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67thAve

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  1. Well, that's what happens when a lot of routes get cut, to say the least. In fact, it's probably easier to speculate what routes have gotten BUSIER in the last five or so years.
  2. After much thinking, here's what I think should be done to make the network more "efficient" (this list includes some ideas I had previously). This list does NOT include the routes that have already been listed for elimination, because in my mind, those routes WILL be gone come April, bar none. n1: Weekend service every hour; service eliminated between Jamaica and Elmont. n4/n4x: No changes. n6/n6x: Reduce local rush hour service from every 10 to every 12 minutes by placing artics into service; cut overnight frequencies from every 30 minutes to every 45 minutes. n15: Reduce Sunday service to every 30 minutes. n16: Eliminate Saturday service between Hempstead and Roosevelt Field. n20G: Reduce midday Saturday and eastbound AM Sunday frequencies to every 20 minutes. n20H: Every other trip midday weekdays begins/ends at LIU Post. n21: Eliminate weekend service. n22/n22a/n22x: Eliminate n22a service; replace around half of n22a trips with n22/n22x trips. n23: Reduce mid-day weekday service to every 40 minutes. n24: Eliminate East Meadow service. n25: No changes. n26: Eliminate. n31/n32: Eliminate Saturday n31 service; increase Saturday n32 service from every 40 to every 30 minutes. n33: Attempt to sell off the route to the city of Long Beach, otherwise, do not change. n35: Reduce Saturday service to every 40 minutes. n40/n41: No changes. (I believe that back in the LIB days, the farebox recovery ratio on the route was actually above 100%!) n43: No changes. n48/n49: Combine the n48 Jericho Quad shuttle with the new n80/n81; reduce combined Saturday frequencies to every 40 minutes. n54/n55: Eliminate service between Amityville and Sunrise Mall. n58: Reduce service north of the Merchant Marine Academy to rush hours only. n70/n71/n72: Eastbound weekday AM peak service is reduced to every 15 minutes; Saturday AM peak service is reduced to every 20 minutes. Mercy Medical Shuttle: Extend service southwards to Merrick Road/Park Ave. Elmont Flexi: Eliminate some deviations.
  3. I don't think this idea to give low-income families some level of discounted (or even free) rides is a smart move financially. While I do understand that these people do need cheaper transport, the issue is that NICE does not have money to throw around. The first priority of the network should be to retain as much service as possible, especially considering the budget constraints that the system currently faces. However, I have heard that some other systems (one example being King County Metro in Washington State) do have some form of discounted fares if a household is below a certain income threshold, those systems tend to have one thing in common: a reliable source of funding. NICE does not have that.
  4. It's time to face the music. Transdev, whether you like them or not, is here to stay for a while. I do feel that they can operate a capable network, but the funding levels right now are so low that no matter who is in charge, the system will be a mess.
  5. I was also on 1697 (7:01 northbound from Hempstead), and yes, that screeching noise was indeed terrible. It always seems that an Orion V plows that trip.
  6. Oh... my bad. That's actually not a bad idea then. As for north-south limited service, I think the n40/41 would be a better corridor to try it out on.
  7. I can agree with that idea for the Elmont Flexi. Rockaway is a faster, straighter road than Corona, is closer to more residences/businesses, as well as only a block away from the current route, so current riders don't need to walk much further. As for the other three: -With the Mercy Medical Shuttle, why would you extend it all the way to Merrick? It's quite a long ways away, and I don't see how the shuttle will gain much more in terms of riders. -The n43 could probably be extended during rush hours to Bellmore, but with the current budget situation, I doubt that would happen. -I'd personally cut the Jericho Quad leg of the n48. If it MUST be kept, I would certainly switch to utilizing minibuses.
  8. Sometimes, I have Friday on my mind. Other times, I have that song stuck in my head.

