Cait Sith Posted November 3, 2016 Share #18876 Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) 5241 joins the ranks of the RTSs with the Hanover Destination Signs -EDIT- 5243 as well. Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk Edited November 3, 2016 by Cait Sith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeLow Posted November 3, 2016 Share #18877 Posted November 3, 2016 Wait what about b41 B25, B38/B38 LTD, B41/B41 LTD and B52 Southbound buses rerouted from Adams St at Tillary St to Fulton St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18878 Posted November 4, 2016 Is the M23 becoming SBS or not??? There's nothing about the M23 SBS on the MTA Website Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app There is now. On the home page, and the schedule came out: http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m023scur.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18879 Posted November 4, 2016 I looked at the schedule checkmatechamp provided. Imagine having just missed the bus on Convent and having to wait up to 40 mins for the next one on a cold January evening? I'd walk over to St. Nich and catch the M3. The ridership couldn't've been too high. Students from CCNY probably were the 18's main patrons. Still looking for info on M2A. Half of the campus of CCNY faces Amsterdam anyway (so the M100/101 provide the connection to the , in addition to the subway stops at Lenox and Lexington) On top of that, CCNY has two shuttles that run to the St. Nicholas Avenue subway stations at 125th & 145th (for whatever reason, the 145th Street one seems to be more reliable). So yeah. even the CCNY students back then probably still took alternate routes, unless they happened to see an M18 coming. IIRC, ridership was a little over 1,000 people per day. (Something like 1,060. I can find the old numbers from that service reductions booklet they released back in 2010, but I don't feel like looking for it) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78 via Stew Leonards Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18880 Posted November 4, 2016 Great day down in Brooklyn by Sheepshead Bay. the BM3 took forever getting there but it wasn't all that bad. Coming back it felt really good to get a 2004 Orion VII CNG on the B4 that sounded good, like an actual bus and not a paper shredder like 90% of the low floor hybrids and other low floors do! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18881 Posted November 4, 2016 Great day down in Brooklyn by Sheepshead Bay. the BM3 took forever getting there but it wasn't all that bad. Coming back it felt really good to get a 2004 Orion VII CNG on the B4 that sounded good, like an actual bus and not a paper shredder like 90% of the low floor hybrids and other low floors do! Getting to Sheepshead Bay with the BM3 is a schlepp. It's quicker going towards Manhattan, especially if it skips the Downtown Loop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeLow Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18882 Posted November 4, 2016 Half of the campus of CCNY faces Amsterdam anyway (so the M100/101 provide the connection to the , in addition to the subway stops at Lenox and Lexington) On top of that, CCNY has two shuttles that run to the St. Nicholas Avenue subway stations at 125th & 145th (for whatever reason, the 145th Street one seems to be more reliable). So yeah. even the CCNY students back then probably still took alternate routes, unless they happened to see an M18 coming. IIRC, ridership was a little over 1,000 people per day. (Something like 1,060. I can find the old numbers from that service reductions booklet they released back in 2010, but I don't feel like looking for it) Rarely did I come out on Amsterdam. Mostly Convent. 40 years ago the M3 ran on Convent. No Metro Cards, no free Xfers btn bus and subway. Some of us heading south walked to 125 to catch the , (AA), Black , and . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18883 Posted November 4, 2016 Maybe they should bring M18 back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18884 Posted November 4, 2016 Some of us heading south walked to 125 to catch the , (AA), Black , and . That's what my friends in City College do now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18885 Posted November 4, 2016 Maybe they should bring M18 back.For what? It had very little ridership and paralleled numerous bus and subway lines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
125thstreet Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18886 Posted November 4, 2016 Maybe they should bring M18 back. Where will it run? Fulltime or Part time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeLow Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18887 Posted November 4, 2016 That's what my friends in City College do now... Nice to know there's still a few things that don't change with time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18888 Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Where will it run? Fulltime or Part time? M18 should run Part-Time from first bus 6:30am to 8:30pm last bus. Edited November 4, 2016 by bstar1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78 via Stew Leonards Posted November 4, 2016 Share #18889 Posted November 4, 2016 Getting to Sheepshead Bay with the BM3 is a schlepp. It's quicker going towards Manhattan, especially if it skips the Downtown Loop. it was quick in Manhattan as it skipped the downtown loop, but then it crawled through the tunnel. It flew down the Gowanus and Prospect Expwy, but then crawled along Church, CI Ave, and Cortelyou Rd. It finally started moving again on Ocean Ave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18890 Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) That's what my friends in City College do now... I would say walking from 145th to CCNY is more common than walking from 125th (even for students coming from the south). The portion of Convent you use to walk to/from 125th is more secluded, and most of the buildings are between 135th & 140th (the architecture building is the only building I can think of offhand that's south of 135th). Edited November 5, 2016 by checkmatechamp13 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
