BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14176 Posted January 27, 2015 I don't know if a driver just didn't get the memo or something, but there's a Q4 (LIMITED) on bustime right now. Oddly enough, the only Q4 on the route too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14177 Posted January 27, 2015 Funny, I see 3 Q4's...all local on bus time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14178 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) I don't know if a driver just didn't get the memo or something, but there's a Q4 (LIMITED) on bustime right now. Oddly enough, the only Q4 on the route too. You can't automatically assume that it's a limited just because BusTime says that. BusTime is not always accurate. I've see BxM1's with the correct signage (BxM1 via INWOOD via LEX), only to come up on BusTime as a "BxM1 via LEX AV" bus, as if it was a Super Express bus and vice versa. Edited January 27, 2015 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14179 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) * How come all the express routes ran today except the BM1-5? Also, buses are scrambled in Staten Island (ex.2915 on the X5, 2745 on the X17) Edited January 27, 2015 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14180 Posted January 27, 2015 Im guessing Tuskegee Airmen Depot is closed just for today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 27, 2015 Share #14181 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) * How come all the express routes ran today except the BM1-5? Also, buses are scrambled in Staten Island (ex.2915 on the X5, 2745 on the X17) QM15, QM20, and the Weekday PM's didn't run either, Sunday Schedule today, except SI, which is appearently running a reduced weekday schedule (for what reason, I don't understand). Edited January 27, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 28, 2015 Share #14182 Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) QM20 service started about an hour ago; first bus of the day to midtown departed Bay Terrace a while ago, and there's one going to Bay Terrace now (doesn't make sense, but whatever). Now there's multiple Q4 and Q5 LTD's on bustime. Edited January 28, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 28, 2015 Share #14183 Posted January 28, 2015 And 2229 got a Flat tire at Woodhaven Blvd/ 61 Rd (while doing the BM5). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYSubwayBuff Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14184 Posted January 29, 2015 I just saw the bus improvement docs just now I am surprised the X27/X8 was cut back can anyone elaborate why was this done? It seemed like the routes were doing well when i rode them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14185 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) I just saw the bus improvement docs just now I am surprised the X27/X8 was cut back can anyone elaborate why was this done? It seemed like the routes were doing well when i rode them It'll be cut down in April. The reasoning for this is, the loads have gone down, so they need to adjust it so the frequencies better suit demand (i.e more riders per bus; there's no way the MTA is gonna 67% full buses during the PM peak run, especially if the headway is above 10 minutes (if it's 30 minutes or more, you'll see they won't adjust it at all, until there's justification to cut one ENTIRE trip out). Edited January 29, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14186 Posted January 29, 2015 I just saw the bus improvement docs just now I am surprised the X27/X8 was cut back can anyone elaborate why was this done? It seemed like the routes were doing well when i rode them I wouldn't worry... It's a normal practice, esp. for NYCT express buses. A cut here and that cut is used to provide service elsewhere... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14187 Posted January 29, 2015 4 B43's arriving at Box st with 5 mins of each other.... 1 goes OOS (I'm guessing this bus DH'd back to the depot).... After a 5 min wait or so, 2 buses arrive at the Freeman stop... one bus picked up all 5 of us waiting, and the other bus just went ahead.... I doubt this was a leader-follower situation, but from all the way to Greenpoint (the neighborhood) to Empire/Brooklyn (where I got off), both buses were passing each other back & forth.... That's not the worst of it though... While along Manhattan av, I counted 5 buses heading up towards Box (fittingly, only 2 Queens bound 62's, both were right behind each other, one with 2 people on it (lol) & the other was crowded (no surprise there).... But yeah, don't know what was goin on with the 43 tonight... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14188 Posted January 29, 2015 There was no Q88 for a while in the early morning, I was f**ked. Then 4 Q88's come together (two of them to be sent out back to different points of the route). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14189 Posted January 29, 2015 I have to say, the B6 sure shits the bed when there's snow. Of all the routes I've ever had to use, the B6 is the only one where service deteriorates to such an extremely bad level when it snows. Obviously, bad weather causes problems everywhere, but it's almost impossibly bad on the B6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14190 Posted January 29, 2015 I wonder why after 11pm, why are Queens buses on 39th Av making it's first stop on n20/n21 bus stop on Roosevelt Av/Main St? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14191 Posted January 29, 2015 I have to say, the B6 sure shits the bed when there's snow. Of all the routes I've ever had to use, the B6 is the only one where service deteriorates to such an extremely bad level when it snows. Obviously, bad weather causes problems everywhere, but it's almost impossibly bad on the B6. The B6 is out of UP so it should be no surprise. Some depots seem to become anemic when there is snow... Too many B/O's living in the sticks so they can't get in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14192 Posted January 29, 2015 There is a D60HF from Tuskegee from the M15 SBS and a Nova LFSA from MCH on the M15 Local.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14193 Posted January 29, 2015 Is it an orange signed colored D60HF? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14194 Posted January 29, 2015 Is the B46 officially getting SBS? I can't think of any other reason there would be something covered over under where the is on the new stripmaps popping up on the . I know the M86 is getting SBS and I'm sure that's whats covered over underneath the and . Is it an orange signed colored D60HF? Bustime says it's 5623. Oh man, those poor folks on 1st/2nd Avenue thinking its a local M15 ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14195 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Is the B46 officially getting SBS? I can't think of any other reason there would be something covered over under where the is on the new stripmaps popping up on the . I know the M86 is getting SBS and I'm sure that's whats covered over underneath the and .There was a SBS workshop on the Utica Avenue corridor towards the end of last year. With that being the first workshop I saw, I expect the B46 to have SBS on November of this year (the earliest). Edited January 29, 2015 by MysteriousBtrain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14196 Posted January 29, 2015 There is a D60HF from Tuskegee from the M15 SBS and a Nova LFSA from MCH on the M15 Local.. Is the B46 officially getting SBS? I can't think of any other reason there would be something covered over under where the is on the new stripmaps popping up on the . I know the M86 is getting SBS and I'm sure that's whats covered over underneath the and . Bustime says it's 5623. Oh man, those poor folks on 1st/2nd Avenue thinking its a local M15 ... Bugs. It's been happening for a while now. They're not actually on the SBS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14197 Posted January 29, 2015 Bugs. It's been happening for a while now. They're not actually on the SBS. Oh really? I figured it was just last-min dispatching, cause every day there's been a D60 or two on the SBS according to BusTime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14198 Posted January 29, 2015 Is it an orange signed colored D60HF? nope, 5635, 5672 and above have 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14199 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) nope, 5635, 5672 and above haveThe orange signed units start at 5665 (With 5635 being the exception) Edited January 29, 2015 by Kingsbridgeviewer382 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted January 29, 2015 Share #14200 Posted January 29, 2015 nope, 5635, 5665 and above have Corrected it for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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