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The great neck one I went to at 7 PM

 

Lets not brag about ppl liking ideas and just stick to the topic. I do think NICE will install new NICE stops along the N23/N27,N17,N43,N22/a/l/x,N24, and N15/N16 routes.

 

I think the N74 should be eliminated completly

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Lets not brag about ppl liking ideas and just stick to the topic. I do think NICE will install new NICE stops along the N23/N27,N17,N43,N22/a/l/x,N25, and N15/N16 routes.

 

I think the N74 should be eliminated completly

 

I agree, the routes with changes will probably get signs first. Did you mean N24 instead of N25?

 

Are the unique parts of the N74 routing used? Which parts of the N73 are used? should they be merged?

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NICE: Michael Setzer Interview on service changes. News12 Interactive

 

News 12 Interactive (Channel 612) has a couple of Michael Setzer video interviews up in the "iO Extra" section.

 

If you have Cablevision but you're not in Nassau or Suffolk, just:

 

 

  1. Turn to Channel 612
     
  2. Click on "NEWS"
     
  3. Arrow over to, and select "Other Regions"
     
  4. Select "Long Island"
     
  5. Click on "iO Extra"

 

Both Interviews should be somewhere within the first 2 or 3 "pages" or so.

Setzer know's his stuff. Any (bus)transit fan would like the interviews.

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Wait, really? Then why has the N73 been the only one running on weekends all these years?

 

I don't know...

 

You saw my empty N73 video, ridership is terrible on that route. The N74 bypasses that wasteful street section and serves Wantagh Ave and the Nassau Mall.

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Introduce new non-stop service between NCC and Hempstead during school days.

 

N2/N8: Loop. N2 Clockwise and N8 Counterclockwise Loops.

No Franklin Av service between Dutch Broadway & Hempstead Turnpike.

 

N20 and N21

N21 Peak Hours, and timed to meet N27 bus.

 

N23

Peak hours current route

Middays, Night, Weekend, follows N27 south of Hillside Av.

Middays have 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Mineola passenger have to transfer to N22.

 

N24: Giving one seat ride to/from Jamaica & Hicksville via Old County Rd.

60 Charles Linderbegh Branch discontinue and replace by N16, N23 Midday, N27 Peak.

N43: Extend from Roosevelt Field Mall to Hempstead Transit Center via N35 route (similar to what M57 does.

 

N27:

Peak: Normal.

Midday/Night/Weekend: Ends at Roslyn Station, require transfer to N23.

No bus service along Roslyn Rd bet. Roslyn Station and Hillside Av.

 

N78/N79: West of Hicksville Station replaced by N24 via Old County Rd.

 

Coordinating N14/N57/N58 to meet train schedule.

They said, N14 did not work because it doesn't meet the train schedule.

In Morning, N14 will meet train going to Penn Station, and in Evening, N14 schedule to meet arriving train.

 

Same thing with N57/N58.

 

N62 to operate Peak Hours only.

 

N4: All trips operate between Freeport & Jamaica.

 

NICE Plan to do in future.

GPS Tracking similar to CooCoo or MTA Bus Time.

 

System Wide Transfer Communication similar what HART CT does like:

HART #3 (To Danbury-Brewster Shuttle): When are you arriving Parking Lot #2. I'm running few minutes late...

HART DBS: I should be there in... minutes.

Installation of TSP for buses making left turn at busy street.

 

At Great Neck Library meeting, I asked if they interviewed any LIRR Riders who takes LIB/NICE Bus and they said no.

 

I also asked about NICE Bus will cross-honor LIRR ticket in case of break down, mechanical problem which LIB did not cross honor LIRR Tickets and they said yes.

 

They also planning to coordinate schedules with SCT.

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GPS Tracking similar to CooCoo or MTA Bus Time.

 

System Wide Transfer Communication similar what HART CT does like:

HART #3 (To Danbury-Brewster Shuttle): When are you arriving Parking Lot #2. I'm running few minutes late...

