Bx24 extended to Westchester Sq. and other 'minor' changes to several bus routes for Spring 2012

[qjtransitmaster]

Wasn't the B18 eliminated about a decade ago? I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy

 

Yeah this idea is like an indirect restoration of service pretty much via merger similar to what happened to B77 and B61

[qjtransitmaster]

I have to make a correction here as the B/18 Wyckoff Avenue/Cypress Avenue was merged with the B/13 Crescent Street many years ago and the Cypress Avenue section was eliminated at that time.The other end of the B/18 which operated to Metropolitian and Graham Avenues was merged with the B/13 and rerouted via Wyckoff, Flushing and Bushwick Avenues.Prior to the merger of the two routes, the B/18 ranked near the bottom in terms of number of riders and revenue.

 

Interestingly the merged route did not work out as the B/13 now terminates at Wyckoff and DeKalb Avenues since the last round of service reductions.

 

This change has merit as it provides a faster alternative to the B/13 route from Jamaica Avenue to Ridgewood, however, it is up to the communities involved to push it through their representatives for it to become a reality.

 

I guess I should tell the communities about it.