Reimagining the Bus Network
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2019
- As part of the Fast Forward plan, we’re taking a holistic, clean-slate look at bus service patterns in each borough of New York City to better match service with current and future travel demands. This will be a collaborative process among MTA New York City Transit, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the public to ensure all affected residents have a say in their redesigned networks. For more information, join us at: new.mta.info/busredesign
This is what inspired me to open up a bus depot in the future. Though still, I was volunteered since 2017 to work for the MTA with my relatives.
The one thing that’s wrong about the buses is the schedule and the grouping. There’s always about 4 buses running back to back and maybe even grouped but after the 4th one, no other bus comes for another 30 to 40 minutes. Idk if it’s because MTA is running late or otherwise but I think that If you guys actually had bus spacing like one bus every 5-15 stops or so would help the system a lot better
What needs to happen is the first bus (running late) needs to be taken out of service so it reposition itself to it's scheduled location - but this takes a proactive fleet controller.
Greg Chalker well idk about other buses but I take the M14A and D almost everywhere and these buses do that a lot. It’s a good strategy but it’s very inconvenient for the people at the bus stop that the bus skips so it could return running about two stops after the stop it skipped
That happens all the time on the B6 there are 2 or 3 buses back to back and you have to wait 10-30 minutes for another
Exactly! Then in the 30 minute wait, people pile up waiting for the bus, them the bus gets so full, people cant get off!
Half the people in this video look depressed as hell.
They took the bus to do this video
@@BigT12 HA! Oh no you didn't!😆
This video reveals who was narrating in the 53rd Street Tunnel closure video for 2017.
It was different voice.
Work on getting people to pay their fare... Put police officers on the bus...
Exactly... it really bothers me when I see people get on the bus without paying
@@mldixonphotography good idea but who's going to pay the police.
@@BigT12 That's a very good question..........
Matthew L. Dixon Whyyyyyy, it bothers you to see the drivers be kind to let people board without pay? Yeah you're definetely a rich white person that never was poor and obviously doesn't know what it's like to not be able to afford to pay
@@redbird1train855 uh what you said was just really fucking racist
Glad that you guys are fixing your bus system, just like what we're doing here in Los Angeles, via the NextGen Bus Study that Metro {LACMTA} is doing.
cool! good luck guys!
If only Long Island Bus was still part of the MTA. It would be getting all this treatment with the rest of the MTA bus network.
Hopefully, the "Let's Go" plan works or at least, since there is newer personnel, there could be some new negotiations for the sake of NICE Bus riders.
The MTA is not the same now without RTS though.
As a Brooklyn resident, do not forget the extreme problems with the B41/LTD. Though, I never live near and I do ride that route before.
King Auto & Xcelsior Operator I know the problems with that route. For one, constant fare evasion every weekday afternoon, especially on the Bergen Beach buses. Also, it’s routing on the middle part of Flatbush does make service slow.
They should have all-door boarding on this route as well to speed boarding times on this route.
All the JFK routes except for the Q10 are very slow
The Verrazano Bridge always faces heavy traffic that goes from the middle of staten island to about the brooklyn bridge
Xstremz buses on the Verrazano are like buses in Manhattan
The MTA should implement the Q60 Limited. It is a really long route that operates between South Jamaica and East Midtown. This route has gotten really bad lately. The Q60 should become a Limited Route so badly. A lot of people who use that route have been complaining stating that it takes them one hour to wait for a Q60 bus. The MTA should know better that the Q60 route is a really long route along Queens Blvd. My cousin was late for school in one occasion when she observed that the Q60 was taking too long to arrive at the bus stop. The Q60 Limited could've gotten implemented a year right after the MTA took over the Green Lines Bus Company. Q60 riders deserve faster bus service in the future. The Q60 Limited should be considered as part of the Queens Bus Network Redesign. It should be a combination of Local and Limited Stop Service at the same time.
Edwin Penafort Let them know here: new.mta.info/queensbusredesign
The Bx28 and the 39 are really slow
I agree
Fix the 28 and 38
Same tho the B60 takes about 22-40+ Minutes and theres like 4-6 buses on the route like, cmon MTA put more buses on the B60
@Abou Okeke-Diagne The 38 will not be removed. Capacity may be increased though since the 30 will go meet the 2 and 5 at Pelham Parkway.
@@traink1158 you mean the bee line 60 bus? I think its a separate agency that runs the bee line.
If there was a bus that ran along North and south conduit avenues, it'll connect so many lines and it will eliminate having to go all the way to Jamaica terminal to go from crossbay to Rosedale
Plus, if that was me, I would say renaming the X27 to Bm27 with the Bm26 being a new route that can replace X27 service to 23rd and Broadway.
Those are Ulmer Park Depot's EXP routes, I always wanted them to rename those. It's really confusing besides the ones at Spring Creek Depot.
