Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34401 Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lil 57 said: Is it just me or are a lot of buses are departing early. This is the 2nd time I went to a bus stop 3-5 minutes before departure to see that the bus left 5 minutes ago (both were on 30 minute headway’s at the time). You should know the deal on Staten Island. I have had to run from the car to get the express bus on Staten Island previously, because the bus was 10 minutes early. Same old same old... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil 57 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34402 Posted June 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: You should know the deal on Staten Island. I have had to run from the car to get the express bus on Staten Island previously, because the bus was 10 minutes early. Same old same old... Guess so, I’ve been away for 4 months due to school where the buses in my Collegetown never came early so I guess I just have to readjust to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34403 Posted June 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lil 57 said: Guess so, I’ve been away for 4 months due to school where the buses in my Collegetown never came early so I guess I just have to readjust to it. Unfortunately... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34404 Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, XcelsiorBoii4888 said: I've done it before too. I had to get from Narrows/Targee to Richmond/Lander area on a Saturday afternoon. I would've taken the S53/S44, but then I ended up running late. So I was about to call an Uber and the price was $27 with a 13 min wait I'm like wtf and canceled it. I said let me see if I can flagg a SIM33 down coming from the city. As he approached Targee I literally waived like I was trying to tell a train operator to stop as if someone was on the tracks (luckily someone was getting off). As the person got off he said "this is not the pickup gotta go to the other side of the highway". I said "no i know I need to get to Richmond quickly and this is cheaper than an Uber i don't mind the $6.75". He said oh ok and things went normal (some people were confused seeing me get on but whatever). As I got off he said "you're the first person I had do that in my 8 years". I was like no way...he was like "yes, but it makes sense than to spend $20 for an Uber if it's convenient for you. People struggle to pay $6.75 and you're taking advantage of $6.75". I laughed and said u never know what to expect driving these buses. He said "yeah you can say that again, if it wasn't for someone getting off where u got on, my instinct wouldn't have been to stop but now with this scenario you have me thinking if I should be on the lookout". I said yeah its definitely not common, especially these days, but if someone is seriously flaggin you then you should stop and see what's up. He agreed and we each said take care and have a good day. In the past, some of the drivers would give attitude about it (either they really didn't know, or they wanted to play dumb), but since the redesign, and since myself and other advocates have emphasized the need to stop for people transferring, I haven't really had too many issues. (Though there was one B/O on the SIM4 who acted like he was doing me this big favor, talking about "The transfer point is at Victory", but he's the same one that would take it upon himself to bypass stops when he thought there were no seats). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34405 Posted June 1, 2021 2510 is tracking on the S44 at the ferry terminal, wtf? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34406 Posted June 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: 2510 is tracking on the S44 at the ferry terminal, wtf? Um... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34407 Posted June 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: 2510 is tracking on the S44 at the ferry terminal, wtf? 5 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Um... What's so shocking about it? Driver likely has a mix of local and express runs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34408 Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, trainfan22 said: 2510 is tracking on the S44 at the ferry terminal, wtf? Ignore the sass from some, they get annoyed when things get generally repeated but they don't know people learn on their own time and aren't up to date with everything. A express bus on the local routes in SI is nothing shocking (and it happened much more often in the past). Doesn't happen in other boroughs but it happens on occasion with Staten Island due to drivers having a mix of maybe one trip on the local and then express after. So, either due to bus availability, traffic issues, shortages, they essentially use what's available or convenient. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34409 Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, XcelsiorBoii4888 said: Ignore the sass from some, they get annoyed when things get generally repeated but they don't know people learn on their own time and aren't up to date with everything. A express bus on the local routes in SI is nothing shocking (and it happened much more often in the past). Doesn't happen in other boroughs but it happens on occasion with Staten Island due to drivers having a mix of maybe one trip on the local and then express after. So, either due to bus availability, traffic issues, shortages, they essentially use what's available or convenient. On Staten Island, it's been a mix of either driver shortages or bus shortages, and supposedly, they've just been having some drivers take express buses so that they don't have to go back and switch buses. Currently, they're down roughly 40 drivers, which is much better than the 100 I kept hearing about, so there's progress I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34410 Posted June 1, 2021 I know that coach buses sometimes ends up on SI local routes but this is the first time I heard of one on a ferry route. From what I understand they usually they end up on the 57/59/89. BTW 2510 is still on the S44 hours later... very NJT like! