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The Bx20/7's interlining would provide a choice for riders north of 239th St to reach the and lines. Remember, it's only during the rush hours. This would prevent crowding on one of the bus routes in Northern Riverdale. I forgot one change to the Bx7 and Bx20. It would run via 231st, Bailey, 225th, and Broadway to directly serve the 231st St station and bypass the traffic on Broadway.

Like the Brooklyn counterpart, I just felt an overhaul was needed. If you have your own, don't hesitate.

I'll copy/paste the ideas: Bronx Bus Overhaul Southwest Bronx Bx6 and Bx13: interlined, both run under West Farms Depot Combined Headways Rush hrs: 3.5 mins (7 mins each) Middays: 5 mins (10 mins each) Evenings/Weekends: 6 mins (12 mins each) Bx6: runs to Riverside Drive late nights to connect with at 157th Street Bx13: extended east to Hunts Point Market runs via Tiffany St to replace Barretto Point Park Shuttle Route: 161 St, Elton Av, 163 St, Hunts Point Av, Lafayette Av, Tiffany St, Viele Av, Food Center Drive Bx15 & Bx55: interlined, both run under West Farms Depot Combined Headways Rush hrs: 4 mins (8 mins each) Middays and Weekends (during the day): 5 mins (10 mins each) Bx15: runs between Fordham Plaza and 138th St/3rd Av station 5am-8pm weekdays, 8am-6pm weekends use local Bx55 other times no longer runs on Willis Avenue Bx55: runs between Gun Hill Rd sta and 125th St/Lexington Av (4/5/6) sta northbound via Madison Avenue Bridge makes limited stops 5am-8pm weekdays, 8am-6pm weekends runs local other times Bx55 limited stops Gun Hill/White Plains Gun Hill/Webster 204 St Bedford Park Blvd Fordham Plaza/3 Av 183 St 180 St Tremont Av Claremont Pkwy 168 St 163 St 157 St 149 St 138 St/Morris-Lincoln Avs 125 St/Lexington Av Bx11: runs between West Farms Rd/Southern Blvd and River Park Towers replaces Bx18 in Morris Heights, use Bx13/35 for Washington Heights Route: 168th St, 167th St, Sedgwick Av, Tremont Av, McCracken Av, Harlem River Park Bridge, Undercliff Av Bx18: eliminated, use Bx11 for Morris Heights North Bronx Bx19: truncated to Westchester Av/Southern Blvd use Bx9 for north of Westchester Av Bx9: runs between Hunts Point Av sta and 225th St/Bway sta replaces Bx19 north of Westchester Av Use extended M100 for Broadway Bx20: interlined with Bx7, extended north to 263rd St/Riverdale Av Bx22: new western terminus is 225th St/Bway sta use Bx28/30 for Goulden Av Bx26: extended west to 262nd/Bway via Paul Av, Mosholu, Van Cort, Bway allows faster connection between Riverdale and train Bx28 & Bx38: merged into one route (bx28) runs between Earhart Lane and 225th St/Bway sta via All sections route: Mosholu Pkwy, Paul, Bedford Park, Goulden, Kingsbridge use , Bx1/2, Bx16, Bx41/55 for Fordham New Bx28 LTD runs rush hours only Earhart Lane Einstein Loop/Hutch Pkwy Coop City Bl/Bartow Av Bellamy Loop/Coop City Bl Rombouts Av (serves Carver and Dreiser) Donizetti Pl/Baychester Av (serves Truman HS) Edson/Bartow Avs Eastchester/Gun Hill Rds Knapp St ( train station) Boston Rd Bronxwood Av White Plains Rd Webster Av Montefiore Hospital/Bainbridge Av (e/b at 210 St, w/b at Gun Hill Rd) 206th St West Mosholu Pkwy South/Paul Av local to 225th/Bway Bx30: runs from Earhart Lane to 231st/Bway rerouted via 222nd St to fill crosstown gap and serve Edenwald Houses use Bee-Lines for Boston Rd route: Boston Rd, Grace Av, 229th St, Laconia Av, 222nd St, White Plains Rd, Gun Hill Rd, Bainbridge Av, Mosholu Pkwy, Sedgwick Av, Giles Pl, Heath av, Albany Crescent, Bailey Av, 231st St Bx34: eliminated use Bx10 for Woodlawn and Bx16 for Fordham Bx10: new eastern terminus is 242nd/Katonah Route changes east of Dickinson Av route: Sedgwick, Mosholu, Paul, Bedford Park, Bainbridge, Jerome, 233, Katonah Bx16: runs between Fordham Center and Ropes/Hollers Avs via 233 St use Bx23 for Nereid/Baychester Bx23: runs between Pelham Bay Park and 233rd/Webster via Sections 3-4-5 Route: Bronx Blvd, Nereid, Mundy, Pitman, Baychester, Boston, Conner, Co-op City Blvd, Asch, Bartow, Hutchinson, Hunter, Earhart, Erskine, bruckner Q50: new northern terminus is Dyre Av station runs local in The Bronx, serves Sec 1-2-4-5 Route: Bruckner, Erskine, Bx30 route to Boston Rd, then Dyre Av Southeast Bronx Bx5: truncated to Brush/Schley Avs use Q50 for Bruckner Blvd Bx24: rerouted via Waters Pl to serve Bronx Psychiatric and Hutch Metro Ctr Route: Westchester, Waters, Bronx Psy Loop, Waters, Hutch Metro Loop, Waters, Eastchester, Williamsbridge, Tremont, Lane Av Bx31: extended to Castle Hill/Zerega Avs to serve Unionport Route: Lane Av, Commerce, Zerega Bx27: eliminated use Bx36 for Rosedale av and new Bx37 for 174th St, and bx4/4a for Westchester Bx36: new eastern terminus is Clason’s Point use Bx37 for 174th St Route: 180th St, Rosedale/Taylor avs, 174th St, Rosedale, Randall, Soundview Restructured Bx36 LTD service (Bx36 Locals run between Cross Bronx/Univ Av and Clason’s Point) local between Washington Heights and Tremont/Univ Avs Tremont/University Jerome Av Grand Concourse (west side) Grand Concourse (East side) Tremont/Webster 180th St 3rd Av/180th St Crotona Av Southern Blvd Boston Rd Morris Park Av (180th St (2/5) station) 174th/Rosedale Westchester Story Rosedale/Randall local to Clason’s Point Bx37: runs between Fordham plaza and Castle Hill/Zerega Avs Route: 3rd Av, 184th St, Arthur Av, 182nd St, Boston Rd, Hoe/Vyse Avs, 174th St, Cross Bronx Exp, White Plains, Lacombe, Castle Hill Interborough Routes M100: extended to 262nd/Bway to replace Bx9 on Broadway