125thstreet Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18891 Posted November 5, 2016 Where will it run? Fulltime or Part time? M18 should run Part-Time from first bus 6:30am to 8:30pm last bus. what aves? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18892 Posted November 5, 2016 SB-From 168 St follow M3 on St Nicholas Av until 152 St turn on Convent Av until 125 St and turn left one block and right on St Nicholas Av and continue on to Manhattan Av turn left on 110 St turn right Central Park West follow M10 Route until 57 St Columbus Circle. Basically supplement route. NB-Reversed from above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18893 Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) There were 4 Q28 buses bunched at Bay Terrace, while the other two buses were going to Flushing. Those four buses are now going to Flushing, with only ONE bus going to Bay Terrace (that just left Flushing). I know someone who had to wait one hour, their bus is so packed that there are still people waiting on line. How does this happen on a bus line where buses are supposed to come every 10 minutes? I get bus bunching is horrible enough, but to have NO buses going in a single direction for one whole hour is another level. Now, people traveling to Flushing will enjoy their one hour wait as the 6 buses currently running on the bus line are all somewhere near the Flushing area, with only one of them going to Bay Terrace. The fact that none of these buses are going NIS to Bay Terrace right now really makes me wonder what the hell is going on. Edited November 5, 2016 by R188 7857 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18894 Posted November 5, 2016 I think someone should start a thread where posters post their incidents dealing with long gaps in service and/or any BusTime screenshots of such and find some way to present said material to higher ups within the agency. We need to call for change as transit hobbyists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeLow Posted November 5, 2016 Share #18895 Posted November 5, 2016 I think someone should start a thread where posters post their incidents dealing with long gaps in service and/or any BusTime screenshots of such and find some way to present said material to higher ups within the agency. We need to call for change as transit hobbyists. Like they say at the beginning of the Grand Prix..."Gentlemen start your engines". Go for it J 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted November 6, 2016 Share #18896 Posted November 6, 2016 Welp, I checked at around 8 and the service pattern still persisted. There were 5 buses (not bunched, but all on Northern) going towards Flushing. The only other bus on the line was 5 minutes away from Bay Terrace. Now that some of the buses have went OOS, things seem to be going back to normal bit by bit. I still would love to know what the hell happened to make bus service that horrible for 2-3 hours.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted November 6, 2016 Share #18897 Posted November 6, 2016 There were 4 Q28 buses bunched at Bay Terrace, while the other two buses were going to Flushing. Those four buses are now going to Flushing, with only ONE bus going to Bay Terrace (that just left Flushing). I know someone who had to wait one hour, their bus is so packed that there are still people waiting on line. How does this happen on a bus line where buses are supposed to come every 10 minutes? I get bus bunching is horrible enough, but to have NO buses going in a single direction for one whole hour is another level. Now, people traveling to Flushing will enjoy their one hour wait as the 6 buses currently running on the bus line are all somewhere near the Flushing area, with only one of them going to Bay Terrace. The fact that none of these buses are going NIS to Bay Terrace right now really makes me wonder what the hell is going on. They should've deadheaded two of those Bay Terrace buses back to Flushing at the beginning, and the problem wouldn't have snowballed to the point where all the buses were clustered around Flushing. I think someone should start a thread where posters post their incidents dealing with long gaps in service and/or any BusTime screenshots of such and find some way to present said material to higher ups within the agency. We need to call for change as transit hobbyists. I have a bunch of screenshots saved on my computer (and I have a Facebook page called Best of MTA where I uploaded some of them) The SI buses traveling to/from the ferry tend to bunch a lot (on 30 minute headways). And don't even get me started on the X10 on the weekends.... Actually, today, I got to the Barclay Street stop on the X17 around 3:30PM, and two X10s and an X17 came around 4:10PM.....and not a single X1 passed during that time, and actually the next one was about 10 minutes behind the bus I got on (I made the mistake of passing up the first X10, thinking it was the super-late one, when it was actually the one behind it. It didn't make much of a difference, since the two buses were right behind each other from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel onward) So yeah, no Staten Island-bound express buses at all for over a half hour in the middle of a Saturday (when the X1 was scheduled every 15 minutes, and the X17 was scheduled every 20 minutes). That's gotta count for something... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
125thstreet Posted November 7, 2016 Share #18898 Posted November 7, 2016 SB-From 168 St follow M3 on St Nicholas Av until 152 St turn on Convent Av until 125 St and turn left one block and right on St Nicholas Av and continue on to Manhattan Av turn left on 110 St turn right Central Park West follow M10 Route until 57 St Columbus Circle. Basically supplement route. NB-Reversed from above. I like it but instead of following the M10 route, I would send it across 110 street to 5th ave, make a left on 106 street to follow the M106 to its terminal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted November 7, 2016 Share #18899 Posted November 7, 2016 I think that's a better idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
125thstreet Posted November 7, 2016 Share #18900 Posted November 7, 2016 I think that's a better idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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