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The new schedules are now posted.

3502 is also a training unit as well. I just saw it running up Soundview Avenue.

It’s been there since Tuesday. I saw it running on the Bx9 heading to Riverdale while I was on the Bx22 heading in the other direction. Thought it was a loan for the day, so I didn’t report it. Didn’t realize it was still there.

Yes, it was. The B57 operated out of Fresh Pond Depot until January 2008 when Grand Avenue Depot officially opened, along with original FP routes B13, B24, B39, and Q59. The B48 was also an original FP route, but went to GA two months prior (November 2007) to the opening as a “soft launch”. The B38 LCL/LTD was also an original FP route as well, but did not go to GA until the 2010’s. The Metropolitan Avenue portion (B38 LCL) went in 2011 and the Seneca Avenue portion (B38 LTD) went in 2019. When the Seneca Avenue portion of the B38 (as well as the Q58 LCL/LTD) was transferred to GA, the B13, B48, B57 and B60 was sent to FP in its place. When the Q58 LCL/LTD went back to FP a year later, they sent back the B48, B57, and B60 to GA and kept the B13 at FP.

Bee-Line Buses are operating Fare-Free from December 16 to January 1, 2024.

Service has been restored on Amtrak’s Empire Line as of Thursday, November 16. There will be some delays up until Saturday until both tracks are restored.

Service has been restored as of Thursday, November 16. There will be some delays up until Saturday until both tracks are restored.

Per Amtrak's Website: https://www.amtrak.com/alert/amtrak-service-temporarily-suspended-between-new-york-city-and-c.html Amtrak Service Temporarily Suspended between New York City and Croton-Harmon November 13, 2023 5:00 PM Due to safety concerns stemming from structure issues of a non-Amtrak, privately owned building above the Empire Line tracks in New York City, Amtrak service is suspended between Croton-Harmon (CRT) and New York City (NYP). Passengers can travel on Metro North trains from Grand Central Terminal between NYP and CRT, where tickets will be cross-honored. Additional schedule modifications include: • Trains 233, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241, 244 and 280 are canceled • Trains 49 and 69 will originate from Albany (ALB) • Train 280 will only travel between Niagara Falls and ALB • Trains 63, 64, 232, 236, 238, 239, 243, 281, 283, 284 and 294 will originate or end in CRT Customers with reservations on trains that are being modified will typically be accommodated on trains with similar departure times or another day. Amtrak will waive additional charges for customers looking to change their reservation during the modified schedule by calling our reservation center at 1-800-USA-RAIL. The most up-to-date train status is available on Amtrak.com and in the free mobile app. Follow us on Twitter for real-time service information: @AmtrakNECAlerts for service information in the Northeast Corridor (Acela, Northeast Regional and other corridor services). @AmtrakAlerts for service information outside the Northeast Corridor. Subscribe at Amtrak.com/DelayAlerts to receive automated email or text message notifications if Amtrak trains are behind schedule at specific stations. This information is correct as of the time and date above. Information is subject to change as conditions warrant.

Expect crowding on Metro-North's Hudson Line this week due to Amtrak temporarily suspending the Empire Line between New York City and Croton-Harmon. The suspension is due to "structure issues" of a parking garage in Hell's Kitchen that Amtrak runs underneath. Repairs are underway. Some Amtrak trains are running between Croton-Harmon and Albany. Metro-North is cross-honoring Amtrak passengers between GCT and Croton-Harmon.

