Gotham Bus Co.

On 12/5/2022 at 3:34 PM, RSMG106 said:

As for the M35, Mother Clara Hale is expected to get full control of the route, instead of the spilt with TU.

Hale already has the whole M35. The split ended in June.

On 11/27/2022 at 3:51 AM, Mtatransit said:

It would be good if NJT just start subsidizing them.

Doesn't NJT already subsidize those companies by giving them free buses?

On 11/23/2022 at 5:00 PM, Jsunflyguy said:

The conductor collects fares and if people are slow or try to drag it out paying on purpose some Conductors will wait on them in a game of chicken. There's also the matter of people being allowed to sit at the door position which means crews have to wait for these people to vacate before the doors can be opened.

Maybe that's why the draft Grand Central schedules have extra running time.

On 11/20/2022 at 7:06 PM, bobtehpanda said:

I assume, like that Rt 110 BRT I keep hearing on and off again, that it's died a quiet death like most Suffolk projects tend to do.

Has the whole system been discontinued? 

Why do trains have to hold at each station for up to a minute before the doors are allowed to open?

On 11/13/2022 at 8:49 PM, Calvin said:

Extra information on depots: Some routes have school trippers at a selected depot, this is a list to clarify. 

Casey Stengel -> Q17, Q27, Q88

Queens Village -> Q20A, Q31, Q76

I'm not sure if CS still has any school trippers on Q27 or Q88.

4 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

 Based on the buses I rode on per depot:

Bronx:

Kingsbridge (Okay maintenance), Gun Hill (Good maintenance on 8730 when ridden in January 2021, but I don't know the rest of the fleet), West Farms (Mid maintenance), Eastchester (Questionable maintenance), and Yonkers (Alright maintenance).

 

Manhattan:

Tuskegee Airmen (Mid maintenance), Mother Clara Hale (Good maintenance), Manhattanville (Great maintenance), and Michael J. Quill (Best maintenance).

Brooklyn:

East New York, Fresh Pond, Flatbush, Grand Avenue, Spring Creek, and Jackie Gleason (Great maintenance). Ulmer Park (Alright maintenance)

 

Queens:

College Point, Queens Village, and Casey Stengel (Good maintenance). Far Rockaway, JFK, LaGuardia, and Baisley Park (Okay maintenance). I have yet to ride on Jamaica's fleet.

 

The Staten Island depots also have great maintenance.

Staten Island maintainers have a reputation of fixing buses only on overtime, not on straight time. Some buses have to be moved to Brooklyn just to get them fixed.

On 10/7/2022 at 3:45 PM, Ultimategamer12c said:

8770 is delivered to CS Depot.

CS has quite a few of these buses but doesn't seem to run them much. Are the drivers not trained?

13 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

And the third track is officially open for business....

How long before a fourth track  is needed?

5 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

I like all three equally for the most part. By the time I had money to fan commuter rail routes routes the M7s had taken over and the M1s were long gone so getting the M3s were an treat because they are kind of uncommon if you aren't a regular rider.

I can't stand the knee-to-knee seating in the middle of the M7s and M9s. 

On 8/23/2022 at 11:45 PM, Lawrence St said:

16; Not only does P.T.L.A lose every route they have....

Should the network be set up to serve the contractor or the passengers?

On 6/15/2022 at 10:27 PM, trainfan22 said:

...they will bring the M3s back into service until there's enough M9s to replace them.

I prefer the M3s over the M7s and M9s.

On 7/13/2022 at 7:44 PM, IAlam said:

Watching all the people complaining about the proposed schedule for the express trains on the Port Washington Branch tonight yet they actively opposed improvements in the past that would allow for more service. Maybe finally the community will allow for improvements north of Great Neck.

The NIMBYs probably weren't train riders, yet they still managed to ruin it for everyone.

3 hours ago, Krocyoin said:

In that case the Q31 would just stay on Utopia, no point in going on Crocheron, then on Francis Lewis, and then back on Utopia.

Have you traveled along that part of Utopia? The residents there will NIMBY away any proposal that puts buses there.

