Gotham Bus Co.

On 4/1/2024 at 3:04 AM, Noflexdont said:

Good morning all, I'm looking for assistance with identifying issues with bus announcements on Manhattan Bus routes. For example I found an issue with the Westbound M42 bus stop at W 42nd Street & Broadway Stop code# 403354. There is no bus stop there but the bus still make announcement. 

Also if you happen to find missing information on a bus stop furniture (pole, route sign, destination sign, count down clock  defective). A perfect example would look like at 10th Avenue & W 49th Street M11 local route panel signage is missing at stop code# 401410.  please include an image of defect if possible. 

Any help on the matter is appreciated as I will attempt to rectify issues with  NYC DOT & MTA 

What was the response when you submitted this on MTA's site?

15 hours ago, QM1to6Ave said:

I 100% believe the BOs do it to keep people off of their buses so they can have empty runs. I think since covid, they got spoiled woth empty buses and never wa t to go back to full runs

Empty buses is a great way for them to lose work due to service cuts.

On 3/21/2024 at 1:25 PM, 40MntVrn said:

 A guy I know stood to directly benefit from GCM. He avoided the new terminal for months after opening simply because he preferred Penn for inscrutable reasons. 

It's as if some people signed a contract of loyalty to Penn.

15 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said:

If oyster bay branch is to be electrified they should double track the rest of it from locust valley to the end

That would deprive outer end politicians of a major issue to complain and campaign about.

On 3/21/2024 at 12:39 AM, MHV9218 said:

This is a lot worse than was indicated. It wasn't just a piece that fell, it collapsed under the weight of a bus. Until that roof is load-bearing again, which could take a long time, they're going to have to do some serious rearrangements. This is not something you want to see.

Which routes are being moved out of KB (which depot will get them)?

29 minutes ago, Lex said:

You know damn well Atlantic Terminal was brought up to stress a point related to that supplemental service.

Supplemental service for the parade has nothing to do with a terminal that's nowhere near the parade.

1 minute ago, B35 via Church said:

All that shoving of service down people's throats when service to GCT was first implemented resulted in, was a rollback of a significant enough an amount of peak service to Penn & direct service to/from Atlantic Terminal anyway....

Peak service to Atlantic Terminal has nothing to do with supplemental service for the St. Patrick's Day parade.

On 3/17/2024 at 5:17 PM, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

Doesn’t mean much when both depots share the same bus pool.

JFK and FR function as one depot with two yards. 

18 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Logic would dictate that, but I still think it's more of a longevity thing than a higher frequency thing (as far as riders growing that much more accustomed to GCT service).

In any case, I find that unlike the typical urban commuter, the typical suburban commuter isn't nearly as transit savvy - so they're more apt to latching onto one particular commute/mode/station.....

So catering to people's lack of information is more important than providing information. Got it.

8 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Likely because Nassau/Suffolk patrons are more familiar with Penn than they are with GCT..... It'll take decades for GCT to reach the level of familiarity amongst LIRR riders that Penn currently has.... That parade could've been on 1st av. & I wouldn't doubt for a second that more of the extra service would've still been dedicated to running to/from Penn.

They would get more familiar with it if more trains went there.  (I don't understand why some folks are loyal to Penn at all costs — even, or especially, when GC would be more convenient for them.)

10 minutes ago, Far rockaway said:

Maybe because GCM is too deep of a station.

Proximity should compensate for depth.

Why does most of the additional LIRR service run to/from Penn when the parade route is so much closer to Grand Central?

27 minutes ago, Robert Spire said:

Are they going to actually get rid of Liberty Lines? Is Liberty Lines deciding to exit? 

...or sell itself to someone else?

I'm just waiting for someone to sue because the exterior bellows prevent them from climbing on top of the train to "surf."

18 minutes ago, N6 Limited said:

How about using the ROW to extend the IBX from Brooklyn? Or, if keeping the BRT, extending IBX to St. George to connect to BRT services?

Staten Island probably doesn't want direct rail access to the rest of the city (because then the rest of the city would have direct rail access to Staten Island).

10 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

What serves Grymes Hill in your proposal?

Maybe the S62 (or an "S63" variant of it)?

On 2/6/2024 at 11:05 AM, NewFlyer 230 said:

Would it be worth extending the MTA’s proposed Q38 route to Myrtle Ave & Fresh Pond Rd from its proposed southern and to Flushing on the north side? 

I believe the current proposed routing for the Q38 is weak and I think it will eventually allow the MTA to cut away service. An extended Q38 can provide an alternative to the Q58 and attract new riders.  

2 hours ago, Q43LTD said:

I wasn't singling out the 98 per se. I felt it was overkill with the 38, 58 and 98 ending in Flushing. 

Maybe ditch the Q98 in favor of extending Q38 at both ends (to Ridgewood Terminal and Main Street Station).

50 minutes ago, Robert Spire said:

NYCEDC gave up the SIM23 and SIM24 so that they aren't considered a transit agency so that they can run ferries. 

Yet MBTA runs ferries.

Of course, Staten Island politicians will demand that it be paid exclusively with non-S.I. tax dollars.

On 1/30/2024 at 1:21 PM, TDL said:

Yes, there should be a GCT-Penn Station connection.

How much money and time have you budgeted for design, preliminary engineering, and construction?

1 hour ago, limitednyc said:

If that's the case why does the dot still operate the si ferry?

Because that ferry is fare free and Staten Island will never let the city give it up.

9 hours ago, JAzumah said:

NYC Ferry is a real estate project sweetener. They will only kill it as a last resort. It was designed to raise property values, not transport people. In that respect, it is working.

1 hour ago, Trainmaster5 said:

Finally a knowledgeable person who can see behind the curtain. This simple fact should be drummed into the heads of every pom pom waving rah rah  believing posters out there. My opinion. Carry on.

I wasn't "waving pom poms" — I was merely noting that, instead of "kililng" the ferry system, the City will probably try to shift all the costs to the . But y'all already knew that.

13 hours ago, BrooklynBus said:

Because they run everything else so well? 

Because the City will seek a convenient way to get out of paying for it.

On 1/30/2024 at 1:26 PM, TDL said:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/riding-the-nyc-ferry-will-now-cost-new-yorkers-4-per-ride-071522

I see the NYC Ferry system eventually becoming the MTA Boat Company.

On 8/17/2023 at 9:35 PM, N6 Limited said:

They should extend IBX to Staten Island or have a Ferry to SI from Brooklyn Army Terminal.

Include a Staten Island extension in the plan now? Or make an allowance for a future extension?