Here's a list of the new gate assignments for Lakeland and NJ Transit. Per Lakeland Bus website: https://www.lakelandbus.com ALL WESTBOUND DEPARTURES HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO THE LOWER LEVEL (BASEMENT) OF PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL. CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: GATE #8 Route 46 to Dover Local (Boonton) Fairfield – Pinebrook – Parsippany – Boonton – Mt. Lakes – Denville – Rockaway – Dover Gate #10 Route 46 to Dover EXPRESS Fairfield- Pinebrook-Parsippany- Mt.Lakes – Denville- Rockaway-Dover – Rockaway Mall -Howard Boulevard Gate #12 Route 80 to Sparta: Peak Hours (5:20 & 6PM) Rockaway Mall – Blue heron Park and Ride – Lake Mohawk – Sparta Park and Ride Gate #14 Route 80 to Newton/ Express to Rockaway Mall & Howard Boulevard Rockaway Mall – Howard Boulevard Park and Ride – Landing – Netcong – Stanhope – Andover – Newton Gate #16 Route 78 to Bernardsville (Local) Summit – New Providence – Berkeley Heights – Lyons – Basking Ridge – Bernardsville Gate #20 Route 78 to Bernardsville (Express) Warren Park and Ride – Lyons – Basking Ridge – Bernardsville All changes went into effect October 2. Per Port Authority website: https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/port-authority/nj-transit-gate-changes.html As of October 28, 2023, several NJ Transit routes have been relocated to new gates at the Midtown Bus Terminal, to improve accessibility and service to bus customers. See below for the list of affected routes and their new gate assignments.* *NOTE: There will be no changes to late night/early morning gate assignments between 1:01AM and 5:59AM. For additional information and language assistance, please contact NJ Transit Customer Service at (973) 275-5555 between the hours of 8:30AM and 5PM daily or visit the NJ Transit website: www.njtransit.com. NJ Transit Weekdays Weekdays Weekdays Weekday & Weekends Saturday & Sunday Bus Route Number 6AM-3:29PM 3:30PM-7:30PM 7:31PM-10PM 10:01PM-1AM 6AM-10PM 101 N/A 315 315 N/A N/A 105 N/A 315 315 N/A N/A 107L 307 307 307 306 307 107X 306 306 306 306 306 108 308 308 308 306 308 112 207 207 207 317 207 115 223 207 207 316 223 116 207 207 207 317 207 122 206 206 N/A N/A N/A 124 206 N/A 206 320 N/A 127 205 205 205 313 205 129 206 206 206 320 206 144 224 313 N/A N/A N/A 153 N/A 204 N/A N/A N/A 154 204 204 204 304 204 155 N/A 221 N/A N/A N/A 157 N/A 221 N/A N/A N/A 160 224 55 312 312 224 163T 224 224 224 312 224 163P N/A 313 N/A N/A N/A 168T N/A 221 221 N/A N/A 190 232 232 232 310 232 194 233 303 233 307 233 197 233 233 233 307 233 198 233 233 233 307 233 320 314 314 314 314 314 With these new assignments, the following carriers are at the following gates: 400 Gates: Coach USA (Community Coach, Rockland Coaches, Olympia Trails, Short Line, Suburban Trails) 300 Gates: NJ Transit 200 Gates: NJ Transit 60-85 Gates: Greyhound, Peter Pan (NJ Transit during the late night hours when South Wing is closed) 51-56 Gates: NJ Transit, Community Lines and Spanish Transportation (Jitney buses) 1-34 Gates: Trailways (Adirondack, Fullington, Martz), Academy, C&J, Lakeland, OurBus (Commuter Routes, Coach, Prime), Trans-Bridge

Greyhound and Peter Pan consolidated all of their operations into the Lower Level of North Wing Post-Covid (They both had a couple of gates out of South Wing, Lower Level). Then DeCamp discontinued their commuter routes, leaving more vacant gates in the lower level of South Wing. Lakeland started to use a couple of gates out of the Lower level, and either Lakeland, Port Authority or both parties thought it was best to relocate all of Lakeland's routes downstairs to the lower level. Lakeland move all of their routes to the former DeCamp gates on the lower level. With this move, this allowed NJ Transit to utilize Lakeland's former gates to consolidate all of their routes during the day to the 200's, 300's and 51-56 gates, only using the Greyhound gates during the late night hours.