HART DBS: I should be there in... minutes.

Installation of TSP for buses making left turn at busy street.

 

At Great Neck Library meeting, I asked if they interviewed any LIRR Riders who takes LIB/NICE Bus and they said no.

 

I also asked about NICE Bus will cross-honor LIRR ticket in case of break down, mechanical problem which LIB did not cross honor LIRR Tickets and they said yes.

 

They also planning to coordinate schedules with SCT.

 

These sound really, really good!

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Introduce new non-stop service between NCC and Hempstead during school days.

 

N2/N8: Loop. N2 Clockwise and N8 Counterclockwise Loops.

No Franklin Av service between Dutch Broadway & Hempstead Turnpike.

 

N20 and N21

N21 Peak Hours, and timed to meet N27 bus.

 

N23

Peak hours current route

Middays, Night, Weekend, follows N27 south of Hillside Av.

Middays have 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Mineola passenger have to transfer to N22.

 

N24: Giving one seat ride to/from Jamaica & Hicksville via Old County Rd.

60 Charles Linderbegh Branch discontinue and replace by N16, N23 Midday, N27 Peak.

N43: Extend from Roosevelt Field Mall to Hempstead Transit Center via N35 route (similar to what M57 does.

 

N27:

Peak: Normal.

Midday/Night/Weekend: Ends at Roslyn Station, require transfer to N23.

No bus service along Roslyn Rd bet. Roslyn Station and Hillside Av.

 

N78/N79: West of Hicksville Station replaced by N24 via Old County Rd.

 

Coordinating N14/N57/N58 to meet train schedule.

They said, N14 did not work because it doesn't meet the train schedule.

In Morning, N14 will meet train going to Penn Station, and in Evening, N14 schedule to meet arriving train.

 

Same thing with N57/N58.

 

N62 to operate Peak Hours only.

 

N4: All trips operate between Freeport & Jamaica.

 

NICE Plan to do in future.

GPS Tracking similar to CooCoo or MTA Bus Time.

 

System Wide Transfer Communication similar what HART CT does like:

HART #3 (To Danbury-Brewster Shuttle): When are you arriving Parking Lot #2. I'm running few minutes late...

HART DBS: I should be there in... minutes.

Installation of TSP for buses making left turn at busy street.

 

At Great Neck Library meeting, I asked if they interviewed any LIRR Riders who takes LIB/NICE Bus and they said no.

 

I also asked about NICE Bus will cross-honor LIRR ticket in case of break down, mechanical problem which LIB did not cross honor LIRR Tickets and they said yes.

 

They also planning to coordinate schedules with SCT.

 

I sent a message to NICE to make a system like that.

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NICE Plan to do in future.

GPS Tracking similar to CooCoo or MTA Bus Time.

 

System Wide Transfer Communication similar what HART CT does like:

HART #3 (To Danbury-Brewster Shuttle): When are you arriving Parking Lot #2. I'm running few minutes late...

HART DBS: I should be there in... minutes.

Installation of TSP for buses making left turn at busy street.

 

At Great Neck Library meeting, I asked if they interviewed any LIRR Riders who takes LIB/NICE Bus and they said no.

 

I also asked about NICE Bus will cross-honor LIRR ticket in case of break down, mechanical problem which LIB did not cross honor LIRR Tickets and they said yes.

 

They also planning to coordinate schedules with SCT.

TSP for buses making a left turn would be good for Fulton and Franklin, N6, N15, N31/N32.

 

GPS like BusTime would be great, that would also help with the System Wide Transfer Communication. They can communicate verbally, but perhaps they'd be able to actually see where the connecting buses are on their routes.

They said one of the issues with holding a bus for connections is that someone else might miss the next connection further down the route. In that case the the less frequent bus should be held. Easier said than done I guess.

