BUS - Random Thoughts Thread

[Lil 57]

1 minute ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

LOL On Staten Island, depending on the line, I would usually wait, but sometimes I wouldn't.  My motto was STEP LIVELY, and if you don't move it, I'm getting on and whoever doesn't like it tough ****.  You wanna try me go for me. They can mumble all they want which is all they would do, but I'm 6'4" and fully capable of handling myself. lol

I also remember at 5th and 40th there would be one line. Even though the X10B, X14, and X12/42 were stopping at the time. I needed the X10B or the X14 to go home and when one of them pulled up, confusion would rise about who was going on and who wasn't because some people would just stand there without saying a word.

[Via Garibaldi 8]

1 minute ago, Lil 57 said:

I also remember at 5th and 40th there would be one line. Even though the X10B, X14, and X12/42 were stopping at the time. I needed the X10B or the X14 to go home and when one of them pulled up, confusion would rise about who was going on and who wasn't because some people would just stand there without saying a word.

Yeah and that's why I would just go because if you wait too long while people are standing there confused, you can risk the bus leaving you there, which has happened and let me tell you I was not a happy camper.  What can happen is if the driver doesn't see any regular faces and he doesn't see anyone stepping towards the bus, he may just speed up again and keep going.  For the most part it's usually the same people riding with some changes here and there, so after a while you know who is who when riding and the habits and who sits where.  There's a lot more familiarity and routine with the express bus. The drivers generally know who gets off where and while that may change from time to time it's generally similar for the most part.  Over time you sort of build up a badge of honor. I've heard some passengers talk about how long they've been riding.

Years ago our express bus broke down on the Broadway Bridge.  Well this lady goes, I'm been riding the express bus for 13 years. I'm not riding the City bus.  I laughed at her saying that out loud with no hesitation. We waited an hour until the next bus came.

[Lil 57]

3 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

Yeah and that's why I would just go because if you wait too long while people are standing there confused, you can risk the bus leaving you there, which has happened and let me tell you I was not a happy camper.  What can happen is if the driver doesn't see any regular faces and he doesn't see anyone stepping towards the bus, he may just speed up again and keep going.  For the most part it's usually the same people riding with some changes here and there, so after a while you know who is who when riding and the habits and who sits where.  There's a lot more familiarity and routine with the express bus. The drivers generally know who gets off where and while that may change from time to time it's generally similar for the most part.  Over time you sort of build up a badge of honor. I've heard some passengers talk about how long they've been riding.

Years ago our express bus broke down on the Broadway Bridge.  Well this lady goes, I'm been riding the express bus for 13 years. I'm not riding the City bus.  I laughed at her saying that out loud with no hesitation. We waited an hour until the next bus came.

Don't the B/O's change every few months because of a new pick, which means that you can't have the same bus driver forever?

Edited November 20, 2018 by Lil 57

[Via Garibaldi 8]

15 minutes ago, Lil 57 said:

Don't the B/O's change every few months because of a new pick, which means that you can't have the same bus driver forever?

There aren't that many picks though, so for the Fall pick, it lasts for several months.  All of the buses I take in the morning at the moment, the drivers know me.  I'm only cool with a few of them though. The rest I can't stand to be honest and I've been taking their buses for years, but the ones I'm cool with, even if they haven't seen me in a while we'll chat it up for a bit before I get off or they'll say good seeing you again. 

There's one guy who is so damn slow and a lot of passengers complain about him. He's always LATE and for a few weeks he was going the wrong way.  In fact I had to walk to another stop to get him and I confronted him about it.  Before that we were fine but after that I pretty much had it when he acted as if he wasn't the scheduled bus when he clearly was.  He never apologized either.  Going the wrong way for TWO weeks! Crazy...

Edited November 20, 2018 by Via Garibaldi 8

[trife86]

2 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

There aren't that many picks though, so for the Fall pick, it lasts for several months.  All of the buses I take in the morning at the moment, the drivers know me.  I'm only cool with a few of them though. The rest I can't stand to be honest and I've been taking their buses for years, but the ones I'm cool with, even if they haven't seen me in a while we'll chat it up for a bit before I get off or they'll say good seeing you again. 

There's one guy who is so damn slow and a lot of passengers complain about him. He's always LATE and for a few weeks he was going the wrong way.  In fact I had to walk to another stop to get him and I confronted him about it.  Before that we were fine but after that I pretty much had it when he acted as if he wasn't the scheduled bus when he clearly was.  He never apologized either.  Going the wrong way for TWO weeks! Crazy...

When in doubt, do the old route!

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Just now, trife86 said:

When in doubt, do the old route!

LOL When he’s in doubt he goes the wrong way. Even if you’re on the bus it adds an extra 10 minutes to the ride. For those that aren’t, you’re stuck scrambling to get to another bus stop since that is a part-time stop.

[Lawrence St]

4 hours ago, Lil 57 said:

I was taking the SIM1C to the QM11 last month to my grandma's house from school and when the SIM1C pulled up, he just asked me if I was going to Manhattan. Probery thought I was waiting for the S78/79 since I'm a student.

I always fear the day when an express bus B/O passes by me, not picking me up because I'm a student and they assume that I'm waiting for the local bus.

Oh I deal with this everyday...