Influenced by its Brooklyn counterpart, I felt The Bronx's bus routes need a good ol' fashioned overhaul. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1alKKmCa3YNMgyz_MYsJxuZGOBetJb5kfbvYLHnMLXJk/edit

I forgot to mention replacing the B16 on 13/14th Avs will be the returning B23, which will run between VA Hospital and Downstate/Kings County Hospitals. Route: Va, Poly, 14th, 13/14th, 36th/37th Sts, Dahill, Cortelyou Rd, Cortelyou/Beverley, New York, Clarkson

I'm gonna take a stab on a Brooklyn Bus Overhaul: B1: extended to Shore Rd/86th St (as already mentioned) B2: extended west to Coney Island to replace B82 west of Coney Island Av weekend service restored B4: runs between Knapp St in Sheepshead Bay and 86th St/4th Av runs to Knapp St 6am-11pm weekdays and 8am-11pm weekends B7: I agree with B35's idea on sending it to 80th St/Paerdegat Av via Saratoga Av, Church Av, Remsen Av, Avenue L B8: runs to Bay Ridge/95th St all times B11: extended east to Bergen Beach B12: rerouted via Empire Blvd west of Utica Av new western terminus is Prospect Park (B/Q/S) station use B16 and restored B23 for Kings County/Downstate Hospitals B15 & B17: swap northern terminals -B15: ends at Utica/Eastern -B17: extended north to Woodhull Hospital via Lewis/Garvey B16: runs between 4th Av/86th St and Eastern Pkwy/Utica Av via 86th, Fort Hamilton, Caton, Bedford, Clarkson, Albany, Empire, Troy, Eastern, Utica B24: I agree with prior proposal to truncating it as Greenpoint Av shuttle. However, it would be extended west to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza route: Greenpoint Av, West St, Kent/Wythe Avs, Broadway B30: new Penn Av thru-route running between Broadway Junction and Starrett City B31: extended west to 4th Av/101st St via Av P, 65th St, 7th Av, Bay Ridge Av, Shore Rd B36: extended east to Kings Plaza via Av U B38: all buses run to Metropolitan Av/Starr St B46: rerouted to Catalpa/Seneca Avs to replace B38 Seneca branch, use B47 and (J/Z) for Broadway B41: all buses run to Kings Plaza, use B11 for Bergen Beach B43: new southern terminus is Brooklyn College via Kingston/Throop, Rutland/Winthrop, New York Av, Av H use B12 for Empire B44: all northbound buses via Rogers Av B45: this is my most radical idea, but it would run to Red Hook IKEA to replace B71 on Union St instead of Downtown Brooklyn W/B B45 route: Sterling, 7th Av, Union, 3rd Av, 3rd St, Smith St, Sackett, Columbia, Van Brunt, Beard E/B: Beard, Van Brunt, Columbia, Carroll, Court, Union, 7th Av, Park Pl, Bedford, St. John's B47: extended west to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza to replace B46 B48: I agree with prior proposal of two branches running from Prospect Park (B/Q/S) station to either Sunnyside or Meeker Av Sunnyside branch renamed B58 B49: runs to Prospect Park (B/Q/S) Sta via Ocean Av B51: restored to run between City Hall and the Red Hook Ikea replaces B57 on Smith/Court St Route: Park Row, Lafayette/Bowery, Canal, Manhattan Bridge, Tillary, Jay, Fulton, Court/Smith, Lorraine, Otsego B57: runs between Fulton Mall and 69th St/Grand Av B64: I agree with prior proposal to run it between 86th/4th and Mermaid Loop. However, it would run via Cropsey instead of Bath Av since it is farther away from 86th St. via 4th, 92nd, Poly Pl, VA hosp, Cropsey B65: I agree with prior proposal to extend it east to Broadway Junction via St. Johns, ENY Av B82: cut back to Coney Island av/Quentin Rd, as mentioned already Any reactions?

