NY1635 Posted June 8, 2020 Share #176 Posted June 8, 2020 The MTA should've gotten Railroad and Subway Conductors to handle the Twitter Feed. Their in house data people seem to be using the speech I usually see recommended at every place I worked in the city. The general idea seems to be "Don't Say No!", always use gender neutral pronouns, and avoid coming off as judgmental or rude. The thing is these guidelines are aimed at helping tourists navigate the city's subway during the season. There's also a push to not hurt their feelings as New York has a reputation from people out of state for being rude or anti-social. I am saying this as a person already trained as to avoid Southern Vernacular. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 9, 2020 Share #177 Posted June 9, 2020 BM3 service will not be running during overnight hours again tonight: SUSPENDED Posted: 06/08/2020 7:29PMBM3 bus service will not run during overnight hours (1AM-5AM) as we work to provide as much service as we can with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted June 9, 2020 Share #178 Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) The BM3 is a TWU 100(A) route. Is there a reason why MJQ or FB couldn't operate the route? Edited June 9, 2020 by aemoreira81 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted June 9, 2020 Share #179 Posted June 9, 2020 52 minutes ago, aemoreira81 said: The BM3 is a TWU 100(A) route. Is there a reason why MJQ or FB couldn't operate the route? Driver availability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 10, 2020 Share #180 Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) BM3 service is not running again tonight, for the third consecutive night. Also the Q22 will run less frequent than scheduled. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/10/2020 12:03AMBM3 bus service will not run during overnight hours (1AM-5AM) as we work to provide as much service as we can with the crews available. For travel alternatives, see mta.info SUSPENDED Posted: 06/10/2020 12:51AMThe 1:00 AM eastbound X68 bus will not run. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/10/2020 12:55AMQ22 buses are scheduled to run approx every 20 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Consider taking the Q35/QM17 or Q53-SBS. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. Edited June 10, 2020 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 11, 2020 Share #181 Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) In terms of overnight service changes, the BM3 remains cancelled tonight. I guess at this point I should make a notice of when the BM3 will run during the overnight hours: SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/10/2020 8:44PMBM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info I'll update if anything else comes up. Edited June 11, 2020 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted June 11, 2020 Share #182 Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: In terms of overnight service changes, the BM3 remains cancelled tonight. I guess at this point I should make a notice of when the BM3 will run during the overnight hours: The BM3 will not operate tonight due to operator availability. Please take the BM2 and B44, making an additional stop at North Elizabeth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 11, 2020 Share #183 Posted June 11, 2020 Lots of bus routes are operating less frequent than scheduled tonight, primarily the Bronx expresses. They might have wanted to list the BxM1 too but listed the BxM11 twice, or the BxM1 is not a part of this and they listed the BxM11 twice. IDK for sure, but I'm guessing it's the former. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:19AMB62 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:17AMBxM7 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:15AMBxM4 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:13AMBxM11 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:13AMBxM11 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 1:10AMBxM2 buses are scheduled to run approx every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently.\ Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential employee and need to travel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share #184 Posted June 11, 2020 12 hours ago, paulrivera said: The BM3 will not operate tonight due to operator availability. Please take the BM2 and B44, making an additional stop at North Elizabeth. Not sure what you mean by North Elizabeth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted June 11, 2020 Share #185 Posted June 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said: Not sure what you mean by North Elizabeth Probably referring to the area around the projects in Sheepshead, but the B44 serves them anyway..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 12, 2020 Share #186 Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) Tonight's service changes: SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 10:04PMBM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/12/2020 1:48AMBx9 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/12/2020 1:44AM Bx15 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. Edited June 12, 2020 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted June 12, 2020 Share #187 Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: Tonight's service changes: SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/11/2020 10:04PMBM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/12/2020 1:48AMBx9 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/12/2020 1:44AM Bx15 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. Thats the 3rd night in a row that the BM3 has been suspended overnight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted June 12, 2020 Share #188 Posted June 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Lawrence St said: Thats the 3rd night in a row that the BM3 has been suspended overnight. Once again. Driver availability. Not all drivers want to work the overnight shifts. There was a post from some one stating that Flatbush and or Quill should take over the BM3 overnights. There’s no need for Flatbush or Quill to take over the BM3 from Spring Creek overnight. Look, the service is needed. However, if people are not boarding these buses overnight why have them out. The BM2’s are doing fairly well during the overnight hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 15, 2020 Share #189 Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 10:03 AM, Future ENY OP said: Once again. Driver availability. Not all drivers want to work the overnight shifts. There was a post from some one stating that Flatbush and or Quill should take over the BM3 overnights. There’s no need for Flatbush or Quill to take over the BM3 from Spring Creek overnight. Look, the service is needed. However, if people are not boarding these buses overnight why have them out. The BM2’s are doing fairly well during the overnight hours. I'm sorry, but it was the that came up with these unrealistic schedules. It's not like they