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34411 Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: I know that coach buses sometimes ends up on SI local routes but this is the first time I heard of one on a ferry route. From what I understand they usually they end up on the 57/59/89. BTW 2510 is still on the S44 hours later... very NJT like! With the driver shortage, they are doing what they have to to make service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #34412 Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) For anyone trying to catch "2510", it's probably a BusTime glitch, word is that it's actually 8267. Edited June 1, 2021 by danielhg121 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34413 Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/31/2021 at 12:00 AM, QM1to6Ave said: So Stringer rented a prop bus to film his commercial? I wonder if the MTA didn’t allow him to film on an active bus. Or he didn’t want to risk real people yelling at him lol. They almost never use real buses. Probably an insurance thing / MTA branding and in this case, avoiding endorsement. The only time I can think of a real bus being used was that film a few years back, The We and the I. Was about a bunch of kids in the Bronx and they filmed it on a KB or GH O7 NG if I remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34414 Posted June 2, 2021 How are the Merrick Blvd routes running since they installed the bus lanes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34415 Posted June 2, 2021 Was today the first day of a new pick? I had all different B/O's on my regular runs, and they all drove slow as hell like a bunch of scared old ladies, uggg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santana04 Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34416 Posted June 2, 2021 2 hours ago, QM1to6Ave said: Was today the first day of a new pick? I had all different B/O's on my regular runs, and they all drove slow as hell like a bunch of scared old ladies, Summer pick start the 27 maybe they were on training i saw a few guys getting trained on the college point routes the other day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34417 Posted June 2, 2021 2 hours ago, QM1to6Ave said: Was today the first day of a new pick? I had all different B/O's on my regular runs, and they all drove slow as hell like a bunch of scared old ladies, uggg Said from other post: bus op in training or bus ops filling in for a regular op that's either on vacation or does the RDO weekday work run 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted June 2, 2021 Share #34418 Posted June 2, 2021 22 hours ago, danielhg121 said: For anyone trying to catch "2510", it's probably a BusTime glitch, word is that it's actually 8267. Yeah, "2510" is now on the S61, so a Prevost tracker probably somehow ended up in a LFS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34419 Posted June 3, 2021 21 hours ago, Santana04 said: Summer pick start the 27 maybe they were on training i saw a few guys getting trained on the college point routes the other day 21 hours ago, Calvin said: Said from other post: bus op in training or bus ops filling in for a regular op that's either on vacation or does the RDO weekday work run Thanks! Makes sense...I guess a lot of B/Os took a longer Memorial Day vacation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34420 Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, trainfan22 said: Yeah, "2510" is now on the S61, so a Prevost tracker probably somehow ended up in a LFS. A Prevost tracker? Never heard of such a thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34421 Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: A Prevost tracker? Never heard of such a thing. As in a GPS once installed on a Prevost was installed in an LFS and the number attached to it was not reset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34422 Posted June 3, 2021 45 minutes ago, Around the Horn said: As in a GPS once installed on a Prevost was installed in an LFS and the number attached to it was not reset. Interesting... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammerbot Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34423 Posted June 3, 2021 Is there some sort of record-keeping system for bus reliability? For example, I noticed that, anecdotally at least, the B1 is generally on or close to schedule, whereas the B3 is always a mess. The B3 often has busses bunched up in twos or threes, with 30 minute gaps in service and then two or three busses all at once. I wonder if there is a database that keeps track of this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerTheM7 Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34424 Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, jammerbot said: Is there some sort of record-keeping system for bus reliability? For example, I noticed that, anecdotally at least, the B1 is generally on or close to schedule, whereas the B3 is always a mess. The B3 often has busses bunched up in twos or threes, with 30 minute gaps in service and then two or three busses all at once. I wonder if there is a database that keeps track of this. I also wonder if there is a sitee showing the load factors for routes too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted June 3, 2021 Share #34425 Posted June 3, 2021 Bx99 to be discontinued on June 10th, 2021. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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