"The FTA (Federal Transit Administration) rescinded a "notice of intent" to act on an EIS (Environmental Impact Study), saying that updated information is needed." https://www.nj.com/traffic/2023/08/outrage-as-feds-slam-the-brakes-on-extending-nj-transit-light-rail-line-to-this-urban-county.html?outputType=amp https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2023/08/30/nj-transit-hudson-bergen-light-rail-expansion-delayed/70716189007/

From Mass Transit Magazine https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/news/53074472/ny-amtrak-refusing-new-acela-trains-amid-safety-issues-and-delays

That’s an error on their part. The 9:10pm train from Bowling Green and the 9:35pm from Grand Central-42nd Street are two separate trains. The 9:10pm train from Bowling Green arrives at Grand Central at 9:22pm. Then there’s the 9:14pm train from Bowling Green that arrives at Grand Central at 9:27pm. The last train from Bowling Green is at 9:23pm, arriving at Grand Central at 9:35pm.

Already taken care of. I created it this morning.

Meant to post this last month, so apologies for the late post. SUMMER UPDATES Per the NYC Ferry website: South Brooklyn Faster Connections Expanded to Evening Service Starting Monday, July 17th, NYC Ferry’s South Brooklyn route will expand its morning Faster Connections service to offer most riders a faster weekday evening commute when traveling from Wall Street/Pier 11, making commutes quicker and easier for New Yorkers. With this schedule change, NYC Ferry’s South Brooklyn “Faster Connections” will now be available on weekdays from 6:15am-10:15am and 3:30pm-8:00pm. There is one difference with the evening service. We added a stop at Governors Island during the afternoon commute to give students, workers, and leisure travelers who went to Governors Island from Bay Ridge or Atlantic Ave/Pier 6 a return trip home before Governors Island closes each evening. The afternoon service to and from Bay Ridge still provides a 20-minute travel time savings to riders going to/from Pier 11. https://www.ferry.nyc/blog/south-brooklyn-faster-connections-pilot/ Introducing the Rockaway Reserve Starting July 1st, NYC Ferry riders can reserve a spot on any weekend Rockaway trips to the beach from 9am-2pm and back from 3pm-8pm. Reserved tickets cost $10 and are available for purchase up to 2 weeks before the date of each departure, so plan ahead and get your tickets early! Most spots on each vessel are un-reserved so riders paying a $4.00 regular fare, $2.75 as part of the ten-pack or $1.35 discount will be able to ride normally. Reserved tickets are available for purchase in the NYC Ferry app for travel to/from Rockaway via both Wall Street/Pier 11 and Sunset Park/Brooklyn Army Terminal. https://www.ferry.nyc/blog/rockaway-reserve-tickets/ The Rockaway Rocket Returns The Rockaway Rocket Returns on August 12th! Tickets are now available for sale in the NYC Ferry App. The Rockaway Rocket will run for a limited time between Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 (Atlantic Avenue) and Rockaway. Beat the lines and the heat with a guaranteed spot on a ferry going directly from Brooklyn Bridge Park/Pier 6 to Rockaway for $10. Tickets for the first weekend are for sale now on the NYC Ferry app. https://www.ferry.nyc/blog/the-rockaway-rocket-returns-on-august-12th/

Here are the ridership results for 2022. https://new.mta.info/agency/new-york-city-transit/subway-bus-ridership-2022 Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and majority of Staten Island went up in ridership. All Express bus routes went up in ridership as well. Only a handful of routes in the Bronx went up in ridership, although many factors affected the ridership of most routes in that borough that year. We have a new number 2 in the top 10 highest ridership bus routes, although the whole top 10 got very interesting overall.

LA Metro Rail Regional Connector opened on June 16, connecting the A, E, and L light rail lines. Former services: A line (Blue): Downtown Long Beach to 7th Street/Metro Center in Downtown LA. E line (Expo): Downtown Santa Monica to 7th Street/Metro Center in Downtown LA. L line (Gold): APU/Citrus College in Azuza to Atlantic in East LA via Downtown LA. The Regional Connector now allows both A and E lines to run through Downtown LA making two new stops (Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill and Historic Broadway) and rebuilding a third stop (Little Tokyo/Arts District, formerly above ground on the L line, now below ground on the A and E line) to replace the north and south portions of the L line. The A line (Blue) now runs between Downtown Long Beach and APU/Citrus College in Azuza, replacing the northern portion of the L line. The E line (formerly Expo, now Gold) now runs between Downtown Santa Monica and Atlantic in East LA, replacing the southern portion of the L line. Full details on: https://www.metro.net/moredtla/