[LGA Link N Train]

 Hey, does anyone know where I can look at Ridership statistics for each Queens Bus route? I'm thinking of a network redesign project and I'd like to have some research for it

[MysteriousBtrain]

2 hours ago, LaGuardia Link N Tra said:

 Hey, does anyone know where I can look at Ridership statistics for each Queens Bus route? I'm thinking of a network redesign project and I'd like to have some research for it

http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/

Check the very bottom of the page.

[Orion6025]

What's the bus service plan for this friday going to be?

[Lil 57]

9 minutes ago, Orion6025 said:

What's the bus service plan for this friday going to be?

NYCT: Weekday schedule, however, SI limiteds (minus S89 and S93) and a few Queens limiteds don't run.

MTA Bus: Weekday schedule for local buses, some Queens limiteds don't run and express buses are on a "reduced schedule" (Basically every hour).

MTA Bus Schedules: http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/SpecialBusSchedules_11_2016.htm#Queens

Edited November 21, 2018 by Lil 57

[SevenEleven]

20 hours ago, S78 via Hylan said:

Any of you ever get on express bus and the B/O asks you where you’re going? 

Yeah, put $2.75 in the farebox and I'll ask you real quick. The holiday season is here too, so a lot of tourists would get on the express thinking it's the local bus. 

On the real tho, I had someone get on the 3C a while back, drop $2.75 and played stupid when I told him that it was the express bus. 

[S78 via Hylan]

1 hour ago, SevenEleven said:

Yeah, put $2.75 in the farebox and I'll ask you real quick. The holiday season is here too, so a lot of tourists would get on the express thinking it's the local bus. 

On the real tho, I had someone get on the 3C a while back, drop $2.75 and played stupid when I told him that it was the express bus. 

I’m not surprised.

Edited November 21, 2018 by S78 via Hylan

[Via Garibaldi 8]

32 minutes ago, SevenEleven said:

Yeah, put $2.75 in the farebox and I'll ask you real quick. The holiday season is here too, so a lot of tourists would get on the express thinking it's the local bus. 

On the real tho, I had someone get on the 3C a while back, drop $2.75 and played stupid when I told him that it was the express bus. 

Express bus? What's that? 

[Orion6025]

4 hours ago, Lil 57 said:

NYCT: Weekday schedule, however, SI limiteds (minus S89 and S93) and a few Queens limiteds don't run.

MTA Bus: Weekday schedule for local buses, some Queens limiteds don't run and express buses are on a "reduced schedule" (Basically every hour).

MTA Bus Schedules: http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/SpecialBusSchedules_11_2016.htm#Queens

Sweet, thank you. Are those special bus schedules printed by the way or are they only available online

[Lil 57]

1 hour ago, Orion6025 said:

Sweet, thank you. Are those special bus schedules printed by the way or are they only available online

I'm not sure, never saw them printed though.

[Lil 57]

3 hours ago, SevenEleven said:

Yeah, put $2.75 in the farebox and I'll ask you real quick. The holiday season is here too, so a lot of tourists would get on the express thinking it's the local bus. 

On the real tho, I had someone get on the 3C a while back, drop $2.75 and played stupid when I told him that it was the express bus. 

I'm actually making a movie for school about that, LOL.

[Future ENY OP]

Random Thought: Just spotted Ulmer Park bus 7186 with a double rear ad on the back of the bus. 

[Cait Sith]

Funny how perception can be changed so quickly....overheard a lot of M66s and M72 customers complain about the low-floors that's on the route now.....and how they want the RTSs back because there is more space...

......that's rather funny if you ask me.

[Via Garibaldi 8]

3 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Funny how perception can be changed so quickly....overheard a lot of M66s and M72 customers complain about the low-floors that's on the route now.....and how they want the RTSs back because there is more space...

......that's rather funny if you ask me.

Those buses feel smaller. That was the same complaint Staten Islanders had. I wouldn’t say that I wanted RTS buses back, but I can certainly understand the complaint.

[trainfan22]

9508 is in service on the B60 right now! But it's not on Bus time sadly.

[Jdog14]

I am unimpressed by the the latest gen LFS Artics (5531+). The configuration of the bus feels so cheap. 

[trife86]

1 hour ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

Those buses feel smaller. That was the same complaint Staten Islanders had. I wouldn’t say that I wanted RTS buses back, but I can certainly understand the complaint.

Well RTS and O5s you can really smash the people in there good, behind them is the NG and 3G, and the Nova's are horrible at packing people in due to layout.

[MysteriousBtrain]

39 minutes ago, trife86 said:

Well RTS and O5s you can really smash the people in there good, behind them is the NG and 3G, and the Nova's are horrible at packing people in due to layout.

The XD40s are coming in now so lets see how the passengers feel about them on the M66/72.

[Brillant93]

Yeah the LFS has always felt very small and even compared to the orion hybrids it seems small. Speaking of the orion hybrids I remember when BK first got them when I was a kid and my family who lived by the Fresh Pond routes said the buses felt smaller than the RTS. I guess when you have an upstairs in the back and people act like they don't know what move all the way in means of course the buses are going to seem small, in my opinion.  My personally favorite buses with size and seats are the new flyer buses and the BE40. I rode the BE40 and those buses felt so spacious.