46Dover Posted July 11, 2015 Share #15426 Posted July 11, 2015 I'm pretty sure I've filed at least 100 complaints. MIA buses, buses coming early, rude drivers, reckless drivers, drivers bypassing stops or portions of the route, drivers purposely messing around so that they can't be tracked on BusTime. It becomes annoying after a while but quite frankly if you don't file a complaint these guys will just continue. Some very immature, unprofessional types, mainly young guys from the street that have no home training and poor education. What's interesting is that I have NEVER encountered a rude LIRR or MNRR employee on the trains... I wonder why... Sarcasm... An old timer once told me "You have bus drivers, then you have people who just drive a bus" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 11, 2015 Share #15427 Posted July 11, 2015 An old timer once told me "You have bus drivers, then you have people who just drive a bus" Indeed. I was just on bus #3307 (Southbound BM3 bus). Guy is so busy talking to some idiot up front who probably didn't even pay that he almost bypassed me. I had to hail him down. To top it off the damn bus had no AC on it and he did absolutely nothing to ventilate the bus even after I inquired about the climate control. I had to get off prematurely and transfer to the BM1 behind it which is not what I needed. This is why I have to keep filing complaints. That bus should be out of service. If an elderly person was on that bus they would've passed out from heat exhaustion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15428 Posted July 12, 2015 So this idiot B/O on the Q10 today threatened me saying that recording a video of a bus is illegal and that if he ever saw me again, he would take my camera and format it completely , and again, all I did was take a video of his bus... f**king idiot... I'd threaten have his job for even making a threat like that..... I'm usually sympathetic to b/o's, but there's just too many that try to usurp power they don't have..... .....I was on the Q43 today and my driver and some other driver on the Q3 kept stopping at lights, opening the doors, and yelling at each other, and both buses even remained stationary at a green light pulling this shit. That's a personal peeve I have when it comes to driving; the holding up of traffic to start conversing.... It annoys me when b/o's do it, when dollar cab/vans do it, when whoever does it - especially if I'm the immediate trailing car..... Was it a situation where one cut the other off or something?... Usually don't see two b/o's doing that while yelling at each other; at least I don't..... Oh, ho, yes. Yes i definitely do... I know the time, bus #, intersection, and day (it was yesterday)... Wdym take me a long ways?... What that saying means (in this case) is that, since you have all that information, your chances of getting this b/o punished would be greater..... An old timer once told me "You have bus drivers, then you have people who just drive a bus" ...with the latter being like 99% of the ones in Nassau County! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15429 Posted July 12, 2015 I'd threaten have his job for even making a threat like that..... I'm usually sympathetic to b/o's, but there's just too many that try to usurp power they don't have..... That's a personal peeve I have when it comes to driving; the holding up of traffic to start conversing.... It annoys me when b/o's do it, when dollar cab/vans do it, when whoever does it - especially if I'm the immediate trailing car..... Was it a situation where one cut the other off or something?... Usually don't see two b/o's doing that while yelling at each other; at least I don't..... What that saying means (in this case) is that, since you have all that information, your chances of getting this b/o punished would be greater..... ...with the latter being like 99% of the ones in Nassau County! I'm not exactly sure how it started (I usually have headphones in on the bus), but it was essentially a B/O telling mine he did something wrong, then mine yelling back about how he wasn't the dispatcher so he had no right to talk shit, which was the first stop. Then at the next light mine told the other one that he messed up some shit too, so he had no right to talk. Then while our bus was pulled over at the stop the Q3 flew by and buzzed the horn as he passed by. Just straight up unprofessional crap all around. I'm reluctant to report this, mostly because I don't know the details about the Q3 (like bus number, driver, etc.) and I would just rather not get only one of the people involved in trouble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15430 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) To continue with that BM3 driver, after I got off of his bus at 23rd and Park, I got on the BM1 behind him, who would eventually bypass him. I don't know what happened with that bus but he remained in service to Sheepshead Bay. What was ridiculous was how long it took him to get down there. I got off of the BM1 at Avenue J and Ocean, and made my way to the to finish my commute. I made my 13:30 appointment, but the real kicker was that the BM3 still hadn't even reached Ocean and Avenue X by that time and