  9. One idea I had to balance passenger load between Hempstead and Roosevelt Field/NCC is to do the following: -Mid-day n6x trips to/from NCC would be eliminated. -The n15 would run via the current n16 route to Roosevelt Field. County Seat Drive service would also be eliminated as part of this. -The n16 would run via Clinton Road to Roosevelt Field, then down Stewart Avenue, and would terminate at the East Campus bus loop. -The n35 would remain as-is in terms of alignment, but instead of every other mid-day trip turning back at Hempstead, those trips would terminate at East Campus loop. Pros of this plan include: -Balanced frequencies via Clinton Road (every 15 minutes with the n16/n35 combined) -Probable cost savings (I'd imagine that even by extending some mid-day n35 trips, money would be saved by eliminated the n15 via County Seat as well as mid-day NCC service via the n6x) -Improved service to NCC campus (currently, service to Hempstead is six buses per hour mid-day, this would increase the amount to seven buses per hour). -Less bunching of buses at NCC (currently, the n6x and n16 arrive within minutes of each other, for example) Cons of this plan include: -No more County Seat Drive service (This could cause some more crowding on rush hour n40/41 trips.) -Slightly longer trip times to/from Hempstead -Increased unreliability of n15 service (It's already a long route, and adding a big ridership generator will probably make things worse. However, need be, the n15 could probably sustain artics, as it has much more ridership south of Hempstead than the n16). -NCC students will need to walk a few extra minutes depending on where they are on campus for more frequent service (they're gonna be quite annoyed if they typically use the Student Union stop.) -Some trips at times during which classes start/finish (such as around 1:40 PM on Monday/Wednesday) will probably be overcrowded due to the more evenly spaced timing
  10. Here are some ideas I had (not including the proposed April cuts): -n1: Eliminate service to Jamaica (yes, I know the n6 gets very crowded, but when the artics come online, things should ease up a bit) -n6: Reduce mid-day and Saturday service to every 12 minutes (perfectly feasible with the artics), possibly reduce overnight service to every 45 minutes -n6x: Only stops at 165th St. and 179th St. in Queens -n15: Sunday service every 30 minutes instead of every 20 minutes -n20H: Every other trip begins/ends at CW Post -n23: Weekday service reduced to every 40 minutes mid-day -n24: No service to East Meadow -n31/32: Combined Saturday frequency reduced to every 30 minutes -n33: Transfer service to the City of Long Beach -n48/49: Eliminate Jericho Quad service on the n48, as well as reducing Saturday frequencies to every 40 minutes combined -n54/55: Eliminate service between Sunrise Mall and Amityville and reduce Saturday frequencies to every 40 minutes combined -n58: No service north of the Merchant Marine Academy
  11. Since NICE had to go through the Committee to attempt to reduce Saturday frequencies on the n48/49 from 30 minutes to 40 minutes during the proposed January 2017 cuts (which, as we all know, were never passed), this means that we will most likely see changes in timing and interlining, though I am not certain.
  12. An elimination of the n22a isn't that bad, especially if they convert some of the existing n22a runs into n22x runs or short-turn n22 locals. But knowing NICE, they'll just eliminate all the n22a runs and add no n22/n22x runs to replace them.
  13. None of those cuts surprise me (but at this point, NICE could eliminate all non-Queens routes besides the n15 and the n40/41 and still not surprise me). As for the routes which are being reduced in terms of service but not eliminated, I think we could see the n80/81 being reduced to every 120 minutes each (meaning every 60 minutes combined) mid-day, and probably the elimination of Saturday service on both routes. The n70/71/72 will probably end up with no more service beyond Route 110, or perhaps into Suffolk County at all, unless Suffolk is willing to pony up some funds for NICE to save those routes. The FLEXI will probably lose some deviations (i.e, those that don't attract many riders), and the n27 will probably be cut back to Roslyn. Part of me does wonder if they're going to put the minibuses on routes like the n80/81, push them into AbleRide service, or sell them on the market.
  14. The n16, however, lacks the HTC-Roosevelt Field short turns that operated before April 2012 (when the n43 was extended to Hempstead).
  15. However, with the n35 and n6x midday trips gone, this leaves the n16 as the only NCC-Hempstead route left at many points of the day... and who knows if they're going to gut the n6x to NCC completely, since they'll likely have to go deeper than originally considered? That could be quite the disaster.
  16. Judging by the video, I think we can assume that all proposed January cuts will be made in April, as well as most of the other cuts proposed for April. Still don't know how the n35 north of Hempstead is a lower priority to preserve when compared to the n26 and n57...
  17. As someone who takes the 1:40 n6X trip to get home from school, I can confirm that the run gets ridership. Sometimes, it's standing room only.
  18. Have not logged in in what... three or so years?

  19. So the N31/32 now has better midday headways north of Lynbrook? Not sure if the ridership is there, but at least I get more frequent service.
  20. I noticed that N31/N32 midday service is now every 40 minutes north of Lynbrook..... and it's the only route from that part of the county that runs to Hempstead! *facepalm*
  21. For all of you who watch the Hub, here is the press release describing their Christmas lineup: http://press.discovery.com/us/hub/press-releases/2012/full-roster-holiday-programming-hub-tv-networ-2192/
  22. Out of all the non-comedic cartoons I watched (I tended to like comedy more than action), my favorites were the cartoons in the DCAU (Batman: TAS and Superman: TAS), SWAT Kats and Captain Planet, which despite it's serious method, was so impossibly to watch seriously at all that it became a comedy along the lines of Plan 9 From Outer Space.
  23. I'm suprised noone has mentioned Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures yet..... because I love those and several of the shows others have mentioned. (Basically, anything from old Cartoon Network, any WB-helmed show and anything NOT JAPANESE).
  24. Great thing I fled to Canada... did anyone else take this as seriously?

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    2. Brighton Express

      Brighton Express

      WHOA. YOU DID WHAT!?

       

    3. 67thAve

      67thAve

      Yup. Left on Sunday at 10AM from LI.

    4. CDTA

      CDTA

      After the fail that was Irene, I wouldn't have if I was still down there.

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