Joel Powers

On 4/11/2022 at 7:44 PM, User said:

If you're going to keep leaving and coming back here (or being banned), please read the past posts that are made while you're gone. After all, most of the information posted to YouTube, including what you have shared, is taken from here.

With the above post, specifically read item #5 below please.

Who said I got it from here, if you would have taken the time to thoroughly read my post, I said "couple of FB sources". 

19 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said:

6844-6846, 6855, 6862, 6865, 6876, 6881, 6897, 6900. Queens Village to SCRAP. 

That leaves around 18 OG O7 hybrids left from Queens Village and indeed NYCT. Could all be gone possibly by this time next month assuming the LFS order and the displaced NG hybrids increase in number.

46 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

I mean every route in the draft plan runs until 8pm on Sunday (and until 10pm on Saturday) so I wouldn't quite say it's an afterthought. Obviously it's not as good as the weekday service but it is still an improvement.

I guess so, I mean afterall, they didn't get Sunday service until about 5-6 years ago.

1 hour ago, trainfan22 said:

Their website (both desktop and mobile) looks very low budget compared to the MTA and NJT sites, trash app (which you can't use for fare payment). Septa Key being confusing for tourists, etc.

Eh, I always found Septa to a be bland and generic system.

1 hour ago, Vulturious said:

Not at the moment, the R179's are most likely never going to be inter-operable with any other kind of fleet because there are many more differences compared to an R143 and R160 together.

If that's the cause, then probably ditto for the R211s, unless whatever comes next for the B division has backwards compatibility.

On 1/16/2022 at 8:47 AM, danielhg121 said:

They recently retired the John F. Kennedy vessel due to mechanical issues stemming mainly from the propulsion. DCAS is trying to get it off their hands for $125,000. 

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=2960513

Interesting indeed. What are the odds of the MTA getting into the ferry business?

On 1/29/2022 at 7:05 PM, Dj Hammers said:

The R143 and R160 are partially inter-operable (propulsion, brake, and some trainline functions, etc.). The R160 contract included a requirement to provide software/hardware upgrades to the R143s to allow this.

 

Both of these 4-car links were at Jamaica for wheel trueing. It's more efficient crew-wise to transfer them back to ENY as a single train.  

 

Can they also run in a set with the R179s though?

What the question says.

After the Concorde retired in 2003 (the jet, not the Chrysler car), there has been no real replacement for this one of a kind beast. Why is that? In a way, it seems like were regressed back 30 years after retiring these planes without any new models to replace it. Is Boeing or Airbus working on a Next Generation passenger Jet that is Supersonic in nature? 

On 3/15/2022 at 10:28 AM, Bx41 boi said:

the Bx41 and Bx6 are my home routes i grew up with em

B25, B43, B45, and B65 for me.

On 12/9/2021 at 10:05 PM, MTA Move NY said:

Wicked!!!!

 

Damn, what the hell?!? I didn't see this. This could have ended badly for all involved. 

1 minute ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

The government needs to tax the rich people especially the billionaire. The MTA needs to keep the base fare at 2.75,  The $5 city wide discount for  commuter rails should be used for peak service. People should not have to pay $18 round trip to ride the Metro North in the Bronx and LIRR in Brooklyn or Queens to get to Manhattan. That's too much money.

I agree, they have all the money in the world. I'd say tax them to oblivion. 

3 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

NJT has their problems but at least their not Septa lol. 

I don't know Septa very well. What is their issue? 

5 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

With all due respect your N59 idea is crazy. I seriously doubt NICE is interested is operating to Co OP City, WAY too far out of their service area. 

 

Also the runtime on such a route would be what, two hours? If someone wants to go to Co OP city from Mineola they can take LIRR to Grand Central (when ESA opens) to the 6 train - BX23 or Bxm7.

 

 

NICE is a Nassau County bus system, that's their main focus and service area. 

If there's a market for a service to and from the Bronx, I'd say explore it. Besides, NICE is consider (albeit more long-term) to have express bus service to Manhattan in the future. This is based off that idea except it would use local 40 footer buses (maybe artics if the ridership is there). It would also have some closed door segments like other Queens bound lines.

