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Surprised this hasn't been mentioned:

https://www.honolulu.gov/transportation/divisions/mobility/rail-operations.html

https://honolulutransit.org/

6 hours ago, The TransitMan said:

I wonder...

Now that the "Feeder" routes are somewhat gone. Will the NEW routes have "S92" OR just simply "92"? It would be funny to see the S2, S4, S5, etc. Also, hopefully the destination signs on the Xcelsiors will be programmed to look better. I'm not expecting MTA style destination signs BUT at least spell out "NRTHPRT"

I think @jaf0519 is correct. I believe they will also attempt to put some of the major corridors on the destination sign (e.g. "via Montauk Highway" for the 2 or "via Middle Country Road" for the 58) 

2 hours ago, jaf0519 said:

I am going to guess that there will be no “S” since if I remember correctly, they refer to the lines as Route #, not route S# in the final draft presentation. And as someone who just recently started a daily commute from Fresh Meadows to Holtsville (torture, I know), I cannot wait to see the schedules. The fact that I get out of work at 4:30 and the earliest train from Ronkonkoma to Jamaica that I can catch is the 5:55 because of the 7A only running every 70 minutes in the afternoon is infuriating. 30 minute service on route 51 can’t come soon enough. 

By any chance, would it work to take the 7A to Patchogue for the Montauk Branch? (You'd get to Jamaica about 9 minutes earlier compared to the Ronkonkoma Branch)

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Bus route #459, the 11:30 PM departure from Vorhees to the Avandale Park and Ride, will not operate due to operator availability.

Bus route #459, the 10:00 PM departure from the Avandale Park and Ride to Vorhees, will not operate due to operator availability.

 

Yikes, that's the last round-trip for that route.

On another note, I took the 748 a couple of days ago and that route is as bad as everyone says...the bus I ended up taking was 71 minutes late and bunched right in front of the following bus. And to top it off, neither bus was trackable on MyBusNow....no wonder the 746 is the more popular route along Madison Avenue...that route actually runs on something resembling a schedule...

Actually, I stand corrected, the final plan is available here: https://connectli.org/ReimagineTransit.html (they still have the Powerpoint presentation with the confusion with the S62 regarding Fresh Pond Avenue service). 

This is pretty much the same as the last draft schedule, but the big question is, when will they release the precise schedules? (I want to see if they made any sort of attempt at coordinating with the LIRR)

The simplest is to just extend the routes to Amityville. The n80 can run straight down Oak Street, and the n19 can run down Merrick Road/Montauk Highway to NY-110 (or County Line Road) to reach the Amityville LIRR station.

56 minutes ago, Mpn4179 said:

The links to the redesign are back on Suffolk County Transit's website.

www.sct-bus.org

If you click the Reimagine Transit link, it still seems to be broken, but that's good news that they are planning on posting the final plan soon.

For the (NJT versions of) the DeCamp routes, here are the exact changes:

#191D: AM service reduced from 6 trips to 5 in the AM, and from 8 trips to 6 in the PM

#192D: AM service increased from 5 trips to 7 in the AM, 6 trips to 7 trips in the PM

#195D: Remains as-is (4 trips in each direction)

#199D: Remains with 4 trips in the morning and 5 trips in the afternoon, but with an extra 3 #199K trips added to Kearny/Harrison for former DeCamp #99 riders (this is actually an increase from the 1 DeCamp trip that operated post-pandemic, though likely still a decrease from pre-pandemic service levels).

I mean the unofficial Doug & Adrienne maps look alright...all they have to do is use the same process and produce and updated version of those maps. Rhode Island manages to have a statewide map, and granted it's a smaller state, but they do manage to pull it off.

Maybe this is a step in the right direction of an official systemwide map: https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-launches-customer-educational-campaign-know-your-abcs-alternates-backups

Living outside of the city wouldn't have any impact. They give a commutation pass good for LIRR or Metro-North (depending on which service area you live in). There's Transit employees coming from far-off exurbs in Delaware and Pennsylvania.

I know the Transit Learning Center is in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Not sure if there's any other options besides that one, or how long it takes before you actually get out onto the road operating passenger trains.

On 6/6/2023 at 10:10 AM, Lawrence St said:

There's no point. SLE hasn't returned to Stamford since March 2020 (currently ends at NH) and CDOT is not going to spend money to fix something they wont use to it's full potential. 

I mean, depending on when the bridge needs to be replaced, the clearance issue could be considered when building the new bridge.

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

Does the Mountak Branch operate via Hunters Point Avenue or via Richmond Hill to get to Jamaica?

