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It's still in beta. I'm sure suggestions would be welcome. Here's the original story from ABC: https://abc7ny.com/traffic/mta-launches-live-real-time-digital-subway-map/7192314/

Probably looks 10 times better than on my cracked screen Android 🙂

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The MTA on Tuesday launched its first-ever "Live Subway Map," a first of its kind digital guide to navigating the subway system in real time. The new map, which allows riders to plan trips more easily by taking into account service changes and seeing train movements as they happen, is the byproduct of an 18 month-long public-private partnership between the MTA, the Transit Innovation Partnership, and Brooklyn-based global design and technology firm Work & Co. "It is absolutely unique," interim President of New York City Transit Sarah Feinberg said. "It's the first of its kind in North American, and we believe first of its kind globally." https://map.mta.info/#@40.70949,-73.97853,14z

In my last post it should've read "I've been wrong more than right so I'm probably wrong here too" The demos are shifting westward, meaning that more people are coming from the east and from the north. Without concrete numbers it's all conjecture so we don't know either way. Schedules and routes are going to change after the redesign. Your idea could happen.

A. The demos are subtly shifting. It's not substantial but it is noticeable along Ave J. As an example, look at Mill Basin around Ave M east into the 70s. There's a big change from 10 years ago. B. Bunching is a traffic phenomena and can be very unpredictable. There will always be bunching. C. I agree, but the numbers don't dictate a wholesale change, particularly when the route already has a short turn included. D. Splitting the route at the Junction isn't easy for one bus. The 6 would present two involving Glenwood Rd. Wow. My opinions are the exception rather than the rule. On this board I've been more than right so I'm probably wrong here too 😄. I've learned a lot from some very smart people. Don't take it the wrong way. I just don't think the split is warranted.

Wait...something's off here. So in order to continue their trip passengers get off the lcl at the Junction and xfer to another 6 (lcl or ltd) at the Junction? Perhaps you can elaborate further on what happens at the Junction and explain why the split is necessary in the first place.

The viewpoint from a B/O's perspective would be a heluva experience. It gives you better insight. From a rider's eyes your 3 slice cut of the B6 Salami isn't totally tasteless; it might look better on a roll than from between a couple slices of Wonder. Maybe instead of a 3-way cut, an adjustment of the current setup could work...possibly turning more buses at CIA. Restoring the old 5/50 split on the B82 split looks like a journey to nostalgia but it's more doable than the B6 cutup. You'd keep the SBS and run it top to bottom?

Splitting the at the Junction would tag the 11 as the local to CIA. Run times for the 11 and 6 lcl are about the same weekdays, increasing on the weekends. During the semester 6 & 11 will be swamped by the students from both schools to and from Ave J Brighton with less service (no 6 lcl). Cutting the 6 over a mile back to Flatush might save a few bucks...is it worth it? The B8 on 18th Ave is busy. Your plan would turn half the buses back to serve the lighter portion of the route. Is it assumed that the short turn is running down Nostrand Ave (and the full run keeping its current route) from Ave D to the Junction? If so, it's like squeezing an elephant into a full stable of stallions: Short 6, short 8, 44 lcl, 44 SBS, dollar cabs, double parked deliveries...David Copperfield might be able to pull it off. And no layovers at the VA Hosp; straight through to 9 & 4th. This is too much to take in with a sleepy brain! Laying up the 6 & 8 on the n/e side of Flatbush by the subway exit might look good on paper...could be a nightmare in actuality. IMO I think your idea for the 6, 8 & 82 is a lot of juggling with no real benefit and costing more.

From what I heard on NBC News about 15 minutes ago MTA can fuhgeddabout that $12 billion. I didn't catch all the details cause my attention was divided. Hope I misheard. Nothing on the internet about it yet.

