checkmatechamp13

@B35 via Church What are your thoughts on extending your proposed Hamilton Park #123 branch to Newport Mall (and running the resultant branch full-time)? And then turn the #86 into an Exchange Place - Union City route. @BM5 via Woodhaven Yeah I would definitely agree with testing out a #119X (with the way you have it set up, it could also potentially take the Holland Tunnel if there were issues at the Lincoln Tunnel).

So I found out there's a free shuttle to the Hopewell campus from the Stuyvesant-Prospect neighborhood: https://www.hopewelltwp.org/DocumentCenter/View/11739/TIPSMART-Guide-Mercer-Hospital-Listing-3323 I guess that's an alternative to taking the #608 to the last stop and walking along the highway, but it should be better-publicized, and in any case, the #608 should be extended there anyway (connections to/from the West Trenton SEPTA station, and to areas along State Street, not to mention the direct connection to the Trenton Transit Center).

https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-five-open-houses-gather-feedback-proposed-queens-bus-network-redesign

It's a residential neighborhood. It should have service anyway. Plus it makes dispatching easier (if a bus is running late and the follower is catching up, you don't have to worry about if the late bus is ferry-bound or not)

I wish they would just have all the Bx27 trips run to the ferry but I suppose it's a step in the right direction. I suppose the M20 express trips are to avoid traveling in the right lane due to Holland Tunnel congestion.

Ugh...the southbound #709 was a no-show, and the next (and last) one is over an hour later...some folks in Passaic decided to grab an Uber taxi....talk about money walking for NJT...

Oklahoma City recently added a BRT route. (I also saw that up until around 2018 or so, they had no Sunday service, so good that they finally added that) Here is the study for their 2023 redesign.

Fairfield Metro is being renamed to Fairfield - Black Rock to reduce confusion among travelers in the area: https://portal.ct.gov/dot/ctdot-press-releases/2024/renaming-of-the-fairfield-metro-station-to-fairfield-black-rock-station

Would be nice if they actually posted the PDF schedules so we could see the actual changes. I'm particularly interested in the old DeCamp routes (the 102 has been seeing service added several times since it's been taken over...hopefully at some point they wisen up and start adding some off-peak service, or at least extending the peak span)

Meant to say 31 zones to Atlantic City, 18 zones to Toms River. @553 Bridgeton Is there a different promotional fare for Newark vs. NYC or are they both the same price? I remember years ago, it was slightly cheaper for Newark vs. NYC. On a side note they really need a full-time east-west route in that part of NJ (similar to the 317). Maybe an extension of the 836 to Trenton or something along those lines. I know it would be a long route, but especially for those not near rail lines (where you can transfer at Rahway) it would make travel through that area significantly easier.

I don't see any new schedules yet...I guess we have to wait a few days until they publish the new PDFs (they will publish both at the same time and list one as "Upcoming"

Toms River is 31 zones from NYC, Toms River is 18 zones from NYC. Not sure how many ones Six Flags is from NYC.

As far as I'm aware, they're still trying to figure out the implementation plan regarding routes on the border (whether they should be done with the Brooklyn routes vs. Queens routes, or be sort of a mid-phase in between the two).

Service Notice: Beginning Monday March 18th, the Long Island MacArthur Airport stop on Route 6 will relocate 500 feet east of its current location, to the Airport's Ground Transportation Center.

@B35 via Church @BM5 via Woodhaven FWIW, when I took my second trip out there on a Sunday, the northern section of the 6 actually did better than the southern section (basically, there were about 7-8 people leaving Patchogue, who slowly trickled off down the line, and then 5-6 people got on at two stops along Wheeler Road in Central Islip, and another 7-8 people at various stops along Jericho Turnpike). Not sure how it does on the weekdays when the full connections at Central Islip are in effect (on weekends and evenings, half the buses connect at one part of the hour, and the other half connect at the opposite part of the hour).