To my understanding, the physical branch runs through Richmond Hill (though the actual trains run through Hunterspoint Avenue)

17 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

My driver said we ain’t making no stops…the liquor store is a possibility.

That definitely rings a bell. I remember that B/O from back when I lived on Staten Island...cool guy...

It's basically to refine the estimates of how long it will take to reach the next actual stop (e.g. Similar to the "stop" where the NJ Turnpike exit approaches the Goethals Bridge

1 hour ago, B35 via Church said:

As this reads, it appears as if you're trying to fill that void b/w the northern part of Englewood & Cresskill with one portion of the idea.... While noble, I wouldn't deconstruct the #780 to ultimately phase it out for a modified #753 & an extended #182.... If anything, the #753 should be phased out.... I get that turnover is pretty high at Hackensack terminal (that the #753 doesn't even serve btw) on the #780, but there are more people through-riding than I think you're giving it credit for.....

The #780 tends to die in downtown Englewood (Palisade av).... To have the #753 take on the #780 b/w the heart of Hackensack (in general) & Englewood Hospital, to then run up to Cresskill, to then shoot over to Dumont, to then descend down to Bergenfield, all of that is not worth it to try to bolster the #753.... Never mind the (current) routing west of Hackensack, which even the #751/755 does better than it than (between Hackensack & Bergen Town Center..... I'm bringing that up because you didn't mention what the modified #753 would do differently west of Hackensack, so I'm assuming you'd leave that part of the route alone)..... With the #753 & the #772 east of Hackensack, to me, they have it backwards - in the sense that the #753 AT BEST should be a weekday only route, with the #772 running every other bus on Saturdays b/w American Dream & say, Bergenfield (Vets Plaza)....

As far as the #182 portion of the idea, I've thought of running buses to Passaic Terminal myself (although I wouldn't do it via the #780's routing west of Hackensack)... The only question I'd have (for myself to ponder) is, how many trips on weekdays would do so, because I wouldn't have every #182 doing it.... The #178 OTOH shouldn't be running to Passaic in any capacity...

All in all, me personally, I would try to find another way to fill that void, because I wouldn't use the #780 as a catalyst for that....

Actually, the main purpose is to provide a direct connection from Passaic to GWB (So I'd definitely be interested in an alternative routing for a #182 extension). The #753 reroute is to maintain the connection from Hackensack to Englewood Hospital (otherwise, I would just have anyone heading to the hospital transfer to the #166 and call it a day).

On 6/1/2023 at 10:30 PM, B35 via Church said:

I've been on a couple BARTA (Reading division) routes, way back when the VF Outlets & the Reading Outlet Center were still a thing.... Don't remember what route numbers they were though.

I obviously can't speak to the merit of the proposals, but looking at all of them, the immediate thing that jumps out at me is that RLX (Reading-Lancaster Express).... You'd think that would've been a thing....

Yeah, regional connections are definitely lacking in that area. I mean before last year, they didn't even have any service to Philadelphia (now it's a whopping 2 round-trip per day, and you technically can't even book a trip between Reading and Pottstown). Service to Allentown is a couple of trips on OurBus. 

3 hours ago, Mpn4179 said:

They’re going after Shore Line East as well, not just the New Haven Line.

The governor was proposing to reduce SLE to 44 percent of pre-pandemic levels while reducing New Haven Line to 86 percent of pre-pandemic levels. I don’t know when he decided to change it to 60 percent, because that would make it even worse.

Most likely, they will reduce the express portion of the New Haven Line, since the express makes local stops East of Stamford, all in the state of Connecticut. The local portion (West of Stamford) will probably stay intact or have a slight reduction, since majority of the stops are in New York State.

Only the Hartford Line will stay intact… for now.

Hopefully as part of that, they can consolidate trips so that intermediate travel is easier. Right now, if you're trying to get from Stamford to say, New Rochelle, it is very difficult with all of the trains running in non-overlapping zones.

For Shore Line East, the sad thing is they invested in the new electric cars for it. I would try my hand at extending Metro-North trains out to Old Saybrook (with a crew change at New Haven if there's territory issues between Amtrak and Metro-North crews) to see if that increases ridership. Even if there aren't that many riders going all the way to NYC, I'm sure there are some who are going to areas like Bridgeport and Stamford. 

23 hours ago, IAlam said:

Yeah, I've never had an issue boarding an NH train to Grand from Fordham. They always collect my ticket as normal and carry on.