@@AutomotiveTaurus You telling me; Spring Creek and Ulmer Park are the only 2 depots in Brooklyn with express routes.
@@danielsamuels5857 Yes
Daniel Samuels Also keep in mind that Spring Creek is a Queens Division Depot due to sharing a union and other circumstances. They may or may not be included in the Queens redesign.
I got a problem here with a bus route in brooklyn, It's about the B46 SBS not going up to williamsburg, How TF can you make the B46 local go up to williamsburg while the B46 SBS goes to dekalb av? The B46 SBS needs to come over to williamsburg period..........
PickleBetard A.K.A Pickle Rick's Fatass Cousin When they did the study of the B46 for select bus implementation, only 9% of the passengers travel between a DeKalb Avenue and the rest of the route, which travels on Broadway. The 5 least busiest stops are all on that one Broadway section alone. Not to mention that the section on Broadway is really slow for bus travel. Therefore, it really didn’t make any sense to spend all this federal money to put in one metrocard machine and one coin machine at certain stops, plus some bus lanes for only a small amount of people. As a rider one the B46 SBS myself, I have got to say that this is one of the best decisions they made, because after all, I wouldn’t want have my bus delayed by traffic in Bed-Stuy. I have places to go to. Also, this section is duplicated by J train service, which is far more faster and reliable than terrible Broadway Street traffic. Those 9% of riders who need Broadway service can just use the J train, B46 local or B47 routes.
-Next Bus Please.
As of when this is uploaded, it already started with Staten Island now growing to be successful. The Bronx is next with the information online.
I believe that they've only done so with the Express Buses. The Local and Limited Routes are still the same.
Please fix the B64. It sometimes doesn't even come on time when it's supposed to and I end up waiting a while and last week, the driver completely skipped the stop. Me and my friend also waited for it to come and it took 30 mins before it actually came when we started walking only to see it pull up. So please fix the B64 scheduling.
Zak Sujkovic They should also fix the B1, B44, B44 SBS, and B49 as well. Crowds at Kingsborough lead to buses getting crowded and skipping stops used by those living in the area.
Was that Pelham Parkway in one of the clips?
I don't mind direct routes. Where I live, the S40 is way faster than the S46 going to and from the Ferry Terminal.
I Live near the s46 and s40
Another thing about the bx15 is the traffic coming off the 3rd avenue bridge is bad during rush hours
Yup thats the bus I would take to school and the traffic basically made it horrible sometimes 2 hours of traffic
RIP Long Island Bus.
Bring the long Island bus back
My home bus route doesn’t even show up half of the time . Then I have to take the train
The Bx40 and Bx42 Should be Select because its really long.
The routes are being shifted to East 180th Street instead of staying on East Tremont Avenue between Rosedale Avenue (where East 180th intersects with East Tremont Avenue) and Webster Avenue. A straightened out Bx36 will replace service on East Tremont Avenue.
how to fix the bus system, give Select Bus Service to the Q12 while keeping it's local service and extend it to Manhasset LIRR Station, also give SBS to the Q25, Q27, Q88, and Q60
Northeast Queens should be fixed first
and give all JFK bus routes SBS and Local Service for each route
add bus service to Douglaston Pkwy/Winchester Blvd and Marathon Pkwy/Commonwealth Blvd, and one on Booth Memorial/53rd/56th Avenues, extend the Q104 to 74 St - Broadway for better transfer connections, give the Q26 daily service and extended it to Francis Lewis Blvd south and 73rd Avenue west, terminating at 73rd Avenue and Main Street, Q31 should stay on Utopia Parkway, and be extended to Fort Totten, along with the Q28 being extended to Fort Totten....
....Extend the Q64 to Utopia Parkway and Northern Blvd, going down 164th Street, 69th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 64th Avenue, and 188th Street, extend the Q58 to Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, extend the Q49 to Roosevelt Avenue and 114th Street, extend the Q33 to Queens Center Mall Via Broadway, extend the Q103 to the Con Ed. Power Plant, going eastbound on 30th avenue and Northbound on 31st Street. Reinstall the Q89 route, and extend it with the Q9 to JFK Airport serving all 7 terminals including with the Q3, Q10, and B15.
replace the Q15A with the Q14, add an Inter - county express route on Clearview Expressway (Fort Totten to Queens Village), and one on Cross Island Parkway (College Point to Green Acres Mall) and it should run every 30 to 45 minutes during rush hours and every 60 mins to 75 mins during off peak hours
The Bx15, M100, M101, and M60-SBS are all snails when running along 125 Street in Harlem. Good thing they're splitting the Bx15 and shortening the M100
Abstractt the Bx15 already us split during the week and I live up the block from 125street Lexington Ave
Oh dont worry the M125 will be added from 12th Ave to The Hub in the bronx for direct service
Just do want you did to express bus in Staten Island .
