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Yeah, it's a looooong stretch, from Coney Island Ave all the way to Cropsey? Sheesh. Lol

Yeah, I get a lot of questions about what route I'm driving because of it...

Yeah. In terms of length, the B82 is longer than both those lines, sitting at 12.8 miles with the B6 at 12.6 and B8 at 10 miles flat. Having seen the B8, its problem area is mainly 18th Avenue. Heavy congestion along that street

That message is tied to the same P/R code as the "MASKS REQUIRED" message

I had the easiest damn day since the middle of the epidemic when everything was shut down. People adjusted surprisingly well, there were a few who thought that the buses were still free and those who didn't have the fare, but a good run overall...

Yes they can. The cameras trigger if you are caught going 11 MPH over the posted limit for that stretch of road. You're not going to see a bus do 36 MPH very easily on these streets though. If the posted speed limit is 30, the majority of our buses do not go past 40 MPH, so, there's that.

Well that's happens when most of your exterior parts are made up of plastic and fiberglass...

I've no idea what their reasoning is behind that idea, but I'm not a fan of the newer ZFs our XNs have. On the artics, they're marginally better though.

I agree with you there.

From experience, what's going on now with the buses right now is why they should NOT be free. Raising the fares won't do much good either, as the city is looking at a what? 30% unemployment rate? They should consider dropping fares to a more manageable $2 for the time being... The only reason subway ridership is still low is because folks still have to pay to ride that. I'd take the train to make reliefs on the B16 or B43 and there wouldn't be much people or crowding during the rush hour like before!

It was a B35 run covering a quick trip for the day

Fare collection resumes once all buses have been retrofitted with either the sliding partitions or the curtain. The tentative date for fare collection is somewhere in the last week of August, as that is the deadline for the installation of the partitions. I don't think we'll make that deadline. None of our buses have anything as far as partitions go, but then again, who knows.

The last thing any operator wants to deal with is aggressive/unstable looking riders. The most we can do in a situation like that is open the doors and let anyone off who needs and to radio it in to supervision and fill out the incident report so it goes on the record. Had some fellow get on my bus a while back. Looked normal, except he got INCREDIBLY irate when someone stared in his direction and the situation nearly got physical. I simply pulled the parking brake, opened the doors and half the bus clears out. It was my final trip of the day and I wasn't far from the end. When it all calmed down I continued on, situation defused.

A lot of people will use side streets to get around trouble areas due to high traffic volumes. Not uncommon with the last 5.5 years of changes DOT has made to the streets.

A bit off-topic... Funny you mention the Redfern Houses. I used to work with the youth there when the Police Athletic League had the cornerstone program there. That was some years ago. During the summers we'd take the to get to our trip destinations. A lot of those kids aspired to get out of there someday. I haven't forgotten their faces, even though it's been 4+ years since I last worked over there.

1] I've taken the B6 from end-to-end. Was riding with an operator friend of mine. 2] Getting home from when I used to work overnights in Nassau... Take the N72 to the N6 then the Q17. Apparently that was a three-leg transfer at the time. Imagine my surprise when I got a second transfer hopping on the Q17.

All about cutting corners to save a buck...

Yeah they're basically "shuttles" on the weekends. I'm on the 68 this pick...

It's gonna a rough transition but we'll figure something out.

Oops, forgot to add 255. Drove that one back in February

351, 420, 431, 434 all have screens and announcements - Version 2

The number of people who have smartphones but don't use them to see what's coming down the line is astounding. "I've been waiting an hour for the bus!" "What's going on with the buses?!"

The reason is something the general public would not easily comprehend. But, if I could possibly provide some input on that situation, there's a fair bit of open runs every day that don't have operators to cover them. Seeing how that was for Sunday, the B37 isn't a very frequent line and there aren't many stand-alone runs for it on weekends, most B37 trips are interlined with either the B63 or B70 instead.

Service is already at peak now that we are back to normal schedules. Social distancing is a must on the buses.

Vision Zero, speed cameras, reduced speed limits, intentionally mis-timed lights may have something to do with all that...