Bee Line Bus Cuts Effective October 11, 2021- 'Choice Transportation Bus Schedule'

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

Bee Line sent out a newsletter earlier this afternoon (at around 3:45 PM) of what they call the 'Choice Transportation bus schedule'. Many bus route will be affected and will see service cuts, contributed due to operator shortages but they also claim that it's also occurring because of low ridership.  These will be the schedule until 2022, and it only affects weekday service. Certain trips are being dropped, and headways aren't being changed to close any notable gaps in service (if applicable). Multiple routes are affected, as follows:

Route BxM4C

• The 6:25 AM trip from White Plains will be discontinued; use the 6:05 AM or 6:50 AM trips
• The 4:00 PM trip from Manhattan will be discontinued; use the 3:30 PM or 4:30 PM trips

Route 3

• The 6:30 AM and 7:15 AM trips to Purchase will be discontinued
• The 4:49 AM trip to The Bronx will be discontinued

Route 4

• The 6:40 AM, 2:10 PM and 3:40 PM trips from Getty Square will be discontinued
• The 7:18 AM, 8:42 AM, 3:10 PM, 3:46 PM and 4:22 PM trips from Bedford Park will be discontinued

Route 5

• The 8:10 AM and 3:00 PM NB trips from Yonkers to White Plains will be discontinued
• The 8:27 AM NB trip which operates within Yonkers will be discontinued
• The 4:15 PM NB trip from Yonkers to Ardsley will be discontinued
• The 6:30 AM and 5:13 PM trips within Yonkers, from Nepperhan and Odell to Getty Square will be discontinued
• The 9:08 AM, 2:12 PM, and 4:15 PM trips from White Plains to Yonkers will be discontinued

Route 6

• The 8:42 AM trip from Getty Square to South Westchester Executive Park (SWEP) will be discontinued. This is a span cut, as it is the last bus. The alternative it to use the 8:13 AM bus.
• The 3:00 PM trip from Getty Square to Hastings-on-Hudson will be discontinued
• The 3:40 PM trip from Hastings-on-Hudson to Getty Square via SWEP (arriving 3:49 PM) will be discontinued; alternative at SWEP is the bus arriving at 4:23 PM 
• The 3:06 PM trip from Pleasantville will be discontinued; alternatives are the 2:09 PM or 3:36 PM buses

Route 7

• The 7:00 AM trip from Getty Square to Mount Vernon will be discontinued
• The 8:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:40 AM, 11:40 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM, 3:10 PM and 3:50 PM trips from Getty Square to New Rochelle will be discontinued
• The 6:50 AM, 10:56 AM, 1:06 PM, 3:48 PM, 4:33 PM, and 5:08 PM trips from New Rochelle to Getty Square will be discontinued

Route 8

• The 6:14 AM trip from Saw Mill River Road & Old Nepperhan to Tuckahoe MNRR Station will be discontinued
• The 7:19 AM school trip from Riverdale Ave & Valentine Lane to Tuckahoe Rd & Central Park Ave will be discontinued
• The 4:45 PM trip from Mount Saint Vincent to Tuckahoe MNRR Station will be discontinued
• The 6:42 AM trip from Saw Mill River Road & Eastman Place to Mount Saint Vincent will be discontinued
• The 8:07 AM, 1:50 PM, 3:40 PM and 5:45 PM trips from Tuckahoe MNRR Station to Mount Saint Vincent will be discontinued

Route 13

• The 4:40 PM trip from Port Chester to Tarrytown will be discontinued
• The 8:10 AM and 3:25 trips from Tarrytown to Port Chester will be discontinued

Route 17

• The 4:45 PM trip from White Plains to Peekskill will be discontinued; alternatives are the 4:10 PM or 5:28 PM trips

Route 25

• The 8:00 AM, 12:15 PM and 6:45 PM trips from Nereid Avenue  station to Yonkers will be discontinued
• The 7:10 AM, 11:30 AM, and 5:50 PM trips from Yonkers to Nereid Avenue  station will be discontinued

Route 30

• The 2:25 PM trip from Yonkers to Bronxville MNRR Station will be discontinued; alternatives are the 2:00 PM or 2:55 PM trips
• The 3:05 PM trip from Bronxville MNRR Station to Yonkers will be discontinued; alternatives are the 2:38 PM or 3:35 PM trips

Route 32

• Apparently will have service cuts, however link refers back to the 30 timetable. Unknown for now.