True that: NY Ave is single lane n/o Empire but so is Rogers until 4PM weekdays. It's also true that Rogers would absorb the majority of n/b movement from Bedford initially. Since we don't have facts and figures to go by we're using observation to judge. Plenty of commuters are heading to the bridges from the east and south bypassing NY Ave (Ave H and above) for Flatbush and Rogers. Rogers tends to constipate around Tilden. With the n/b flow from Bedford shifted one block east some coming from the east and south of Rogers might give a one-way NY Ave a try continuing your domino effect as traffic tries to find a median level. No worries. You're much too savvy to be condescending towards. Kinda reminds me when our family moved from Willoughby & St. James in Clinton Hill to Throop & Jefferson ln Bed-Stuy back in the 60s. Throop was 2-way then along with Tompkins and Sumner (Marcus Garvey). One day our teacher told us about the new bus stop that would be in front of our school (Madison & Throop, B47). The whole grid in that area was getting a makeover; B10 Sumner/Lewis, B38 DeKalb/Lafayette, B47 Throop/Tompkins, 48 Franklin/Classon, B52 Gates/Quincy.

I'll let you have this one only because it would be off topic to continue

But that's the beauty of it. By adding another S/B lane on Bedford it would take some of the burden from Nostrand. Savvy drivers would pick up on that in a couple heartbeats. With the N/B lane removed from Bedford it wouldn't take too long before that "freelow" on New York would be used, especially when the initial bump would naturally flow to already troubled Rogers.

Apologies for continuing this but I just gotta weigh in. Why move the B49 over to Nostrand? Keep Nostrand it as is, keep the 49 N/B on Ocean and run it up to Prospect Pk or get even bolder and pull that bad boy over to Utica along Empire Blvd. S/B is in reverse. Take it off that heartburn/indigestion named Bedford Ave. Yeah that's some bold tihs but it might pick up a couple handfuls of passengers. Damn thing is a ghost ship on Ocean. I can see that happening. If Transit decided to make that move perhaps the DOT might consider making both New York and Bedford one way streets respectively, allowing a smoother traffic flow...2 N/B lanes on New York and 2 S/B on Bedford. Double parking KILLS traffic movement on Bedford especially around Church. Bedford would resume 2-way S/O Flatbush. Traffic would flow smoother after folks get over the initial strangeness, IMO.

Got another one for the ENY Transit desert. B86 using Logan St & Fountain Ave for the north/south run with a road/rail xfer at Norwood Ave by using Liberty Ave as an east/west run and crossing Atlantic on Logan to Sheperd/Berriman which also sets up a road/rail xfer at Sheperd & Pitkin then using New Lots/Dumont for movement btn Shep/Berr and Fountain. Since time would be added the best thing might be to keep the run on Logan/Fountain, cutting out the Shep/Pit rail connection. Maybe cut the eastern portion of the run back to Eldert & Loring. ENY reaching out to Howard Beach...too soon? Too late?

AFAIK if a hundred tokens were bought, $15 was forked out. I was 11 years old when I bought my first token. The fare was 15 cents so I never had a need for such "high finance".

Perhaps it's so Jamaica/Van Wyck doesn't have to be covered with a Shuttle bus?

Yep! Each DCAS or Transit qualifying hearing they'd make me go to Adjudication to find the disposition of a case that no longer was on the books.

The year is 1975. The place is Jay St Station, Brooklyn. The goal: catching the Far Rock Train. A young lady who had my nose open lived on Bch Chnl Dr while I resided on Sumner btn Greene & Lex. Didn't have a job, Pops wasn't coming off the couple bucks I was desperate for. Sooo...genius me walked to Myrtle and back doored the B54. No problem. Now for the subway. With no orange transfer slip from the B/O, I looked for and found a similar colored piece of paper, shaped it into a reasonable looking transfer and dropped it into the box. I was grabbed 10 feet later by a Transit "Dick" (old fashion slang for plain clothes cop) and stuffed into a bathroom with about 15 other poor slobs. Hours later we're standing in front the the judge on Schermerhorn St being sentenced. 6 months suspended if we keep our nose clean. Lesson learned.