 

They should coordinate with SCT, that would be good for those connecting at Walt Whitman, Amityville, etc. The N72 connects with bus that goes to the Deer Park Outlet at Straight Path S33 . They should time it so that they make good connections and advertise that they can take the bus to the outlet. Especially on Saturdays. I see that it connects to the more freequent S27 but that's the long way. Perhaps they could connect every other 72 to the Outlet on Saturdays.

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Introduce new non-stop service between NCC and Hempstead during school days.

 

N2/N8: Loop. N2 Clockwise and N8 Counterclockwise Loops.

No Franklin Av service between Dutch Broadway & Hempstead Turnpike.

 

N20 and N21

N21 Peak Hours, and timed to meet N27 bus.

 

N23

Peak hours current route

Middays, Night, Weekend, follows N27 south of Hillside Av.

Middays have 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Mineola passenger have to transfer to N22.

 

N24: Giving one seat ride to/from Jamaica & Hicksville via Old County Rd.

60 Charles Linderbegh Branch discontinue and replace by N16, N23 Midday, N27 Peak.

N43: Extend from Roosevelt Field Mall to Hempstead Transit Center via N35 route (similar to what M57 does.

 

N27:

Peak: Normal.

Midday/Night/Weekend: Ends at Roslyn Station, require transfer to N23.

No bus service along Roslyn Rd bet. Roslyn Station and Hillside Av.

 

N78/N79: West of Hicksville Station replaced by N24 via Old County Rd.

 

Coordinating N14/N57/N58 to meet train schedule.

They said, N14 did not work because it doesn't meet the train schedule.

In Morning, N14 will meet train going to Penn Station, and in Evening, N14 schedule to meet arriving train.

 

Same thing with N57/N58.

 

N62 to operate Peak Hours only.

 

N4: All trips operate between Freeport & Jamaica.

 

NICE Plan to do in future.

GPS Tracking similar to CooCoo or MTA Bus Time.

 

System Wide Transfer Communication similar what HART CT does like:

HART #3 (To Danbury-Brewster Shuttle): When are you arriving Parking Lot #2. I'm running few minutes late...

HART DBS: I should be there in... minutes.

Installation of TSP for buses making left turn at busy street.

 

At Great Neck Library meeting, I asked if they interviewed any LIRR Riders who takes LIB/NICE Bus and they said no.

 

I also asked about NICE Bus will cross-honor LIRR ticket in case of break down, mechanical problem which LIB did not cross honor LIRR Tickets and they said yes.

 

They also planning to coordinate schedules with SCT.

You just explained why I LOVE CT HART!!!! If they did that plus marketing in penn station and atlantic term then even with a low budget NICE can be VERY NICE
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Why wouldn't they go through with that non-stop N16 service now?

 

Now meaning implement it today? It's not worth going through a whole public information campaign for one change and then doing it again. New schedules come out 3/19, less than a month from now.

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Assuming that the MTA and Veolia had the same financial facts, its amazing how each decided to solve the problem. The MTA wanted to eliminate service but Veolia wants to adjust service, without eliminations. In fact, Veolia wants to increase service on some routes.

 

From a financial standpoint, every company has fixed (indirect) and variable (direct) costs. Fixed costs are generally overhead (buildings, buses, and front office salaries and benefits) and variable costs are the direct costs of operating a trip (salary and benefits of the operator, gas, bus depreciation, etc.) Fixed costs are "fixed" because they don't change based on the level of service.

 

By the county stating it saved millions of dollars leaving the MTA, this suggests that the county was paying a fortune in MTA overhead and Veolia overhead is much less. Spreading overhead is a mathematical exercise in allocation. Possibly, none of the bridges and tunnel surplus was directed to covering LI Bus costs. :)

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we should be on the look out for new bus stop signs now that there are service changes and some new routes

 

And we should be on the look out for the removal of bus signs. Some bus signs will have to be enlarged to cover changes. The N23 stops here EXCEPT when it's on Roslyn Road. The N51 stops here but not today (Saturday). :)

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