Deucey Posted June 7, 2018 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2018 https://www.silive.com/news/2018/06/mta_announces_manhattan_stops.html Feel free to merge into the SI Express bus thread if/when appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 7, 2018 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2018 I have to agree with a lot of posters on SiLive. Moving ALL of the express buses to 5th Avenue may be a big mistake. Those bus lanes are not enforced and have cars and other things blocking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted June 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: I have to agree with a lot of posters on SiLive. Moving ALL of the express buses to 5th Avenue may be a big mistake. Those bus lanes are not enforced and have cars and other things blocking them. It’s interesting since I work at 49th/Madison - I never see bus lane obstructions on Madison unless it’s a parked express bus. But since 5th abuts Rockefeller Center, every taxi and private car gets in those bus lanes and causes every bus to jump to regular traffic lanes. Maybe they should put up jersey barriers for the bus lanes and signalized right turn lanes to prevent the obstructions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 7, 2018 Share #4 Posted June 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, Deucey said: It’s interesting since I work at 49th/Madison - I never see bus lane obstructions on Madison unless it’s a parked express bus. But since 5th abuts Rockefeller Center, every taxi and private car gets in those bus lanes and causes every bus to jump to regular traffic lanes. Maybe they should put up jersey barriers for the bus lanes and signalized right turn lanes to prevent the obstructions? Part of the problem is so many cars have to come into the bus lanes to turn at several blocks and it causes SEVERE back-up. Coming down on the BxM3 this morning 5th was tolerable below 57th Street, but that isn't always the case. I get that they're trying to centralize all express buses on Staten Island and take advantage of those two bus lanes, but with no enforcement it won't matter, and they have no signal priority for them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 7, 2018 Share #5 Posted June 7, 2018 Yeah I can tell from taking the X37 that there needs to be better enforcement and signal priority to keep buses moving... It's extremely annoying when you've just pulled out of a stop and then the next light immediately turns yellow then red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Bus Co. Posted June 8, 2018 Share #6 Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 11:40 PM, Via Garibaldi 8 said: I have to agree with a lot of posters on SiLive. Moving ALL of the express buses to 5th Avenue may be a big mistake. Those bus lanes are not enforced and have cars and other things blocking them. Maybe someone is hoping that all those additional buses will help the bus lanes become "self-enforcing." We all saw how well that worked on Fulton Street in Brooklyn in the 1990s (the B37 was moved away from the busway so it could go faster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 8, 2018 Share #7 Posted June 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Gotham Bus Co. said: Maybe someone is hoping that all those additional buses will help the bus lanes become "self-enforcing." We all saw how well that worked on Fulton Street in Brooklyn in the 1990s (the B37 was moved away from the busway so it could go faster). Well I happened to be passing along 5th Avenue last night and saw that they're actually painting the bus lanes now, which should've been done ages ago. I still don't see any enforcement. The bus lanes are going to be set up just like Madison, but it seems as if Madison Avenue receives more traffic cops getting on drivers to stay in their lanes unless they're turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted June 8, 2018 Share #8 Posted June 8, 2018 Some newspaper they are. I saw the document posted on their website the weekend before the May 21st public hearing, and the SI Advance is just publishing it lol I think the Church Street & Park Place stop elimination is stupid. That's the most convenient transfer to the and and they want to encourage people to take the subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted June 9, 2018 3 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said: Some newspaper they are. I saw the document posted on their website the weekend before the May 21st public hearing, and the SI Advance is just publishing it lol Hard to believe it’s the paper that own(ed) Condé Nast, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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