he was supposed to be done at 13:07! Unless he picked up Downtown, he had no one on the bus besides one guy who perhaps wasn't even a paying passenger. I tracked him going back to Manhattan and he was still late. I got the next bus behind him which got me to 57th and 3rd in under an hour. One other thing... There will be a M101/M102/M103 bus stop right at 57th and 3rd (finally). They are almost done finishing the bus shelter, so I imagine it will be up and running in the next week or two. Checked it out on my way to the BxM1 to head back home. I'm not exactly sure how it started (I usually have headphones in on the bus), but it was essentially a B/O telling mine he did something wrong, then mine yelling back about how he wasn't the dispatcher so he had no right to talk shit, which was the first stop. Then at the next light mine told the other one that he messed up some shit too, so he had no right to talk. Then while our bus was pulled over at the stop the Q3 flew by and buzzed the horn as he passed by. Just straight up unprofessional crap all around. I'm reluctant to report this, mostly because I don't know the details about the Q3 (like bus number, driver, etc.) and I would just rather not get only one of the people involved in trouble. That's the first thing I pay attention to is the bus# and if I can't locate it, I'll go on BusTime and look for the bus. Sometimes I just file the complaint right on the bus. With those gigantic smartphones these days and the 4G internet, it's becoming easier and easier to type and sent formal letters. lol Edited July 12, 2015 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15431 Posted July 12, 2015 That's the first thing I pay attention to is the bus# and if I can't locate it, I'll go on BusTime and look for the bus. Sometimes I just file the complaint right on the bus. With those gigantic smartphones these days and the 4G internet, it's becoming easier and easier to type and sent formal letters. lol It was night-time, and it's not exactly easy to see the bus number if the bus is next to your window seat and you're in the middle, not close to any of the number decals on the bus. I'm wishing I had caught it now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15432 Posted July 12, 2015 It was night-time, and it's not exactly easy to see the bus number if the bus is next to your window seat and you're in the middle, not close to any of the number decals on the bus. I'm wishing I had caught it now... Yeah that's what BusTime is for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15433 Posted July 12, 2015 I'd threaten have his job for even making a threat like that..... I'm usually sympathetic to b/o's, but there's just too many that try to usurp power they don't have..... That's a personal peeve I have when it comes to driving; the holding up of traffic to start conversing.... It annoys me when b/o's do it, when dollar cab/vans do it, when whoever does it - especially if I'm the immediate trailing car..... Was it a situation where one cut the other off or something?... Usually don't see two b/o's doing that while yelling at each other; at least I don't..... What that saying means (in this case) is that, since you have all that information, your chances of getting this b/o punished would be greater..... ...with the latter being like 99% of the ones in Nassau County! Sorry, but by any chance do you think you can send me the link to file a report? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15434 Posted July 12, 2015 Yet again, another close connection made between the Q10 and Q56. I'm glad it was done because I had no interest in waiting twenty minutes for the as one passed moments after I got off the Q10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15435 Posted July 12, 2015 Sheesh, those 1200s Nova transmissions are crap... they need to get those damn things off the M15SBS and put 'em on crosstown routes instead. Move the 5800s to Hale f/t M15. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15436 Posted July 12, 2015 Sheesh, those 1200s Nova transmissions are crap... they need to get those damn things off the M15SBS and put 'em on crosstown routes instead. Move the 5800s to Hale f/t M15. I was thrilled when they were taken off the Bx12 SBS. I've never liked the performance of the 1200 Novas, from the AC to the transmission to the seating configuration to how the two rear doors work (the rear doors are a general LFSA flaw that's exploited on any SBS route). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15437 Posted July 12, 2015 ^^ Yes, precisely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15438 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2015/06/20/select-bus-service-coming-to-q44-route-by-fall.html hmm I wonder and tomorrow the M86 will be +Select Bus Service Edited July 12, 2015 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15439 Posted July 12, 2015 I'm pretty sure I've filed at least 100 complaints. MIA buses, buses coming early, rude drivers, reckless drivers, drivers bypassing stops or portions of the route, drivers purposely messing around so that they can't be tracked on BusTime. It becomes annoying after a while but quite frankly if you don't file a complaint these guys will just continue. Some very immature, unprofessional types, mainly young guys from the street that have no home training and poor education. What's interesting is that I have NEVER encountered a rude LIRR or MNRR employee on the trains... I wonder why... Sarcasm... For someone who claims to have filed over 100 complaints u don't think the MTA knows u by now and maybe are just junking your complaints. