QM1to6Ave

Wow, that's disappointing that they didn't send PD to yank him off the bus

There were so many missing runs today, I'm not at all surprised that happened! Thanks you for doing the overtime to cover the express runs, it's desperately needed, as you experienced today!

Thank you! As a passenger,i appreciate that! Do you normally run locals or express?

Yup, he blew by so fast i couldn't get the number, and of course he fell off the tracker once he switched the sign so i couldn't use that either

The BOs at CP must all be in covid quarentine again...tons of missing runs today, it was a real mess in the morning. @Via Garibaldi 8 A QM5 was tracking with 38 passengers on board and then the BO put on the Next Bus Please and bypassed the remaining stops, even though there were empty seats (I visually confirmed that as the bus flew by my stop). The next 6 Ave bus was 10 mins away. Thankfully i was able to take a QM36 for a meeting on the east side today instead

So frustrating. Thank you for the continued advocacy and organizing!

I just had a chance to review the proposals, and I knew that the addition of the 34th and 1st stop was too good to be true lol. The QM7 would now make all those stops along Queens Blvd, like the QM18, which is going to slow it down immensely! And I see they are pulling the same nonsense with east of 188th street vs west of 188th street for the QM7 and QM8. Ugg.

Bus 1324 on the QM5 got into an accident today at 57th and 2nd. As i passed it by, the front driver side bumper had a nice chunk dropped off

Excellent, i haven't had a chance to look at the downtown proposals, ill take a look

I had the idea today that the downtown express buses could do with a new stop on 34th and 1st (or 2nd), before they head onto/get off of the FDR, to serve all of the hospitals in that area. It would by far be the most direct stop and attract hospital employees, without taking the bus anywhere out of it's current route. The buses usually get stuck at the light on first ave anyway, so it would have a minimal impact on running time

I don't listen to those announcement at all...the "cancelled" runs often end up running, and the actual cancelled runs don't get announced.

Yeah, why don't they have a third set of those red things on the bottom? That would make it impossible to go under. I guess you might be able to climb over the top, but that requires a fair amount of effort

One issue with HEETS I remember is that criminals would stick long screwdrivers or other metal objects in between the bars to trap people and rob them while going through. People are awful.

I wish they would just replace the stupid bike lanes with the bus-only lane.

HAHAHA my reps just don't seem to care one way or the other for the most part. The only one who responded to me did so, I believe, because I have communicated with them about other matters recently so we have a relationship of sorts. But even that took a lot of work (calling them out on social media for ignoring my previous emails before that) . Bad press on social media does seem to get their attention quickly. I ended up calling two reps this week, spoke with some college intern who didn't know what was flying and said "I will pass this on and we will get back to you". I'm not holding my breath. Sometimes, I've gotten responses weeks and weeks after emailing, but usually radio silence. Sigh. Democracy at work.

Great point! I'll have to add the borough president to my list, I totally forgot about him LOL. I'll make some calls tomorrow to follow up on my initial emails

I finally heard back from one of my elected officials, who said they will fight against the cuts. I might contact the others again as they have not yet responded

One of the MTA employees on here, I forget who, posted that actually, having the locked car for a mass shooting is considered a safety measure because if the doors stay closed, the shooter can be isolated in the car and only kill the people in the car instead of everyone else on the platform. I know that sounds horribly cold, but in terms of numbers of lives it could save, it is considered a positive. I wonder if the C/R in today's shooting followed protocol or not in terms of opening the doors at the station, closing, having the T/O move the train, etc. Not looking to blame or point fingers or anything, I'm just genuinely curious about the procedures in these horrible situations.

I find it an issue in the summer, where I will be sweating on the bus. WInter seems okay

The HVAC system on the new batch is pretty cr**py, too. I don't know if it's the unit the ordered or not, but almost nothing blows out of the vents on the sides by the window or from the overhead ones, even if the B/O has the system and the overheads turned on.

@Via Garibaldi 8 I wrote in complaints to my city and state representatives about the plan, and submitted a complaint on the MTA's Queens Bus Redesign website. Although I am not in his district, I wonder if David Weprin's office will be helpful on this matter. They seemed to be helpful in the past on these issues.

In my experience, the traffic starts after about 2 pm most days and lasts until about 10 pm (because of the bridge repairs)...it's horrible.

That bridge traffic due to the replacement is pretty bad, and it will only get worse. Between all the traffic and these cuts, I may end up moving to a place with better commuting opportunities or switch to a mostly virtual job. I've had enough with this nonsense as EXP service just continually declines

That's my biggest issue with the cuts...the slashed frequencies are horrible, but having no service at all after 7 pm is going to kill ridership, especially since so many jobs have more flexible hours outside of traditional working times. Honestly, if this goes into effect as is, it's another reason pushing me to move out of Queens or switch to a mostly remote job based out of NYC, which will lead the city to lose money from me.

Got it...but in terms of when service ends, it seems to end at 7 pm on the QM1, but at 12/12:30 am on the QM5/6, correct?