Route 42

• The 6:30 AM, 7:27 AM, 8:22 AM, 9:20 AM, 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:15 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM trips from 233rd Street  station to New Rochelle will be discontinued
• The 6:40 AM, 7:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:15 AM, 10:50 AM, 3:00 PM,  4:15 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:15 PM trips from New Rochelle to 233rd Street  station will be discontinued

Route 53

• The 2:13 PM trip from Mount Vernon High School (2:16 PM from Chester Heights on non-school days) to Mount Vernon East MNRR Station will be discontinued

Route 63

• Schedule from Scarsdale Station during PM Rush (3:30-8:00 PM)
  • OLD - 3:48 PM, 4:15 PM, 4:46 PM, 5:20 PM, 5:45 PM, 6:10 PM, 6:27 PM, 7:01 PM
  • NEW - 3:48 PM, 4:46 PM, 5:20 PM, 6:10 PM, 7:01 PM
• The 5:21 PM trip from White Plains to Scarsdale MNRR Station will be discontinued
• The 6:06 PM trip from Mamaroneck Road & Palmer Ave to Scarsdale MNRR Station will be discontinued

 

[JAzumah]

I wish they would rewrite the schedules on certain routes to be as even as possible, but I am glad they are doing this. It allows Bee-Line to provide the best service possible with the staff they have. I had to do the same thing this summer for the same reasons and I wish I had did it earlier.

[Lawrence St]

I don't agree with cutting the SWEP 6 trips, those trips are highly used and will only delay and crowd the other 6 trips more.

And the BxM4c is bound to get eliminated at this point, it's a matter of time.

[JAzumah]

The BxM4C is being choked out slowly and has been for years, but they won't kill it as long as I am interested in running it. They will run 1 bus a day like the old BxM4D to keep me off of the route. If the MTA decides to make the BxM4 rush hour only, I will run an off-peak bus to Yonkers Raceway and kill two birds with one stone. Most of the BxM4C ridership is Tuckahoe and points south anyway.

[Lawrence St]

2 hours ago, JAzumah said:

The BxM4C is being choked out slowly and has been for years, but they won't kill it as long as I am interested in running it. They will run 1 bus a day like the old BxM4D to keep me off of the route. If the MTA decides to make the BxM4 rush hour only, I will run an off-peak bus to Yonkers Raceway and kill two birds with one stone. Most of the BxM4C ridership is Tuckahoe and points south anyway.

Right, and how exactly do you plan on running a route if the county won't allow you to?

[JAzumah]

It isn't the county's decision. It is NYSDOT's decision and they would call a public hearing to sort the issue out. The entire process would take about 90 days. 

Empire City Casino is a logical terminal for a Grand Concourse express bus. WCDOT would likely challenge alongside Liberty Lines Transit, but the MTA (Metro-North) would stay out of it if the route starts/ends at Empire City Casino. 

[Via Garibaldi 8]

22 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I don't agree with cutting the SWEP 6 trips, those trips are highly used and will only delay and crowd the other 6 trips more.

And the BxM4c is bound to get eliminated at this point, it's a matter of time.

If they can't provide the service because of bus operator shortages, the trips will just be left open more times than not, so for now at least, it may make sense, and if ridership picks up and they can provide more service later on, go that route. This isn't ideal, but it prevents any routes from being outright eliminated.

[B35 via Church]

On 10/9/2021 at 4:34 PM, JAzumah said:

The BxM4C is being choked out slowly and has been for years, but they won't kill it as long as I am interested in running it. They will run 1 bus a day like the old BxM4D to keep me off of the route.

How do they know you're interested in running it? Or are you merely being tongue in cheek with that....

On 10/9/2021 at 4:34 PM, JAzumah said:

....Most of the BxM4C ridership is Tuckahoe and points south anyway.

Nice to know that things haven't changed in over 20 years !

On 10/9/2021 at 3:43 PM, Lawrence St said:

I don't agree with cutting the SWEP 6 trips, those trips are highly used and will only delay and crowd the other 6 trips more.

I get the sense that SWEP really wants to kick buses out of that complex.

Edited October 10, 2021 by B35 via Church

[JAzumah]

1 hour ago, B35 via Church said:

How do they know you're interested in running it? Or are you merely being tongue in cheek with that....

I may or may not have received a letter from Liberty Lines's attorney about running the corridor off-peak several years ago just before they killed off-peak/weekend service.

[MarcellaJackson]

Thanks for this information. I would never have noticed. Beeline should sell to the MTA.