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...and make service even more of a joke than it already is. The best move is to not run the west of Bedford Avenue at all and provide beefed-up bus, ferry, and subway alternatives at all times (you know, what the plan was before Cuomo decided he somehow knew better than those who actually deal with transit).

Predictable...

That must mean you have yet to see it.

But this is somehow better than what the MTA planned...

That portion of Ocean Avenue is flanked by the BMT Brighton Line to the west (south of Prospect Park) and Flatbush Avenue to the east (up until it turns into it, where it becomes Empire Boulevard). In addition, the only portion without any bus service is between Cortelyou Road and Caton Avenue. These things in mind, there is literally no reason for having a direct bus service down Ocean Avenue north of Foster Avenue.

Route consistency is the name of the game.

Okay, I'm done.🤦‍♀️

Northbound isn't so bad, but southbound is an absolute joke.

This is exactly why I find the various arguments for deinterlining problematic. Aside from 8th Avenue and Fulton Street (the connection should be rather obvious), there aren't many notable instances of the IND failing to think ahead, whereas the IRT and BMT routinely failing to have produced issues like Rogers Junction, the , Chambers Street...

You're missing a crucial element.

Fixed.

That's assuming there's much of any in the first place. What, exactly, warrants dedicating a route to Knapp Street? Everything about the street hinders any potential for one. Yes, because that totally addresses the fundamental issue.

I honestly wouldn't even bother having it do anything else in Brooklyn. As it is, it already has a decent run when traffic is good, but because we're talking about a route on Flatbush Avenue (with a small stint on Nostrand Avenue), things can easily turn sour. Sending it to another area with traffic issues (and one that is ill-equipped for turning buses, to boot) would pretty much kill it. The route has three camps worth noting: 1. Brooklyn College 2. Floyd Bennett Field 3. Compensation for shortcomings of other routes (read: B41 and Q22, even before restructuring)

Put simply, much higher than what they've been running at.

That's not what I was getting at...

Let's see how long that'll last.

Would you like a laxative? Perhaps an enema would be more suited for you?

Go wash your face.

They'll really be holding that . I'll see myself out...

At least they actually do something.

Slopes... At present, the is scheduled to run every 4-6 minutes on weekends. Cutting it back to 6 trains per hour (10-minute intervals) with single-tracking won't be enough, especially if when something craps out along the only available track. At least the full shutdown left the door open for consistent 6-minute intervals on a daily basis with little trouble.

Okay, that's more than enough for me. Single-tracking -- especially for longer stretches -- decimates capacity, and with the number of trains that will also be serving every Brooklyn station save for Bedford Avenue (because having only half of the weekend trains serving it is somehow smart), cutting the frequency to an abysmal 10 minutes east of Lorimer Street is the easiest way to ensure that merges don't conflict. Not even a switch east of Third Avenue will do much to help.

Wrong guy...

Something that really pains me actually pertains to routes under the Canarsie shutdown plans. Under the old (and reasonable) plan, at least some of those bus routes may have had potential outside of their scope. With the current farcical plan, I have doubts about the routes' potential even within their scope.