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 12, 2015 Share #15440 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) For someone who claims to have filed over 100 complaints u don't think the MTA knows u by now and maybe are just junking your complaints. They aren't junking them, that I can assure you. 100 or so complaints over 12 or so years actually isn't that bad. I won't go into details, but I have my ways of knowing. I travel A LOT and there is A LOT of turnover at many depots. You have no idea how many B/O's move around and/or are fired and that's part of the problem. You also have a lot of the old timers retiring so there is a lot of change going on. All of the complaints are legitimate. There is a lot that I overlook too, but if there are buses missing or skipping portions of the route that's a problem that needs to be addressed. Safety issues are also a problem. I have been in at least two accidents and have been fortunate enough not be seriously injured, so they aren't just complaints just because. I also have wrote in to comment some B/Os, so it works both ways. There are many good B/Os but also a lot of bad ones. Edited July 13, 2015 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15441 Posted July 13, 2015 If I had a nickel for every time I've wanted to tell an SBS driver to drive faster... Had a driver on the 12 that was driving so slow on Pelham Parkway bicycles were passing us in the bike lane.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15442 Posted July 13, 2015 If I had a nickel for every time I've wanted to tell an SBS driver to drive faster... Had a driver on the 12 that was driving so slow on Pelham Parkway bicycles were passing us in the bike lane.. LMAO... There's a guy on the BxM2 who is TERRIBLY slow. He's supposed to come before a BxM1, but comes at the same time and finishes a good 20 minutes later than that BxM1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15443 Posted July 13, 2015 In case anyone didn't notice, the M86 SBS started and supports the new SBS signage from the M15. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15444 Posted July 13, 2015 In case anyone didn't notice, the M86 SBS started and supports the new SBS signage from the M15. I saw one this morning while I was on the BxM1. Some of the new stops are weird like the Lex and 86th street stop heading East. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15445 Posted July 13, 2015 I saw one this morning while I was on the BxM1. Some of the new stops are weird like the Lex and 86th street stop heading East. There's construction going on around the area therefore the Eastbound stop is relocated. There are machines facing the street and the sidewalk to ease payment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15446 Posted July 13, 2015 There's construction going on around the area therefore the Eastbound stop is relocated. There are machines facing the street and the sidewalk to ease payment. That explains it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 14, 2015 Share #15447 Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) There's construction going on around the area therefore the Eastbound stop is relocated. There are machines facing the street and the sidewalk to ease payment. I think that's actually the new stop. They tend to relocate stops when SBS makes its way through. Some of the stops along the SBS have been relocated so it can just be up and out when the light changes Edited July 14, 2015 by Cait Sith 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted July 14, 2015 Share #15448 Posted July 14, 2015 Yep idk how late I am with this but due to that Williamsburg Plaza construction, The B39 Brooklyn Bound temporary takes a different route making a right after getting off the bridge at the B62 Stop (Towards Downtown Brooklyn) and goes around back to Williamsburg Plaza. One of the lanes I know turning from the Bridge is closed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted July 14, 2015 Share #15449 Posted July 14, 2015 I think that's actually the new stop. They tend to relocate stops when SBS makes its way through. Some of the stops along the SBS have been relocated so it can just be up and out when the light changes All I know is that there was a service alert saying the Eastbound stop at Lexington was relocated due to construction. It would make a lot more sense for it to be after the light since that's where passengers will get on coming off of uptown trains. For that reason I'll believe them at their word. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78 via Stew Leonards Posted July 14, 2015 Share #15450 Posted July 14, 2015 Northern Blvd is a madhouse during rush hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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