2 hours ago, Krocyoin said:

...I agree that the Q31 should directly serve the Auburndale LIRR Station, but the problem is that 192nd Street and Station Road are very tight for bus traffic, both roads would have to be widen, the height clearance for the underpass along 192nd Street is high enough for buses to pass through at 12'10". I also think that the Q31 should stop at Utopia Parkway/45th Avenue, and for the Q12/Q13, it should stop at Northern Boulevard/193rd Street instead of Northern Boulevard/194th Street.




These are my proposals for the neighborhoods of Auburndale and Bayside: 



I forgot to add a bus stop for Utopia Parkway/45th Avenue and Corporal Kennedy Street/34th Avenue.

The community would probably prefer to have the Q31 use Utopia, Crocheron, Francis Lewis. The stop for Auburndale LIRR would be either Utopia & Station Road or Crocheron & 192nd.

12 hours ago, BrooklynBus said:

One issue is Astoria losing direct bus service to Manhattan which will also result in extra fares which the MTA has said nothing about.

I'd like to see this addressed through creative fare-capping (e.g. one fare in a 3-or-4-hour period and two fares in 24 hours).

12 hours ago, BrooklynBus said:

 Another is the loss of 1600 bus stops despite 2500 signing a petition against this.

All of us knew that they would have to revisit the bus stop reductions.

4 hours ago, UTC Bus Roster said:

 Also, the M-35 is split between these 2 depots as well.

Not since late June.

2 hours ago, jaf0519 said:

I have a question. In the draft plan, both the old and new ones, there is a bus that travels the length of 73rd Ave (the QT87 or the Q73). So clearly, they believe that 73rd should have bus service the entire length. But I noticed there are now speed bumps on 73rd west of Utopia Pkwy. Would they remove them if they routed a bus down the street, or would they likely reroute the bus? 

I fully expect the Q73 to be "NIMBYed" away.

5 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

The email says managers at MTA’s bus depots were instructed to allow up to six bus driver shifts each weekday to go uncovered.

That means if a bus depot has a staff shortage — or some drivers call in sick or take vacation — the depot will not staff extra drivers to replace them on the bus trips they would have driven.

As I recall, a similar memo went around several years ago "allowing" up to 1% of runs to go unfilled. That very quickly became a requirement to hold back 1% of runs even when all drivers and buses were available (in order to save on mileage) — and some depot General Superintendents were written up for "making score." 

7 hours ago, Krocyoin said:

This bus route could run between Jamaica-165th Street and Douglaston LIRR, Via Hillside Avenue, Winchester Boulevard, and Douglaston Parkway. I don't expect it to have very high ridership but it will be a route filler for an area with a transit dessert. 

Not sure if it's physically or politically possible for buses to access the Douglaston station.

No. The opposition to congestion pricing is based on the myth that everyone who accesses the Manhattan core must do so by car because public transportation has never existed.

Of course, that myth is gleefully perpetuated by politicians who demand "forensic audits" of the MTA (which is already the single most audited State agency) and then refuse to release the findings of those audits (so that We The People won't see how much transit funding those politicians divert to other purposes or how much the MTA has to spend each year on audits). 

2 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

$116 grant from senator Chuck Schumer for 230 electric buses were recently announced. Expected delivery is by 2025 with assignments being Kingsbridge and Gun Hill in the Bronx, Mother Clara Hale in Manhattan, East New York in Brooklyn and Grand Ave, and Queens Village in Queens.

$116 won't even buy a monthly MetroCard.  

On 7/24/2022 at 7:03 AM, BreeddekalbL said:

Plus the fact that the politicians of that time wanted to wack the els  etc

Probably out of deference to the real estate lobbyists. 

9 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

1. Replace all turn styles with the ones found in systems like MBTA or WMATA which don’t allow easy farebeating and people can’t crawl under or jump over them.

I remember the complaints when the current turnstiles were installed:  "While actually jumping the turnstiles is illegal, the physical ability to do so without injury is a Constitutionally protected right."

Maybe the answer is to get rid of fares?

On 7/27/2022 at 11:58 AM, MysteriousBtrain said:

It's said a minimum of 100-120 buses need to be relocated due to repairs needed by next year. Like Cait Sith said if it's needed the M60 could move to MCH under an agreement, and a couple other routes could be shifted around in the MABSTOA Division (i.e. M125 to WF, M57, M66, M72 to MHV, M96/106, M116 to TU)

When will this take effect? The January pick?