lupojohn Posted October 11, 2013 Share #576 Posted October 11, 2013 I've always found it annoying how a lot of very good transit apps are platform specific, like KickMap. I've also found it annoying in cases where very good transit apps become abandonware. Please don't let this become abandonware Abandonware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycmaps Posted October 11, 2013 Share #577 Posted October 11, 2013 It gets released but isn't ever updated, bugs are never fixed. I want my product to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted October 11, 2013 Share #578 Posted October 11, 2013 I'm of the opinion that headway maintenance is important on lines with better than 10-minute headways - otherwise, schedule maintenance is important (especially with buses with hourly departures). Sometime before April 2013. Brooklyn and Queens probably got them last because they would be the most complex - it's not uncommon to see Brooklyn equipment in Queens and vice versa, and many Queens and Brooklyn routes extend into the other borough. You mean April 2014... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted October 11, 2013 Share #579 Posted October 11, 2013 The question is when is that set up going to stop?? Are they that short on local buses at Eastchester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted October 11, 2013 Share #580 Posted October 11, 2013 The question is when is that set up going to stop?? Are they that short on local buses at Eastchester? Is not going to stop, just like on Staten Island they do it too on occasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted October 11, 2013 Share #581 Posted October 11, 2013 Damnn...i guess its popular... Anyways...an MCI on the Bx23?? Lol You're super late to the party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted October 11, 2013 Share #582 Posted October 11, 2013 Is not going to stop, just like on Staten Island they do it too on occasion Yeah but I would think it's because they're short on buses... Putting MCI's on local bus routes is not exactly the best set up. Slow boarding and exiting for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted October 11, 2013 Share #583 Posted October 11, 2013 I don't think it's a matter of being short, they could be trippers where they just do a run or two then go straight to the express routes on that run. I think it's more of a matter of "you can use that bus for the day" instead of going into the depot to swap out a local bus for an express bus. That's how some of the AM trippers work at S.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted October 11, 2013 Share #584 Posted October 11, 2013 Wouldn't it be cool if it was say later in the evening, and you're on the bus, I'll give routes to make it clearer. You're on as Southbound B46, You take a look at bustime on your smartphone and see a B35 approaching the Utica Ave. The app knows you're on the B46 bus because of GPS and so it will take your transfer request as legit. You press on the B35 bus icon and select "transfer request". the B35 B/O gets a verbal notification "Transfer desired from southbound B46" The B35 B/O waits at Utica for a min so that the transfer can be made, the B46 is visible and the next B35 bus is in an hour and so it is really useful and appreciated. You think that would be possible? This would probably be difficult to implement - it doesn't seem like BusTime equipment is configured for two-way communications. At any rate, most transit agencies in the US ideally schedule a pause to allow riders to transfer between infrequent services. Out in Eastern Queens, the Q27 is timed to meet with both the Q46 and Q43 midday, and this is a route that runs extremely frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted October 11, 2013 Share #585 Posted October 11, 2013 You're super late to the party I had the app since July 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted October 11, 2013 Share #586 Posted October 11, 2013 You're super late to the party I had the app since July 2011 It's a joke. Sent from my SGH-T699 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 11, 2013 Share #587 Posted October 11, 2013 Check out my advanced Bustime That's SchedNYC...i use that too on occasion ..earlier this afternoon I love how it tells you the bus model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted October 12, 2013 Share #588 Posted October 12, 2013 I love how it tells you the bus model... That's the best shit there lol...still waiting for them to update it for the Manhattan lines other than the M34/A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted October 13, 2013 Share #589 Posted October 13, 2013 Wouldn't it be cool if it was say later in the evening, and you're on the bus, I'll give routes to make it clearer. You're on as Southbound B46, You take a look at bustime on your smartphone and see a B35 approaching the Utica Ave. The app knows you're on the B46 bus because of GPS and so it will take your transfer request as legit. You press on the B35 bus icon and select "transfer request". the B35 B/O gets a verbal notification "Transfer desired from southbound B46" The B35 B/O waits at Utica for a min so that the transfer can be made, the B46 is visible and the next B35 bus is in an hour and so it is really useful and appreciated. You think that would be possible? For starters, How in the world would the information from a passenger (the pressing of the B35 bus icon & selecting of transfer request) get relayed to the driver? The whole thing sounds nice, but the integration makes it infeasible... I'd go as far