Your map is very impressive! How did you manage the individual colors for each line?

Apologies for the bump. Think I finally got it right. Simply proving to future generations I'm not a total idiot. Promise not to bump again. Cypress Hills-Spring Creek

Finally figured out how to use Google Maps but I damn sure ain't no gnikcuf expert when it comes to using it. I tried to use the Google Drive link but it opened up into a full map of the US. dekcuF with it for hours then put my fist thru the wall! (Yeah sure) So the tihs has be turned into a .png image. If you have time to waste, use the pic, GMaps Brooklyn NY and the streets above to puzzle it out. Feel free to critique. I've got skin like an elephant. (So sez the lady in my life) https://imgur.com/kIqwuB4

Computerized billboards on New York City’s subway might bring the system to more resemble scenes from the movie “Blade Runner” by the end of 2023, MTA officials announced Tuesday. We don’t have the flying cars or humanoid robots depicted in the 1982 movie, which presented a dystopian view of the world in 2019. But the subways have 5,000 Blade Runner-type video advertising screens, and the MTA plans to install 9,000 more by September 2021. The agency is scheduled to spend $100 million on the 9,000 new digital screens. Most will carry ads 80% of the time, and subway service information the other 20%, say officials. Those 9,000 new screens are just a start. The MTA plans to add even more so that they’ll appear in all 472 subway stations by the end of 2023. The displays would expand an existing deal between the MTA and the advertising company Outfront Media. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said they were excited about technology, which lets them quickly update messages and displays on any of the screens to give riders fresh information about their commutes. The shift ought to make it easier for riders to know when their commute is scheduled to be interrupted by construction, said MTA chief development officer Janno Lieber. “One of the classic gripes New Yorkers have about the system is those paper signs [that communicate construction-related service changes],” said Lieber “You’re going to get real-time information about outages and planned work.” Though the video screens are being rolled out quickly, the MTA lags on its push to install CCTV security cameras in every subway station. Officials said roughly 75% of the city’s stations currently have camera coverage. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mta-subway-screens-advertisements-20200707-6bnf5xnjdfdnhmcqt7v5p3pfye-story.html More Info: http://web.mta.info/nyct/OntheGoAds/index.html Location of existing Screens (pdf): http://web.mta.info/nyct/OntheGoAds/MTA_Kiosk_Ridership_OTG.pdf

My route refers to something @BrooklynBus briefly touched on awhile back about a lack of service through central ENY. The route connects Cypress Hills in the north with Spring Creek to the south. No clue how to makeshift a bus map but Google Maps was a good guide. B85 Cypress Hills Terminal: Arlington & Jamaica Avenues. To Spring Creek: East on Jamaica Ave South on Miller Ave East on Fulton St: [ at Van Siclen Ave] South on Hendrix St[ ( C ) at Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen] West on New Lots Ave South on Van Siclen East on Cozine Ave South on Schenck Ave Right on Gateway Drive From Seaview Ave, north on Fountain Ave West on Cozine. Spring Creek Terminal NW c/o Cozine & Fountain. B85 To Cypress Hills: West on Cozine South on Atkins Ave East on Flatlands Ave South on Fountain West on Seaview From Gateway, left on Vandalia Ave From Schenck, west on Cozine North on Van Siclen East on Hegeman Ave North on Schenck [(C) at Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen] West on Atlantic Ave North on Van Siclen [ ( J ) at Fulton] West on Arlington to terminal The north and south running streets are narrow through the area. Alternate side parking hours might need adjusting. According to Google Maps both Schenck and Hendrix cross Atlantic Ave. Van Sic doesn't. Considered putting the north terminal at Broadway Junction but with the bus traffic already over there it's overkill. Van Sic & Fulton Xfer is adequate.

Damn. Grand St is so smooth now Low Rider don't need to worry about his guts being ripped out.

Man, this gotta be a bust ass idea. It's so right it doesn't even need discussion. Either that or it's so out there it's bouncing off satellites. Someone stick a pin in my swelled head!