Thekilomoney11 Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16476 Posted November 7, 2015 Well 4331 got into an accident yesterday on Gun hill road/Bainbridge ave. It look like it got side swiped on the front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16477 Posted November 7, 2015 Yesterday, there was a local Bx12 using an SBS wrapped bus going from 207th to Pelham Bay. About 2 minutes later, I saw 5803 going to and from the same terminals signed up as an SBS bus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16478 Posted November 7, 2015 MTA put out a survey for future Express buses, some of the question especially the outlet question and legroom question made me really happy Speaking about express buses, I have a story to tell but my phones dead right now so I never got a chance to upload pics Put the link on the site we know that VG8 would love to be able to control the future of the next express routes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16479 Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Put the link on the site we know that VG8 would love to be able to control the future of the next express routes That's all I need. As if the BxM1 to Inwood cuts he proposed weren't enough Edited November 7, 2015 by lupojohn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16480 Posted November 7, 2015 Put the link on the site we know that VG8 would love to be able to control the future of the next express routes Oh would I ever... lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted November 7, 2015 Share #16481 Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Where on the site is that survey? It was email to me cause I signed up for the MTA survey program I removed the link cause i believe its a personal link sorry Edited November 7, 2015 by IAlam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted November 8, 2015 Share #16482 Posted November 8, 2015 Why Hale, WHY.... would you give away 5799 & 5323?? Drat youu HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS just kidding (no im not) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted November 8, 2015 Share #16483 Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Yesterday, there was a local Bx12 using an SBS wrapped bus going from 207th to Pelham Bay. About 2 minutes later, I saw 5803 going to and from the same terminals signed up as an SBS bus.What time of day was it? Just asking because if said buses made it to White Plains Rd at around 6:30 PM I may have caught them. The "local" bus you mentioned unloaded at the SBS stop at White Plains so I was shocked and wondering to myself whether it was an SBS bus using the local program or a local bus that just didn't want to pick up any riders at WPR. I feel the Bx12 could use a separate Friday schedule since the route seems to run a lot less reliably on Fridays than the other weekdays. I've seen it done in some places where routes have a Mon-Thurs schedule and a separate one for Fridays if necessary. I was also asked to take a survey and it asked me something about express buses. With express buses and commuter trains as well all that needs to be done is to drop costs (per passenger costs that is). The simplest way to do that is to make them appealing to the masses (i.e. people currently using local buses and subways). How we do that is something that can be debated but it has to be done some way some how. Edited November 8, 2015 by JubaionBx12+SBS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted November 8, 2015 Share #16484 Posted November 8, 2015 I was also asked to take a survey and it asked me something about express buses. With express buses and commuter trains as well all that needs to be done is to drop costs (per passenger costs that is). The simplest way to do that is to make them appealing to the masses (i.e. people currently using local buses and subways). How we do that is something that can be debated but it has to be done some way some how. It seems these surveys are given out at random or based on your previous surveys where they ask you what services you ride. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16485 Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) What time of day was it? Just asking because if said buses made it to White Plains Rd at around 6:30 PM I may have caught them. The "local" bus you mentioned unloaded at the SBS stop at White Plains so I was shocked and wondering to myself whether it was an SBS bus using the local program or a local bus that just didn't want to pick up any riders at WPR. I feel the Bx12 could use a separate Friday schedule since the route seems to run a lot less reliably on Fridays than the other weekdays. I've seen it done in some places where routes have a Mon-Thurs schedule and a separate one for Fridays if necessary. The SBS drivers use the local programs for short turns because of dispatchers' laziness, since the local code is the first thing on the list and the dispatchers hand that out instead of the proper SBS code. That gets VERY confusing if it's not a wrapped bus. Hell, it's confusing even with a wrapped bus; at least when they had the blue lights (wrapped bus or not) you'd be able to distinguish the difference most of the time. It also fouls up the paper transfer if people pay with coins and need a Bx12 local bus for whatever reason later. Queens Surface (or was it Triboro? Sorry I don't visit Queens too much) used to have separate schedules for the Rikers Island bus (Q100?) in accordance to the visitation schedule but about a year after MTA took over they changed it to the common weekday/weekend combo. The Bx29 I think had a separate Friday schedule too once upon a time. Edited November 9, 2015 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16486 Posted November 9, 2015 Queens Surface had the Q100 (then the Q101R) at the time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16487 Posted November 9, 2015 So B46SBS is starting up huh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16488 Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) Q47 buses rerouted from Calamus Av between 69 St and 79 St due to construction (Revised) Until further notice Effective Sunday, Nov 15 - New temporary stops have been added: Northbound to Jackson Heights Grand Av at 73 St 69 St at 53 Av Southbound to