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Shortline Bus

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  1. First off I would not lengthen the M5 any longer. The idea is just insane. Buses on that line are already unreliable as it is. If anything I'd cut it back to its old terminal, bring back the M6 perhaps with some sort of tweak in the way it runs Southbound (I'll get back to that in a moment) and I'd put the M98 back to 34th street. Even with the ***** headways I think it's a route that is needed, albeit during rush hour. Even if a shuttle was built along 125th street, I would still compliment it with adequate bus service, so I would keep the M98. The M6 I think should be restored as I've said numerous times, but perhaps it needs to be sped up. With all of the damn pedestrian walks, I think that killed marketability on the line Southbound. My plan is to wait for the restorations coming in January, give the (MTA) some time to try to recover financially and reapproach some more restorations and the two big ones would be the M104 back to the UN and the M6 fully restored.

     

     

     

    VG8 i dont disagree and agree that the M6 should come back. However like the B5/B50 merger in Brooklyn about 15-plus years ago, the M6 IMO is not coming back. The M104 has a much better chance of returning it's full old route i.e To/from the UN then a full M6 return. Not to mention Broadway is now vechile-free permanetly between Times Sq area and Union Sq. So the M6 Downtown bound would had to use either 7th Avenue, 23rd Street and Park Ave South/Broadway or 5th Avenue/Park Ave South and Broadway.

     

    In 2010 IMO, I would done a M5/M6 'marriage" w/ say the M6 could been extended to say 72nd/Broadway. While would have become a M5 the 2nd 6th Avenue route between 72nd and Downtown. Thus the M5 could have run 'limited' at all times between 72nd and say City Hall/Park Row. I would have ran the "M5" to City Hall/Park Row (with most buses weekdays ending at Houston). That would made more sense than scrapping the M6 totally. Just IMO dont have to agree guys but it would prevented the huge delays/bus bunching the "M5" now has 7 days a week.

  2. Here my idea for the purposed new "Far West Side" bus route. It called M12.

     

    Runs between Columbus Circle area (57th and 8th) and Washington and Houston.

     

    Main Route: 57th, 11th Ave, 10th(Northbound between 23rd and 42nd), serves Chelesa Piers, then via West St.(limited stops)14th and down via Hudson St to Houston and Washington. Needs to avoid any further south to avoid the Holland Tunnel and helps out the "M11."

     

    "M11" weekdays and saturdays short trips southbound starts/ends at 34th Street. Reactions?

  3. (1) more song picked song for tonight. An old school R&B/Soft Rock classic from the mid 1980's. Man one of the cutiest of the '80's i had crush on (along with other mid/late '80's young female pop stars such as Tiffany, Lisa Lisa's Lisa Valdez, Belinda Carlisle of the Go Go's to name a few of that era)

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN8xmxProG4

  4. Shifting gears. I dont post here often but i got a rant. Why is Thanksgiving this year (2012) fall so early on the 22? I always thought it was the last Thursday in November. The last Thursday this year is Nov. 29 and thus we have a rare 5th Thursday of a month. I wonder if being celebrated this year so it's more shopping days for the Christmas/New Years Holiday season? :o And thus more $$$ for Department and Box stores.

  5. That's cool. I enjoy this one particularly to the strong emotion that's convicted in this song (something many songs today lack), and other personal reasons. Well tonight is easy going. Let's get the thread moving tonight.

     

    The Commodores in Nightshift.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UAkSpcahmxM

     

     

    Great Tribute song circa early 1985 to then recent deaths of Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson. It was also the last top 20 pop hit for that group.

     

    FYI. Notice Lionel Ritchie was not singing lead in that song as he just left that band for a succesful solo carrer.

  6. Any fans of R&B up in here? This hit was all over the airwaves back in '98, K-Ci & JoJo in All My Life.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3xgR3Myvdn8

     

    Actually i am more into (before you born Turbo) R&B from the '70's and '80's. Sure i remember that great song "all my life." It was played to death especially here in NYC area on Lite FM 106.7 and the old Kiss FM(R&B station) not the current KISS FM in LA area.

  7. My guess for 2001 being the cut-off date is because after 9/11, there was more political correctness in cartoons thanks to the pressure from watchdog groups (like the Parents Television Council). Nowadays, you don't see someone like Tom or Jerry get hit by an iron.

     

     

    I guess this wont air on tv lol. The PC police would scream at this lol.

     

    FYI. One of my favorite cartoon skits ever :D

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFtd8ifJZM

  8. Rollovermy head lets keep it pre-2001. Thus the Fairly Odd Parents wont make it lol since debut after '01.

     

    My favorite shows were:

     

    Courage the Cowardly Dog

    Ed, Edd n Eddy

    Tom and Jerry

    Rocket Power

    Hey Arnold

    Rugrats

    Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

    A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

    Looney Tunes

    Johnny Bravo

    Dexter's Laboratory

    The Powerpuff Girls

    Cow & Chicken

    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

    SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2004 mainly)

    The Fairly OddParents (2001-2010)

    Rocko's Modern Life

    Jimmy Neutron

    Codename: Kids Next Door

     

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