Starting April 14th, 2019, they eliminated that rule, so if you rode recently, there would be no issues. But prior to that date, the official rule was that they were supposed to charge you from whatever the previous stop on that train was (Mount Vernon West, New Rochelle, Stamford, etc)

https://www.redrosetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SCTA-Final-Report.pdf

Some restructuring of the two portions of the #780 (east and west of Hackensack Bus Terminal)

#182 (and off-peak #178) extended from Hackensack to Passaic, providing a direct ride to the GWB from Hasbrouck Heights and Passaic. As ridership increases, it can be considered whether to cut the #178 back to Hackensack, and provide an increase in service on the #182 in its entirety.

#753 rerouted to operate via Forest Avenue, Lafayette Place/Lafayette Avenue, Palisade Avenue, Engle Street, then follow the Rockland Coaches route up to Madison Avenue, come back across Madison Avenue to Washington Avenue, and then swing down to Main & Washington to terminate.

3 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said:

I think the MTA broadly could benefit from more creative collaboration with public events, spaces, etc and have some mutually beneficial cross-promotion...the site gets advertised, and the MTA gets more customers (especially on their more expensive, underused modes of transit). I've seen more efforts at this in the past few years, but there is a lot more room for growth. 

To put things into perspective, NJ Transit constantly does promotions every season. The MTA definitely has room for improvement in that regard.

2 hours ago, jaf0519 said:

Question: I’ll be starting to commute on the LIRR from Jamaica to Ronkonkoma next month and am confused about the fare. The MTA website is not consistent with how much a monthly pass from zone 3 to zone 10 is. When you plan a trip from Jamaica to Ronkonkoma, the monthly shows up as $301, the same as the fare chart pdf. But if you plan using Find your Best Fare, it says a monthly is $334. Which is it? 

Also, is it possible to get a monthly Uniticket for MTA bus from Jamaica LIRR? I would be taking the Q65 to the train station and a Uniticket would save me a decent amount each month. 

They implemented a 10% discount on monthly passes, so $301 is the correct amount: https://new.mta.info/document/19751

For the UniTicket, technically, it's only valid at Flushing, Rosedale, and Bayside. Not sure how it works in practice (I mean, there's nothing saying somebody from Jamaica couldn't be looking to board the Port Washington Branch at Flushing, so I assume they wouldn't give you a hard time).

Where on the MTA website is the full fare hike proposal? 

20 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Damn, somebody had it out for you on that day; bad ass luck all the way around, fam..... I can honestly say that I've never had a trip close to being this bad.... Bet at the end of it all, you're kicking yourself for not taking the #72 to begin with (now that feeling, I've had quite a few times - The whole, I should've did 'y' instead of 'x')... Two things though:

1] Where the heck did that op' on the #28 (the Newark bound one) leave you off at?

2] By any chance, did you happen to know the op' on the #190 that took you back to the depot?

It sounds like the B/O let him off at Bloomfield Avenue & Park Street in Montclair, rather than taking him all the way to Bloomfield for the #72. (I guess she thought anywhere along Bloomfield Avenue must be in Bloomfield).

In other words, if he had walked straight to the #72 from MSU, that would've been roughly the distance he walked from Montclair Center to Bloomfield Center.

16 minutes ago, B35 via Church said:

Before it didn't bother me, but I'm finding as I get older, b/o's having the wrong sign up is increasingly irking me.... Not that it matters, but I do wonder what percentage of it is due to honest forgetfulness, in comparison to b/o's simply not giving a damn... I don't want to hear it's 100 / 0 in favor of the former, because with the games some of these b/o's play out here, it would be a flat out lie....

Yeah, one of the other issues is that on the bus tracking apps, it sometimes causes the bus to not be visible in the app. I remember when bus tracking first started being available, there were complaints from some of the B/Os about being tracked...in other words, they couldn't play games with the schedule, so now that you mention it some of it might not even be carelessness, but rather intentional.

2 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

"#9: Yeah, do away with that unidirectional loop, but I wouldn't bother with randomly ending it at Odell/Neps.... If it's anything that should perhaps run to that Marina, I would try my hand at having the #9 do it (after having served Executive Park, that is).... If the narrowness and/or the steep incline/decline (with respect to direction) of Odell av. would loom too problematic, then there isn't too much of a choice, outside of ending buses inside the business park itself...."

In this proposal, would the BL-9 run across Executive Blvd from Broadway to Nepperhan, or would it loop around Enterprise Blvd and head back? I think it's important to maintain access from Nepperhan & Odell as well, given the steep hill in that area.

Perhaps the BL-1 (or some variant of it) can head up Odell to terminate at the Executive Park, and provide a connection between the areas down the hill on Warburton and the hospital and office park at the top of the hill.

I just realized, what is the current turnaround scenario for the BL-1 at the Yonkers City Line? Do they use that parking lot over there, or something else?