didn't know that the service would be based off of how many drivers were available. This is another example of poor planning. I've attempted to take a few of these express buses overnight, and the service has been horrendous. In one instance, the run sheet was wrong, leading to me having to wait 40 minutes for a bus. Another time I had to wait almost 40 minutes again because there was a bus missing. The MTA tweeted that the driver was a bit late. The bus showed up when the next bus was due, so he wasn't late. There was no bus and they lied. No reason for a bus to be 30+ minutes late at that hour, and if it was late, then two buses would've come instead of one. The communication has been poor going back for weeks and the service has been very spotty, so anyone that truly needed the service would be SOL. In some cases, the waits have been so long that people have opted for Ubers or Lyfts. Can't really blame them. The schedules created were unrealistic from the start, and the communication has been poor. If they couldn't run BM3 service, they had the option not to from the start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 15, 2020 Share #190 Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) So far, only a detour notice: DETOURS Posted: 06/14/2020 9:55PMSIM1C, SIM3C, SIM33C, and X28 buses are detoured onto Seventh Ave from 57th St to 50th St before returning to its regular routes on Fifth Ave because of protests on Fifth Ave and 57th St. The BM3 remains suspended. I think today marks a full week of no overnight service. NO SCHEDULED SERVICE BM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info Edited June 15, 2020 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 16, 2020 Share #191 Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Today's service changes. Includes the BM3 again (we are now at day 9). SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/16/2020 1:15AMBxM11 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/16/2020 1:17AMBx15 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. NO SCHEDULED SERVICE BM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info UPDATE: SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/16/2020 1:19AMBM2 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/16/2020 1:21AMQM17 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. Edited June 16, 2020 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted June 16, 2020 Share #192 Posted June 16, 2020 Might as well post a notice that says the BM3 overnight service was discontinued due to low ridership 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted June 16, 2020 Share #193 Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Why don't they do a pick that includes the overnight bus service? Or are they intent on bringing back overnight subway service sooner than later?... On 6/11/2020 at 1:19 PM, checkmatechamp13 said: Not sure what you mean by North Elizabeth Edited June 16, 2020 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFlatbushLarry Posted June 16, 2020 Share #194 Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, paulrivera said: Why don't they do a pick that includes the overnight bus service? Or are they intent on bringing back overnight subway service sooner than later?... the reason why they didn't do a pick to basically make the overnight service a temporary fixture is the same reason why they fail to increase service in general before covid-19... they have no desire to. their desire is to reallocate service that is currently being provided, meaning... like the Seinfeld episode about re-gifting? yeah... THAT is their philosophy. there's no urgency to provide this overnight service, aside from the fact that the workforce isn't fully 100% yet (which baffles me as to why people think that it is... as a country, we're not even close to being out of the woods, so to speak) someone asked why other Local 100 yards can't cover SC overtime runs the same way they've done for Yonkers... to my knowledge (and if I'm incorrect, i appreciate any legit corrections) SC has stipulations in their contract that their work/overtime cannot be outsourced... meaning, the same way only ATU726/1056/1179 can only cover their own work is the same rule that applies to Spring Creek, even with the flip from ATU1181 to TWU. So, basically, for 9 days, they've offered overtime in-house and no one's biting. I'm honestly not surprised. Edited June 16, 2020 by EastFlatbushLarry 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 17, 2020 Share #195 Posted June 17, 2020 Tonight's changes: SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/17/2020 12:21AM B38 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. NO SCHEDULED SERVICE BM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RapidoNewLook Posted June 17, 2020 Share #196 Posted June 17, 2020 How come the is so quick to cut the BM3 all the time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted June 17, 2020 Share #197 Posted June 17, 2020 16 hours ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: Tonight's changes: NO SCHEDULED SERVICE BM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info I wish my 3rd grade teacher was absent as much times as the BM3's been during this overnight service expansion.... I understand the situation with the lack of available personnel, but it's still ridiculous to continue to advertise/list it as part of the expanded overnight network (or w/e you wanna call it)..... 10 minutes ago, RapidoNewLook said: How come the is so quick to cut the BM3 all the time? The question I have is, why are they continuing to perpetually parrot that overnight service is completely suspended.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 18, 2020 Share #198 Posted June 18, 2020 Today doesn't have too many service changes (similar to last night). The BM3 is once again not running tonight. The overnight BM3 is the new weekend to Forest Hills. SERVICE CHANGE Posted: 06/18/2020 1:13AMBxM4 buses are scheduled to run approximately every 30 minutes from 1am to 5am while the subway is closed for cleaning, but tonight, they will run less frequently. Visit mta.info/overnight if you are an essential worker and need to travel. NO SCHEDULED SERVICE BM3 bus service is suspended between 1 AM until 5 AM as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. For travel alternatives, see mta.info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil 57 Posted June 20, 2020 Share #199 Posted June 20, 2020 Posted at 06/19/20 7:05 PM BM3 bus service is canceled for the remainder of the evening and through the overnight as we work to provide as much service with the crews available to us. Now they’re cutting evening service too, don’t advertise a service that is nonexistent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted June 21, 2020 Share #200 Posted June 21, 2020 The BM3 is not running tonight. There's no advisory on the MTA website at all (it just refers to it as "Good Service"). However, there's nothing on bustime right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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