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I support an extension. The politics in Astoria have changed so much that it will get community support.

How so? I didn't know that.

IAWTP. I just wanted to point out that Q19 service that late is nothing new and actually existed before. As another example in fact MTA didn't reinvent the wheel when they add Q103 weekend service as QSC ran Q103 on Saturdays until 1995. MTA just restore service that existed before.

Q18 Q23 and Q49 had overnight service until 1990s. Q72 even had overnight service in 1960s. If there was enough non airport ridership, Triboro Coach would run Q33 overnights which MTA would continued doing when they take over. Q19 used to run to midnight in early 1990s. I think they cut the Q19 evening service in 1995 at the same time MTA did their cuts because at same time DOT asked all private companies to make cuts. Q18 Q23 and Q49 also had overnight buses.

BxM4C is just franchise piggyback of BxM4A and BxM4B.

MTA has very long lists of people who want to be drivers. There are people desperate for jobs right now.

That's what Triboro Coach, Green Lines and Jamaica Bus is today. The GTJ REIT. The GTJ REIT make more money as a real estate company than as bus company, they bought more properties and have more income now then they did when they were running the buses.

Manhattan bus routes before MABSTOA had both a franchise number and route number given to them by Fifth Avenue Coach Company and NYC Omnibus. NYC Omnibus route were numbered in the order that their streetcar line was dismantled for a bus line in the 1930s and the franchise number wasn't used. Fifth Avenue Coach routes had more than one official franchise number. After MABSTOA took over the private bus lines in Manhattan, the MTA did a renumbering of all Manhattan bus route in 1974. In the 1980s the MTA renumbered crosstown bus route again to coincide with street numbers.

I know someone who commutes from Long Island to Long Island City and they take LIRR to Jamaica then transfer to instead of going to Hunterspoint and transferring to . They also save money by only going to zone 3.

When the MTA takeover happened, the MTA honored all existing PBL bus wrap contracts. When those contracts finished, they stopped with all full wraps.

I think that the reason why ppl are more receptive to a c/r's announcement is that the public thinks that all c/r's do is make announcements and open/close the door, while the b/o actually drives the bus and can take other routes that are not authorized without management's permission.

My subway service cut proposal A division Late night and weekend service operates between 242 Street and New Lots Avenue. the same weekdays only Operates only between Woodlawn and Bowling Green on weekends and late nights. All service to Nostrand Junction discontinued. late night service runs only between PBP and 125 Street. the same discontinued B division Local service in Brooklyn and Queens on weekends and late nights when is not running. No Rockaway Park service. Discontinued Weekdays only. replaces in Brooklyn on weekends and late nights. replaces along CPW on weekends and late nights. Weekend and late night service runs only to 34th Street-Herald Square and operates local along CPW replacing service. Queens Boulevard local on late nights and weekends Queens Boulevard local on late night and weekends the same Jamaica Center - Bay Ridge 95th Street at all times. Weekends and late nights operates between Middle Village and Coney Island via Montague Tunnel and via West End. Local in Manhattan and express in Brooklyn via Tunnel and stopping at DeKalb at all times. the same Discontinued Discontinued

I think that the would be eliminated fully. I can also see them eliminating and service and also cutting the to 96/2 at all times. I think that MTA has gotten so far along East Side Access that they have to finish it. I'm not sure Metro-North goes to Penn Station ever.

A new Q100 stop on 21 Street and 24 Avenue? https://bustime.mta.info/m/?q=Q100

Just because SEPTA cut service doesn't mean MTA must do the same! NYC is much bigger metro area than Philadelphia!

LIRR riders can be more snooty then express bus riders. I am staying with my brother who lives in Wantagh this week and took morning express LIRR train from Wantagh. I take my seat and another passenger told me to move to another seat in another part of the train car as there is a regular customer who always sit every day in the seat I was sitting in. That rider then tells me that all the riders in the part of the car I was in usually have the same seat every day and other LIRR riders in the area I was sitting then interject and tell me that they themselves would move and if I don't move I will have a big problem. I get up and move to another part of the train car that is close to them and hear those regular LIRR riders make nasty comments and hear them laughing about me. I told my brother what happened and he told me that if he needs to go into the city, he drives to CitiField for the 7 train on days that he needs to go to Manhattan and the LIRR is too expensive and not worth the headache.

When BM2 and BQM1 start Canarsie was heavily white and it eventually changed over. Demographics change on a lot of bus routes over time.

The Q103 had Saturday bus service until the 1995 service cut when DOT told Queens Surface to cut it.

I have more idea coming up because we need to change every route we can to have more speed on every bus route just like what qjtransitmaster say (just kidding). In any case, MTA likely wouldn't even consider any of our ideas in first place and I did not take my ideas too seriously.