On 10/29/2021 at 12:56 AM, Fan Railer said:

Ok, you're free to disagree. But we're in America, not Europe, so you're working with a completely different set of logistical factors. You can't compare apples and oranges as if they're on the same level playing field.

Ultimately, it comes down to cost. If you want to sit here and complain about silly shit that you think isn't right, then pony up the $$$ so that they can run the operation the way you want them to. Otherwise, the most cost effective route is the one that's going to be taken.

Well, everything in general is going up in prices so you point almost seems moot now doesn't it? 

On 3/19/2021 at 1:22 AM, R10 2952 said:

Unfortunately, the same thing happens on here as well; there's a bunch of people on these boards who act like CBTC, open gangways, deinterlining, trains packed to the brim with overly complicated electronics, and everything London, Paris or Tokyo do are the only conceivable options for improving New York and North American transit in general; as you yourself experienced firsthand, they put down dissenting voices and act like they know better than anyone else.

There were some great transit personnel, folks who were involved in preservation/restoration efforts, and others who used to post on here 5-10 years ago, including another Torontian (ttcsubwayfan), but many have left and frankly I see a strong correlation- nobody wants to stick around a place where they feel they've been isolated.

In all fairness though, some of the points regarding resignalling, best practices from overseas, and new designs do make sense from time to time, I just wish the individuals pushing these concepts were more open to various, legitmate counterpoints that have been raised in response.  One can't be right 100% of the time; I certainly haven't, and as far as public transportation goes, there is always more than one way to skin a cat.

In my opinion, the best you can do is frame your ideas as clearly and reasonably as possible, and if people get uptight about it, that's on them.

Right on the money! I can't stand how some people try to act like they know all the answers (while failing to elaborate at the same time). Damn fools is what they are.

On 6/11/2021 at 6:45 PM, R10 2952 said:

I didn't mean the model itself (Caprice), I meant the body style; station wagon as opposed to sedan seems rather unusual for a cop car.  In the context of those times, this was back when anything like an SUV as a city police vehicle was almost unheard of.

The NYPD has been using Ford Explorer Police packaged SUVs since atleast 1995-96. It just wasn't common place until around 2001 or so.

On 12/8/2021 at 3:45 PM, Mtahopeful121986 said:

Just curious what are the hours or shifts of this job? Also is their a lot of overtime?

Better yet, what are even the requirements?

On 12/11/2021 at 11:48 AM, GojiMet86 said:

https://new.mta.info/document/68221

 

The MTA is planning on adding new elevators at:

Westchester Square

Queensboro Plaza

181st Street

Court Square

Woodhaven Boulevard

8th Avenue

Queensboro is a good spot. About time as those stations over there by LIC in general are hell to pay climbing those.

11 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

The draft plan has been released and the budget will be increased by about 20%. Roughly 15% will be for increased runtime, and 5% for better evening/weekend service.

I suppose weekend service is pretty much an after-thought for SCT.

On 4/13/2022 at 8:09 PM, trainfan22 said:

 

 

 

Link to rest of article: https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-advances-fare-modernization-program-0?fbclid=IwAR2Uj_xn8zr51JF8m4s9YiupVzDzWJ5kDNGTTNo1X_2xtlLU3EE2f74ZIaQ

You'd think they would have done this back in the mid-1990s since the Metrocard was coming out back then. Guess NJT is stuck in 1995, lol.

2 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

Major corridors are supposed to be repaves roughly every five years.

Now that makes sense as they are more worn out over time. 

On 2/5/2022 at 11:39 AM, B35 via Church said:

There's not much of a need to run n21's in-particular back into Flushing... The demand is clearly for the n20, split notwithstanding... I can agree with reverting the n20, but I don't necessarily think that every trip (or most trips) need to run b/w Flushing & Hicksville anymore (I would still have n20G's operate as short turns).... You wouldn't need to revert n21's into Flushing if the focus were to be shifted from having LIRR Great Neck be a terminal for all 3 routes (n20G from the west & both the n20H and n21 from the east), to having more n20 service from Flushing run east of LIRR Great Neck (but again, not necessarily all the way to Hicksville).... In other words, from Queens, more often than not, the old n21 was simply *just another bus* b/w Flushing & Roslyn for most people... The old n20 (no suffix) did the same shit ... But yeah, IMO, NICE did the right thing with scaling back the n21.... As far as an n20x, I'm also inclined to agree - but that is the service I would reserve to reverting operating rush hrs. only....

