) 2 Av Local Coney Island-Astoria Sea Beach Local 4 Av Express (merges with ) Broadway Local (via Bridge) (merges with ) Astoria Local World Trade Center-Forest Hills 8 Av Local (merges with ) Queens Blvd Local (merges with ) *some rush hour trips to Jamaica Center* Coney Island-Jamaica 179 St Culver Local 6 Av Local Queens Blvd Express (21 St-Forest Hills) (merges with ) Queens Blvd Local (Forest Hills-Briarwood)

Agreed. The B8 is too long of a route.

Yes. It sounds silly, but it would probably convenience more riders.

I'm addressing the fact that I see that most B70 riders I see go to 92 to transfer to SI buses. An SI bus going straight to 8 Av would not only minimize the need for that transfer but also provide a direct connection with the in case people would rather use it instead of transferring to the .

If we're going to extend it to 60 St, I would do (N/B) right on 60 St, then right on Ft Hamilton Pkwy, and right on 65 back to 8 Av. 7 Av is a bit shorter to use but I'm afraid it might interfere with the "bike lane" there.

I had a realization. The B70 goes to Fort Hamilton/92 to pick up/drop off most people that are going to 8 Av. I would propose a route (perhaps an S93 extension) to the 8 Av station to minimize transfers. Now, if we really wanted to minimize transfers, we would go beyond 62 St since most people probably go beyond there, but I would just extend it to 8 Av mainly for overall reliability purposes and it would be the main transfer point from the in case something happens with the . (In this case also, the B70 wouldn't really need to go to Fort Hamilton Pkwy and could just stay on 7 Av). Proposed route: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Cw6EY4u1NB9Pou-Fs8Xq5CCt93HTUd6o&usp=sharing Brooklyn stops: 8 Av/62 St Bay Ridge Av/8 Av Bay Ridge Pkwy/8 Av Ft Hamilton Pkwy/86 St Ft Hamilton Pkwy/92 St, normal route

I have a guess: it's the least conventional and most religiously oriented bus of the division.

Sorry, but the is DEFINITELY a problem. It's one of the least liked trains in Brooklyn, mainly for being "slow and old" in conventional terms. Even on the weekends trains aren't tolerable. Just this past Friday there was a 20-25 minute gap in service during RUSH hour due to some problem in Queens, forcing several trains to bypass 53, 45, Bay Ridge Av, and 77 on the local track. It has basically become the norm here. Oh yes, I love waiting 20-30 minutes for my trains. The only reason N/B is even tolerable for me is because of the fact that I go to 95 St and most of the time the s leave on schedule. S/B though? Forget it. Agree 100%. I don't know about all these proposals that everyone came up with, but we can definitely start with your ideas. I use the 5-7 days/week and it is not pretty. It's because of the unreliability of the that I even considered moving lol.

I'm pretty sure our interests in the R179 have already died down quite a bit 😂

Well Emmy, the short answer is that a lot of New Yorkers are spoiled, but the longer answer is that these subway and bus lines constantly suffer from delays and are responsible for messing up the commutes of people. On top of that, we're a bit behind technologically and in infrastructure in comparison to a lot of European and Asian cities, and New York is trying desperately to compete with them. But also people just like using the as a scapegoat. Late for work? Blame it on the . But it's also not as if you can't justify these problems. The problem isn't really so much about actually HAVING the network but rather that it runs well.

Not just , but DOT also. The whole point of the article was that they should be working together.

I also just realized that means we're no longer going to have funny videos of politicians trying to use a Metrocard that they've never even used in their life to look good. Goodbye Hillary... 😥

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/14/17463620/mta-metrocard-replacement-nyc-subway

Now that it's Saturday also, there will be new schedules for the day

Sunday Lefferts Blvd to 207 St — 10:30 AM 207 St to Mott Av — 12:00 PM Mott Av to 207 St — 2:05 PM 207 St to Lefferts Blvd — 4:10 PM Weekday Lefferts Blvd to 207 St — 6:33 AM 207 to Lefferts Blvd — 8:16 AM Lefferts Blvd to 207 St — 10:11 AM 207 to Lefferts Blvd/Mott Av — 2:46 PM Lefferts Blvd/Mott Av To 207 St — 3:25 PM Mott Av to 207 St — 4:04 PM/4:30 PM 207 to Lefferts Blvd — 5:58 PM/6:35 PM All the times the R179 has been listed based on what you guys have said in the last two pages. The schedule is NOT exact and is just an estimate. The trains don't always leave at the same time every day, which is why I put a slash for the times on some trips. And those trips highlighted in red are impossible so that's a very uncertain time frame.

Actually, they use it to their advantage. Easier to find out where the train's gonna be by looking for gaps in service.

Don't even think about it... capacity would be grosser than and levels

Maybe just have the go to 4 Av rush hours only like the ?