My thinking originally was that Q77 is a useless route because it is not useful to actual non schoolkid commuters. I wanted to extend Q26 because I thought that it may actually help Q27 route as Q27 is a very busy route. But being the humble person I am (it was you that point out that in a post years ago), I live and I learn as I go.

My opinion of Q77 is formed based off of learning that most of Q77 usefulness is with schoolkids and that there are other routes such as Q2, Q4, Q83, Q110 that intersect with Q77 and provide service to Jamaica at much more frequent level. My opinion of Q34 proposal was that Whitestone resident in the news were looking for alternative to Q15A routing and wanted Q14 restored as that was better for them then the Q15A route. In the beginning there were also article out there complaining about Q34 layover in whitestone before extension of Q34 was proposed in the news. No intention of being qjtransitmaster 2.0 here with my ideas.

Q101viaSteinway eastern Queens ideas Q12: Create limited stop route which would run between Flushing and Great Neck LIRR. Q12 limited stop route would be extend to Great Neck LIRR via the new n20G route. Q12 local route would continue to run same route as today exept overnight when Q12 local would extend to Great Neck LIRR. Q26: Extend route to Springfield Blvd and 119 Avenue via Francis Lewis Blvd. Route would run 7 days a week with Q77 service hours. Q27: Extend route to Springfield Blvd and 145 Road. Q34: Make Flushing to Jamaica part of route a Q25 short route. Flushing to Whitestone portion would then be extended to 7 Avenue and Clintonville Street via old Q14 route between 7 Avenue and Clintonville Street and Willets Point Blvd and 149 Street. Q15A would no longer exist and all Q15A trip become Q15 trip. This will address community concern about Q15A routing on 10 Avenue and Q34 layover on Willets Point Blvd and 149 Street. Q46: Eliminate Q46 Glen Oak branch and create new Q45 bus which will run via Q46 route between Kew Gardens and Union Tpke and 188 Street, then run via QM5 regular rush hour route between Union Tpke and 188 Street and Union Tpke and 260 Street. This Q45 would run 7 day a week and supplement other bus route in area. All current Q46 Glen Oak bus will run regular Q46 route to LIJ. I would also have another new route Q51 which would run via Q46 route between Kew Gardens and Union Turnpike and 188 Street, then run via 188 Street to 64 Avenue and would be short turn version of Q46 and supplement other bus route in area. Q77: Elminiate. Q77 seems like not very useful route to me which function can be done by other route.

I would decrease Q18 headway from 20 minute to 15 minute on weekend and midday hour and decrease headway from 12 minute to 10 minute during PM rush hour and decrease headway from 8 minute to 6 minute during AM rush hour. Q18 used to have this many buses on the route on midday and weekend and Astoria is a growing community that needs better bus service on higher ridership routes. If ridership grow then service can positively be increased to more than this. I also think that Q18 is the stronger link in Astoria when comparing the Q18 and Q102 together and Q18 must be made into strong route. The most crowd I ever see on Q102 bus is on Roosevelt Island for people looking to take tram or F train and RIOC bus not show up.

In regard to Q18A/B proposal I would increase Q18 service so there would not be infrequent service on 65 Place or 69 Street in Maspeth. Astoria is growing neighborhood with increase in people riding bus and increase service will benefit them too. We can even be able to increase Q102 headway so that there is less trip on a low ridership route like Q102 and encourage people going between 2 Street and 31 Street to use Q18 instead. Reason why Q48 needs be taking out of LGA is because LGA ridership is very low on Q48.

Q101viaSteinway western Queens bus proposal Q18- Extend route to Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue via 69 Street and Metropolitan Avenue. Split Q18 route into 2 route in Maspeth, Q18A and Q18B. Q18A run via 69 Street between Grand Avenue and Woodside Avenue, Q18B run via Hamilton Place/65 Place between Grand Avenue and Woodside Avenue. This will make for better bus service in Maspeth. Q29- Extend to 74 Street terminal via Roosevelt Avenue. Q32/Q33- Reroute bus off 81 Street onto 83 Street and combine with Q33. There will still be short turn that run between 23 Avenue and 94 Street and 74 Street terminal for service reliability purposes and crowd control. Q48- Get rid of all lga airport service and instead extend Q48 bus via 23 Avenue, 82 Street, and Ditmars Bolvard to the subway at 31 Street. currently Q69 is a very unreliable bus and is not effective in providing good bus service on Ditmars Bolvard between Jackson Heights and 31 Street. Q67- Cut bus route so that Q67 bus run only between Queens Plaza and 69 Street and Grand Avenue.