While I'm not fond of the current splits of n22 & n24 service, I'm not so sure reverting n22x service wouldn't be futile at this point.... To then go on to institute an n24x b/w Jamaica & Hicksville on top of it, would be a waste.... Instead of coupling the n78/79 the way those 2 routes historically have been & still are, at this point as things stand, I would dedicate having all n24 service run b/w RFM & Jamaica (although I still think the n22 splits should be the ones ending at RFM & the n24 splits being the ones ending at Mineola), to have the n78 run at similar n24 (the split b/w RFM & Hicksville) headways b/w RFM & Plainview.... Personally, I'd have the n78 run past industrial Plainview to rt. 110, but that's another topic....

How feasible would a route from Hempstead bus terminal to Co-op City in The Bronx be? Here are some proposals I made before elsewhere: 

- n1 weekdays off peak hours every 20 minutes, rush-hours, every 10 minutes, Weekends every 30 minutes at all times (except overnight which the last bus would head to Elmont at 11:45pm.)

-n4/n4x, n6/n6x I keep as is right now.

-n15 I would give it a limited (n15x on rush-hours every 15 minutes), everything else stays the same.

-n16 I give it weekend service every 35 minutes, stays the same during the week.

-n19 stays the same.

-n20g I would rename "n10" and n20h would revert back to "n20". n10 would run every 12 minutes in rush-hours and 20 minutes the rest of the time during the weekdays. Would get 24 hour service and run half-hourly over night and on weekends.

-The new "n20" would maintain its current schedule.

-n21 would be discontinued and replaced by a restructured n20.

-n22 would get 24 hour service and partial Articulation (get XN60 buses for some runs). n22a service restored and runs rush-hours only.

-n23 stays the same except runs til midnight.

-n24 gets n22 treatment and would run at all times.

-n25 would run every 25 minutes off peak and 15 minutes during rush-hours.

-n26 runs all day from sunrise to sunset every 30 minutes off-peak and 15 during rush-hours. Would get weekend service.

-n27 weekend service restored.

-n31 would be discontinued and replaced with a restructured n32 with headway management every 10 minutes at all times (8 minutes in rush-hours). 24 hour service for the n32.

-n33 discontinued and replaced with a restructured n35 that would get the n32 treatment.

-n36 would be restored to pre-2017 NICE cuts.

-n40 discontinued and would just be called "n41". Current service levels remain.

-n43 keep as is, but have it run til 2:30 am with headway management for every 15 minutes at all times (10 for rush-hours).

-n45 restored to pre-2017 NICE cuts and run rush-hours only.

-n48 and n49 stays the same.

-n54 runs 7 days a week. n55 discontinued.

-n57 + n58 combine into n57. n58 discontinued. n57 runs every 20 minutes.

-A new "n59" would serve Mineola to Northshore Towers and terminate in Co-op City in the Bronx. Headway management and run at all times.

-n69 takeover by NICE and extended to RVC.

-n70 discontinued. n71 extended and increase in service frequency. n72 reduced frequency and runs rush-hours only.

-n78 + n79 combined into new "n75" route. Runs every 30 minutes at all times til midnight.

-n80 stays the same.

-n88 gains headway management.

Any thoughts? This is of course if budget allows.

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On 4/20/2022 at 7:49 PM, Future ENY OP said:

Not happening.  Speed humps were put in by the community in Laurelton, and besides is Laurelton LIRR station heavily utilized?. Only way they rid of them is re-paving the whole street and by NYCDOT standards that takes forever. 

In general, don't NYC DOT repave a block...once a decade?

22 hours ago, Lex said:

Why not restore the Springfield Gardens station?

If they got rid of that segment to begin with, then I'd imagine that portion of the Q77 wasn't carrying that many passengers.

12 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

I think the MTA needs some funds to have flood prevention in depots to prevent future flood related weather.  Castleton and Queens Village are the most prone to flooding, and they need some protection to avoid fleet shortages. I am sure if it's a good idea or not, but this concerns me, and others.

Or a least relocate their fleets like Casey Stengel did back during Sandy.