Random Thoughts Thread - Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE)

[danielhg121]

April 10th

 

Source: NICE instagram

 

 

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[NY1635]

Here is the schedule for the n6 Articulated. I found it on NICE's Facebook page

Edited April 8, 2017 by NY1635

[N6 Limited]

Here is the schedule for the n6 Articulated. I found it on NICE's Facebook page

What about from Jamaica?

[Amtrak7]

From the GTFS and the above schedule, we can piece together a full schedule. (PDF version)

 

They have 5 buses and are scheduling 4 to be in service at the same time...that's pretty aggressive. Luckily the schedule doesn't specifically treat these trips as artics in terms of gaps, so if a 40 foot bus fills in there shouldn't be a big difference.

Edited April 8, 2017 by Amtrak7

[R32 3838]

Any news regarding if any orion V's are going. Acvording to the nice facebook page, nothing is going anywhere

[danielhg121]

Lol NICE has to schedule in artics and over here they're second nature for artic routes. Then again, NICE is a small company and shrinking.....

 

 

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[NY1635]

Lol NICE has to schedule in artics and over here they're second nature for artic routes. Then again, NICE is a small company and shrinking.....

 

 

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The articulated buses cannot fit in either HTC or 165th Street Bus Terminal, which is why they are given a separate schedule in the first place. The bigger question is how many people will wait outside of the terminal for the artics.

[FamousNYLover]

NICE Bus has posted schedule on someone's comment. Transport Azhuma's planning to do n36 bus route.

[NY1635]

NICE Bus has posted schedule on someone's comment. Transport Azhuma's planning to do n36 bus route.

 

Who is Transport Azhuma?

[FamousNYLover]

Who is Transport Azhuma?

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cease-and-desist-letter-dot-joel-azumah-vows-motor-private-buses-article-1.185418

Transport Azumah, Joel Azumah planning to replace n36 bus similar to he had licenced charter buses/vans running on MTA X90 and X25 bus.

Edited April 9, 2017 by FamousNYLover

[NY1635]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cease-and-desist-letter-dot-joel-azumah-vows-motor-private-buses-article-1.185418

Transport Azumah, Joel Azumah planning to replace n36 bus similar to he had licenced charter buses/vans running on MTA X90 and X25 bus.

 

I can't imagine anyone in Nassau riding in a glorified dollar van to work. Not even the bus riders who complain about their routes being cut.

[Around the Horn]

LMFAOOOOOOO Transport Azumah and the van operators in the city failed miserably after the 2010 cuts...

 

Expect nothing good to come out of this

[mta B43]

Any news regarding if any orion V's are going. Acvording to the nice facebook page, nothing is going anywhere

I'm wondering about the status of the Orion V's also.

[R32 3838]

I'm wondering about the status of the Orion V's also.

When i took the XN60 this morning i didn't see any orion V's in hempstead

[Joel Up Front]

I saw 1968 on the N6.  Decent load for the time of day.  The XN40 behind it was packed as well.

[mta B43]

When i took the XN60 this morning i didn't see any orion V's in hempstead

Damn that sucks, I wish there was a roster giving the status of the V's. By the looks of it, they might be done

[Joel Up Front]

I've seen 1643 and 1648 no less than 5 times over the past month.  There's also another Foothill bus still in service but I can't remember the number.

[P3F]

I have two questions.

 

1) Why is the NICE system map from April 8, 2012? It seems quite absurd for it not to have been updated in five years.

 

2) When were the N87 and N88 Jones Beach buses eliminated?

[Around the Horn]

When i took the XN60 this morning i didn't see any orion V's in hempstead

I didn't see any in Jamaica either

[pranavbhat924]

TO ANYBODY WHO TOOK THE n6 TO/FROM JAMAICA

 

where does the bus terminate and turn around because I can't imagine it simply goes into the terminal and "reverses out"

 

 

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[BM5 via Woodhaven]

I have two questions.

 

1) Why is the NICE system map from April 8, 2012? It seems quite absurd for it not to have been updated in five years.

 

2) When were the N87 and N88 Jones Beach buses eliminated?

1) The map is just there to show riders how Nassau County is f**king up riders by eliminating all these services.

 

2) The n88 was never eliminated, but the n87 was eliminated after the 2014 Summer Season (it started in 2013). 

[N6 Limited]

TO ANYBODY WHO TOOK THE n6 TO/FROM JAMAICA

 

where does the bus terminate and turn around because I can't imagine it simply goes into the terminal and "reverses out"

 

 

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I took the bus to Jamaica, we were let off at 89th ave and Merrick Blvd. I didn't watch where it went from there.

[checkmatechamp13]

The n88 was never eliminated, but the n87 was eliminated after the 2014 Summer Season (it started was restored in 2013). 

 

Fixed.  The MTA ran the n87, and it was eliminated under NICE, then brought back, then eliminated again.

[LegoBrickBreaker101]

TO ANYBODY WHO TOOK THE n6 TO/FROM JAMAICA

 

where does the bus terminate and turn around because I can't imagine it simply goes into the terminal and "reverses out"

 

 

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It ends at 89th and Merrick, then starts its run back to Hempstead in front of the terminal, then somehow reverses and runs on 165th Street to Hillside then runs its route from there. I'm not sure how exactly it gets from the first stop in front of the terminal to 165th and Hillside.

[LegoBrickBreaker101]

TO ANYBODY WHO TOOK THE n6 TO/FROM JAMAICA

 

where does the bus terminate and turn around because I can't imagine it simply goes into the terminal and "reverses out"

 

 

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It ends at 89th and Merrick, then starts its run back to Hempstead in front of the terminal, then somehow reverses and runs on 165th Street to Hillside then runs its route from there. I'm not sure how exactly it gets from the first stop in front of the terminal to 165th and Hillside.

 

Too late to edit my original post... scratch what I said earlier— it starts its trip to Hempstead from Hillside and 89th, then turns on 89th to 165th, then runs its normal route.