The school is Bay Academy. Without the B4, they're only left with the B49, which would probably be packed with Kingsborough students by the time the bus gets to Bay Academy.

Bx45: LGA Airport to Lenox Terminal/148th St station Route: Powell Blvd, Macombs Dam Bridge, 161st St, Melrose Av, 159th-160th Sts, 3rd Av, 138th St, Deegan Expwy, RFK Triboro Bridge, Astoria Blvd, 82nd St, LGA Airport Makes all local stops between Lenox Terminal and 3rd Av/138th St station, then LTD stops to LGA Airport LTD Stops 3rd Av/138th St station 31st St/Astoria Blvd station Steinway St 49th St 82nd St then all LGA terminals

How about having the Q94 run on East 182nd St to fill a crosstown gap between East 180th St and Fordham Rd. It can serve Aquinas HS, Little Italy, and St. Barnabas Hospital. After White Plains Rd, it can stop at the following: Rosedale/Cross Bronx Tremont/Rosedale Morris Park/180th St Southern/182nd St Crotona Av 3rd Av/184th St Fordham Plaza

I have about 3 or 4 potential Select Bus service corridors. 1. Bx65 (Bronx to Upper Manhattan) Pelham Bay Park to Riverside Dr-158 St Stops Pelham Bay Park/Bruckner Blvd Country Club Rd East Tremont Av Castle Hill Av White Plains Rd Rosedale Av Boynton Av Southern Blvd/Hunts Point Av Prospect Av/East 163rd St 3rd Av Morris Av/East 161st St River Av/Yankee Stadium ( St. Nicholas Av/West 155th St Broadway/West 157th St Riverside Drive West/West 158th St 2. B41 (Flatbush Av) Rockaway Park to Union Square Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 116th St Beach 130th St/Beach Channel Drive Jacob Riis Park Floyd Bennett Field/Flatbush Av Kings Plaza-Avenue U Kings Highway Nostrand Av Church Av Empire Blvd Grand Army Plaza Atlantic Av Fulton St Tillary St Grand St/Bowery East Houston St East 14th St The other two will come later on...

I'm a little sketchy about having the line serve the Food Center and Clason's Point. I have it run on Lafayette Av since it serves more heavy residential areas (like the housing projects by Rosedale Av) and more popular places (like Stevenson and Msgr. Scanlan HS's). As for the Melrose MNRR stop, my Morris Avenue stop's entrances would be at Park Av/161st St and Morris Av/161st St.

Reading the map, the best option would be to extend the over there. It would split off the Concourse Line at Yankee Stadium, then run on 161st, 163rd, and Lafayette Avenues before terminating at City Island. It would serve portions of Soundview and Castle Hill and Throggs Neck that are south of the Bruckner Expressway as well as serving as a South Bronx crosstown line serving the Courts and Hunts Point. Stops Yankee Stadium Morris Av/161st St (MNRR connection, serves the Courts) 3rd Av/163rd St (2nd av line) Intervale Av Hunts Point Av Boynton Av/Lafayette Av Rosedale Av (serves Monroe and other housing projects) Bruckner Plaza Castle Hill Av Brush Av Balcom Av East Tremont Av-Throggs Neck Dean Av City Island Your thoughts?