Per the Suffolk County Transit's website: Coming Soon: The New Suffolk County Transit System The Suffolk County Transit System is getting a new look! Following a multi-year redesign of the Suffolk County Transit System's bus network, known as Reimagine Transit, a new bus system that is expected to be more reliable and efficient is coming to Suffolk County in the Fall of 2023. The new network of the Suffolk County Transit system will feature longer hours, full Sunday service, timed connections, increased frequency and improved routes to get to where you need to go faster. For more information, go to Suffolk County Transit's website: www.sct-bus.org

The links to the redesign are back on Suffolk County Transit's website. www.sct-bus.org

Stopped by Sunrise Mall last Friday (June 16) to see which stores were still left open. For those who are wondering if Sunrise Mall is still open, the answer is: YES and NO. Let me explain. Currently there are six stores left at the mall: (From South to North) -Macy's -HomeGoods -XSport Fitness -Raymour & Flanagan Outlet -Dick's Sporting Goods -Dave & Buster's All six stores have outdoor entrances as well as an entrance to the indoor mall. The indoor mall entrances from the six stores are closed, due to the fact the indoor mall is closed and there are no more stores left inside the indoor portion of the mall. The separate entrances to the indoor mall are labeled "EXIT ONLY", meaning you can't enter. If you're in one of those six stores listed above and you're trying to go to another one of those six stores, you have to go back outside and walk to that other store. Also, some parking lots have been closed off on the West and North sides of the Mall. (From the Northwest end of Macys to the Northeast end of Dave & Buster's) So basically Sunrise Mall went from an indoor mall to an outdoor strip mall. LOL. When Sunrise Mall does close, hopefully NICE has made final decisions with the n19 and the n80 in where they want to relocate them. With the n54/55 already serving Amityville and the n71 being planned to serve Amityville (per the SCT redesign), I'm very intrigued to see what they do with these two routes, especially with Suffolk County Transit leaving the mall in the fall due to their redesign being implemented.

Yes, the M15 runs on First Avenue, but that’s because 1st and 2nd Avenues are one-way streets. 2nd Avenue runs southbound and 1st Avenue runs northbound. No matter what happens to SAS, the M15 Local will always be there. When the full length SAS is finally completed and implemented, the M15 Select Bus might not be there.

No. The M15 Local will be intact, however the M15-SBS will be subject to elimination depending on when Phase 4 is completed, the runs full service to Hanover Square, and how SAS will affect the M15 services (Local and SBS) as a whole. Most likely, the M15 services will start to be affected when Phase 3 is completed and the starts running between 125th Street and Houston Street. If the M15-SBS loses riders, they will probably go after the M15-SBS short turns between 125th St and Houston St in the morning and reduce some runs in the off-peak hours. While they’re doing that, they’ll probably increase local service while extending the Pike St-Cherry St runs to South Ferry to offset the loss of some of the SBS runs. When Phase 4 is completed, and the runs full service, the M15 services might be affected even more. Since the and the M15-SBS are technically competing services, if SBS loses more service to the , they might give it the B82-SBS treatment (weekdays only), or they will axe it altogether and slightly increase the local service throughout the day to offset the loss of the SBS. However, the late night local service will go to hourly service instead of half hourly due to the running every 20 minutes. Either way, if SAS gets completed and fully implemented, it will affect the M15 services in some way or form.

They’re going after Shore Line East as well, not just the New Haven Line. The governor was proposing to reduce SLE to 44 percent of pre-pandemic levels while reducing New Haven Line to 86 percent of pre-pandemic levels. I don’t know when he decided to change it to 60 percent, because that would make it even worse. Most likely, they will reduce the express portion of the New Haven Line, since the express makes local stops East of Stamford, all in the state of Connecticut. The local portion (West of Stamford) will probably stay intact or have a slight reduction, since majority of the stops are in New York State. Only the Hartford Line will stay intact… for now.

I noticed that signage for the Bx30 last week as well. You think that’s funny, check out the Bx25 signs. The majority of the signs on the bus stop heading towards Bedford Park says “Norwood” too.