Glendale 69 St at 52 Dr Grand Av at 73 St Buses continue to make corresponding stops along the detoured route. Show Reroute Details Northbound Via 80 St Left on Grand Av Right on 69 St then regular route Southbound Via 69 St Left on Grand Av Right on 80 St then regular route _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is the most random stops the MTA have chosen to add along the route. Grand Avenue at 69 Street and Grand Avenue at 74 Street would've been much more useful, since those stops serve commercial areas directly, and offer connections to multiple bus routes which it never connected to (the Q67 at Grand Avenue/69 Street). Edited November 9, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16489 Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) Another reason why I HATE the doors on the LFSA: 5926 on the Q44 - the third door's green light just would not shut the hell off. It would close, but still say "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" all over again. Had to be taken out of service, shutting off the entire bus did nothing to solve the problem. There was a NIS bus behind it that SKIPPED the stop that the bus was taken OOS on, then goes into service at the next stop (saw on BusTime). And of course, I waited about 10-15 minutes and the next Q44 still wasn't there. Just waited to see what they would do. Is there a reason why the NIS bus (5264) didn't open it's doors to the people who were waiting (quite a lot) and instead just went to the next stop and into service anyways? The bus operator of 5926 said that there was a Q44 shortly behind, oh boy was that a lie considering how bad the service is. On another note, more and more bus stops now say +SBS instead of Limited now. Edited November 9, 2015 by R188 7857 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 9, 2015 Share #16490 Posted November 9, 2015 Another reason why I HATE the doors on the LFSA: 5926 on the Q44 - the third door's green light just would not shut the hell off. It would close, but still say "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" all over again. Had to be taken out of service, shutting off the entire bus did nothing to solve the problem. There was a NIS bus behind it that SKIPPED the stop that the bus was taken OOS on, then goes into service at the next stop (saw on BusTime). And of course, I waited about 10-15 minutes and the next Q44 still wasn't there. Just waited to see what they would do. Is there a reason why the NIS bus (5264) didn't open it's doors to the people who were waiting (quite a lot) and instead just went to the next stop and into service anyways? The bus operator of 5926 said that there was a Q44 shortly behind, oh boy was that a lie considering how bad the service is. On another note, more and more bus stops now say +SBS instead of Limited now. Yeah... The jerk didn't want to pick up anybody... Simple as that and I suppose that either dispatch let him get away with it or didn't know about the situation soon enough. It's amazing that with them being able to track buses that they can't provide better service when buses break down. I had a similar situation with the BxM1 that broke down a few weeks ago. Dispatch kept telling the B/O a bus was coming soon and the B/O kept telling us that but couldn't say when, so eventually almost a half hour goes by and all of these buses deadheading and yet none of them can come over and pick us up. Ridiculous. This is how they are supposedly cutting expenses by leaving passengers stranded once their bus breaks down. Yet another reason ridership continues to decline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16491 Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) Another reason why I HATE the doors on the LFSA: 5926 on the Q44 - the third door's green light just would not shut the hell off. It would close, but still say "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" all over again. Had to be taken out of service, shutting off the entire bus did nothing to solve the problem. There was a NIS bus behind it that SKIPPED the stop that the bus was taken OOS on, then goes into service at the next stop (saw on BusTime). And of course, I waited about 10-15 minutes and the next Q44 still wasn't there. Just waited to see what they would do. Is there a reason why the NIS bus (5264) didn't open it's doors to the people who were waiting (quite a lot) and instead just went to the next stop and into service anyways? The bus operator of 5926 said that there was a Q44 shortly behind, oh boy was that a lie considering how bad the service is. On another note, more and more bus stops now say +SBS instead of Limited now. Everytime I try catching the Q59 in Williamsburg on the weekend, that happened. Drop riders off at the plaza, and no matter if he was a few minutes late or 10 minutes late, would DH via Borinquen Place to start at Union Avenue. This pisses me off, since the next bus is usually bunched with the bus afterwards (headway is every 15 minutes). The first time I saw that on bustime, I wasn't so sure if the numbers on the bus pulling into WBP and then further up the line was the same, so I decided to check the following week. He did it the following 2 weeks, which he was late by like 10-15 minutes, so I kinda shrugged it off, but I was getting kinda pissed. The week after that, he was only 3 minutes late, yet he did the same damn thing. He departed, leaving towards Borinquen Place, and to my amazement, saw the bus show up at Union Avenue towards Rego Park. I called to report that, but when I called the lady told me buses were stopping at Driggs Avenue instead, which was not the case, since if that was true, buses would be coming from Broadway anyways, like they always did. The stop at Driggs Avenue was taken down, and despite the fact that I was telling her that there is no stop, she said that buses were stopping at Driggs (when clearly Q59's, B32's, and B62's were picking up riders there, and there was a physical bus stop sign there). This wouldn't be a problem if Q59's stopped in one of the lanes, but it stops on Broadway, and thus the driver doesn't feel like doubling up on the route going back, so he's been short-cutting it for a while. Prior to me calling, he's done that on four instances. I might have to start walking to Union Avenue from WBP just to