as to say impossible..... Even if it were (possible), buses would be more delayed than they already are... You would have at least 1 person selecting "transfer request" at the intersections for just about all the routes that you could xfer to off a given route, where b/o's (with what you're saying) would wait at the appropriate stop... There is an Apple app called BusBus NYC that works with my IPad. You can pick one route or view all bus routes at omce. Some times it freezes though. There are several others but they don't seem to work. I know of 2 people that use(d) BusBus, a former colleague & a current acquaintance.... - The acquaintance just told me about it (and the fact that she uses it).. Never went into what she thinks of it or w/e, and I never bothered to ask, because I don't have no iPad anyway.... I am anti-Apple products, always have been.... Save your strength if you're prompted to ask as to why..... - The former colleague used to use it, but abandoned it because of the very reason you brought up.... It seldom ever worked when he needed it (for the exp routes, since he lives in SI).... When the acquaintance told me about it (which was before I knew that my former colleague had it too), to me it sounded like a knockoff of Bustime anyway... I initially chuckled when she told me the name of the shit.... BusBus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #590 Posted November 22, 2013 Does anyone know when this is coming to brooklyn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #591 Posted November 22, 2013 Does anyone know when this is coming to brooklyn? This should help: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-bus-time-expands-manhattan-article-1.1478619 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted November 22, 2013 Share #592 Posted November 22, 2013 IMO, Queens should have first with bus time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #593 Posted November 22, 2013 IMO, Queens should have first with bus time. I disagree... Staten Island has no subways, so it made sense for it to have it first. Living in Riverdale, I was glad that we got it next, along with the Bronx and then Manhattan. Brooklyn needs it badly as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #594 Posted November 22, 2013 I disagree... Staten Island has no subways, so it made sense for it to have it first. Living in Riverdale, I was glad that we got it next, along with the Bronx and then Manhattan. Brooklyn needs it badly as well. Yess cause im tired of RTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted November 22, 2013 Share #595 Posted November 22, 2013 I disagree... Staten Island has no subways, so it made sense for it to have it first. Living in Riverdale, I was glad that we got it next, along with the Bronx and then Manhattan. Brooklyn needs it badly as well.To me Queens has the most routes, then they should have worked their way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #596 Posted November 22, 2013 To me Queens has the most routes, then they should have worked their way down. That's precisely why they started with Staten Island... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted November 22, 2013 Share #597 Posted November 22, 2013 This is how it should have went Staten Island, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan. The reason why Manhattan should have been last because they have many subway alternatives. Queens on the other have mostly unreliable routes that always come late or don't come at all. It's even worst when there little subway coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted November 23, 2013 Share #598 Posted November 23, 2013 Can you actually back up that Queens has the worst service? Manhattan's bunching is pretty spectacular. Anyway, that's not how it works anyway. SI as a testbed, Manhattan for the tourists and the pols/press, they you work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted November 23, 2013 Share #599 Posted November 23, 2013 Can you actually back up that Queens has the worst service? Manhattan's bunching is pretty spectacular. Anyway, that's not how it works anyway. SI as a testbed, Manhattan for the tourists and the pols/press, they you work out. An route example is Q66 it arrives 6 mins rush and 20 min nights and sometimes middays, buses START TO BUNCH AT BOTH MAIN STREET AND 51 STREET SOMETIMES IN THREES. Some Q66 got turned into Q19 because of this. Hey you cant forget the Q38 which has bad schedule but still bunch like crazy. Q44 with college and high school students , some have to unscheduled short turn. AND THE FACT THAT IN QNS WEST OF JAMAICA THE LTD SAVES NO TIME AT ALL. The Q85 suppose to on the timetable arrives in green acres in 30 min but took me 1 hr and 55 mins. The thing is that there is demand for Queens routes, and for some reason thats the borourgh everyone forgets about, even SI has more visitors. EXPECT MAYBE BRONX MAYBE. The testbed was actually B63. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 23, 2013 Share #600 Posted November 23, 2013 Can you actually back up that Queens has the worst service? Manhattan's bunching is pretty spectacular. Anyway, that's not how it works anyway. SI as a testbed, Manhattan for the tourists and the pols/press, they you work out. Every bus route in Queens bunches at least 3 times a day, guaranteed (I'm talking about Local Bus Routes). Half the routes though bunch 3 or 4 times more than that in a day, and buses brake down as well. Not a good thing overall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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