catch that bus, because he always cuts corners, but that obviously shouldn't be the case. I sometimes wonder how it is that I always get these types of drivers, be it in this case, or in the case of the QM15, but that's a whole other story. Edited November 10, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16492 Posted November 10, 2015 speaking about the Q44 many of the local sign have been taken out additionally according to the transit app and Bus time the Q44 LTD no longer stop at Northern blvd. However it is only southbound atm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q113 LTD Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16493 Posted November 10, 2015 Found this interesting. NYC Bus Xcelsior on I-90 in Chicago being delivered. Posted on 2/28/15, from Youtube channel user Bushunter37 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16494 Posted November 10, 2015 Another reason why I HATE the doors on the LFSA: 5926 on the Q44 - the third door's green light just would not shut the hell off. It would close, but still say "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" all over again. Had to be taken out of service, shutting off the entire bus did nothing to solve the problem. There was a NIS bus behind it that SKIPPED the stop that the bus was taken OOS on, then goes into service at the next stop (saw on BusTime). And of course, I waited about 10-15 minutes and the next Q44 still wasn't there. Just waited to see what they would do. Is there a reason why the NIS bus (5264) didn't open it's doors to the people who were waiting (quite a lot) and instead just went to the next stop and into service anyways? The bus operator of 5926 said that there was a Q44 shortly behind, oh boy was that a lie considering how bad the service is. On another note, more and more bus stops now say +SBS instead of Limited now. It's jus a door sensor issue....not that big of a deal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16495 Posted November 10, 2015 Found this interesting. NYC Bus Xcelsior on I-90 in Chicago being delivered. Posted on 2/28/15, from Youtube channel user Bushunter37 They get driven from the factory to NY and stop in Chicago for fuel and whatnot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetSMART45 Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16496 Posted November 10, 2015 Everytime I try catching the Q59 in Williamsburg on the weekend, that happened. Drop riders off at the plaza, and no matter if he was a few minutes late or 10 minutes late, would DH via Borinquen Place to start at Union Avenue. This pisses me off, since the next bus is usually bunched with the bus afterwards (headway is every 15 minutes). The first time I saw that on bustime, I wasn't so sure if the numbers on the bus pulling into WBP and then further up the line was the same, so I decided to check the following week. He did it the following 2 weeks, which he was late by like 10-15 minutes, so I kinda shrugged it off, but I was getting kinda pissed. The week after that, he was only 3 minutes late, yet he did the same damn thing. He departed, leaving towards Borinquen Place, and to my amazement, saw the bus show up at Union Avenue towards Rego Park. I called to report that, but when I called the lady told me buses were stopping at Driggs Avenue instead, which was not the case, since if that was true, buses would be coming from Broadway anyways, like they always did. The stop at Driggs Avenue was taken down, and despite the fact that I was telling her that there is no stop, she said that buses were stopping at Driggs (when clearly Q59's, B32's, and B62's were picking up riders there, and there was a physical bus stop sign there). This wouldn't be a problem if Q59's stopped in one of the lanes, but it stops on Broadway, and thus the driver doesn't feel like doubling up on the route going back, so he's been short-cutting it for a while. Prior to me calling, he's done that on four instances. I might have to start walking to Union Avenue from WBP just to catch that bus, because he always cuts corners, but that obviously shouldn't be the case. I sometimes wonder how it is that I always get these types of drivers, be it in this case, or in the case of the QM15, but that's a whole other story. Hmmmm ... sounds like complaints don't really mean too much. Nailed a guy for not running on-time, always (really, no exaggeration) 10-15 minutes behind in starting a route, and actually tracked his bus on preceding trip -- 10 minutes behind. His days off? Operator runs on time. Complained with all relevant info, and he must have had others do the same. Two weeks later, he's not on that route. Caught a different route, noticed him and just made a passing comment while dipping transfer, "Weren't you doing the Woodward route?" Got a "I do all the routes" non-plussed response (guy's got a personality of a doorknob to begin with), and just snickered to myself while taking a seat. He got bumped from a ~1 hr route one-way to one that's just under 2 hrs. Oh, and this guy is no n00b, he's got plenty of years under his belt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16497 Posted November 10, 2015 Q44 SBS starts on November 29th....I told you so! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B22viaAtlanticAv Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16498 Posted November 10, 2015 Lol isn't that late November... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 10, 2015 Share #16499 Posted November 10, 2015 Lol isn't that late November... Why yes it is! But someone said November 15th and said my date was wrong! (I know I'm being an ass) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted November 11, 2015 Share #16500 Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) Why yes it is! But someone said November 15th and said my date was wrong! (I know I'm being an ass) It was NOV 15th but then got pushed back to NOV 29th mainly because of bus stop locations and machine placing Main and 39th just finally got their machine today so i'm not surprised it was pushed back either BTW the set up at main and 39th ave is very interesting it double the normal machines with each facing back to back. Edited November 11, 2015 by IAlam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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