I ❤️NY! And NYCT! I’m still waiting for the next Bus Roadeo because I go every single Year! The Q40 lives by my house. I live on the Van Wyck and it is at 142 st and Foch Blvd. And also the Q9 from Lincoln St and Foch Blvd.
We just need 2 doors on rhe buses when u giys add3 soors on the buses it makes bueses slow
What?
Sad that most of the line ls stay the same. Happy with the bx40 and bx42 on 180th. New connection to the 2 and 5 at East 180th. The Bx28 still a mess. Why didn’t go on bainbridge after the E Mosholu pkwy stop. Could’ve stay on bainbridge until Bedford park Blvd. make a right on Bedford park Blvd and continue on that until Jerome to resume service. Instead there is a big loop still
The changes to the Bx28 and Bx34 were dropped due to complaints in Norwood and Bedford Park.
This plan might work for me, but not for little old ladies who can't drive and can't walk long distances to the next bus stop.
Personally, I think one of the key ways to relieve overcrowding on the Q27 would be to extend the 7 train past Flushing-Main Street.
DTD110865 Extending the 7 past Main Street is a nice idea, but it would take along time and cost a lot of money. Maybe in the meanwhile, enhanced service on the Q27 would do for now.
@@TheRailLeaguer My biggest concern about this enhanced service, is that might leave a lot of people behind.
DTD110865 What I mean by enhanced service is more frequent Q27 service, expanded span of Limited stop service to run all times except late nights, maybe some Limited Zone service from the NE Queens Bus Study, etc.
The 7 train was originally supposed to go all the way to Little Neck Pkwy/Northern Blvd. Don't know why they stopped at Main/Roosevelt.
David Weis Money and political will ran out before they could start it.
In this day and age, it might not be possible due to the residential nature of Northeast Queens, and getting residents to cooperate may be challenging. In addition, there needs to be money and time and reform before another big project like this should begin.
In the meanwhile, enhanced bus service (more frequent and direct bus service, artics on some of the crowded lines) should do
Oh boy... The Q31 is very unreliable because it arrives every 30 minutes. There was this one time where I had to wait about an hour for the Q31 bus. And also, the Q41 bus gets as crowded to the point where people stand past the white line on the front. The worst part is 20% of the people in these crowded buses didn’t pay the fare.
The B44 Local should be extended
NYCT Enthusiast Changes to the B44 local and SBS should be a part of a neighborhood redesign of the bus networks in Flatbush. More specifically:
B49: Rerouted from Foster Avenue and Bedford/Rogers Avenues to operate straight along Ocean Avenue to Flatbush Avenue, then along the length of Empire Blvd to Utica Avenue and Empire Blvd, where the route will terminate. Provides direct and straight service along Ocean Avenue and Empire Blvd. Service along Rogers/Bedford Avenues covered by Rerouted B44 Local service.
B44: Local service rerouted from NY Avenue to Rogers Avenue to replace B49 local service.
B43: possible reroute via Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues and along NY and Nostrand Avenues to Flatbush Avenue (2)(5) stations (NY Avenue converted to one way north of Farragut Road).
Also as an additional reroute, I would also suggest taking some of the B44 SBS trips that operate to/from Knapp and rerouting them to Kingsborough Community College instead. The SBS to Knapp Street is VERY underutilized and operate very empty, while nearby Kingsborough routes operate to the gills. By making this shift, the buses would be better utilized.
@@TheRailLeaguer the B49 should stay on Bedford avenue both directions
NYCT Enthusiast What’s wrong with straightening the route to stay on Ocean Avenue and Empire Blvd. the route on Rogers and Bedford Avenue is duplicated by other well performing routes.
The B44 Sbs and B1 and B49 would all go to kingsborough? Hopefuly i can get some of that action
NYCT Enthusiast It’s more like some of the current B44 SBS trips diverted from Knapp, plus all B1s, and all B49s at Kingsborough. The B49 LTD would be eliminated.
I sometimes take the S61, S62, and S66.
Put chargers on all the buses instead of just the grey ones
NewYorkGaming Refitting the chargers on the older buses would involve taking the bus out of service, pulling out the seats, and replacing them with seats that have a USB port on the back of them, with some wiring involved. It could take a while to implement.
As a fellow Staten Islander, I agree. We only have 77 Cuomo Livery Buses out of Yukon. What they need to do is add them on the next Commuter Coaches.
Dream Journal Projects I many not be a Staten Islander myself, but I can agree that there should be more buses. Also, your next wave of new buses will be electric buses.
Don't give-up on buses. London made them work, and in many scenarios, they are better than the rail lines.
they are and when the railway lines a closed then the buses become much too overcrowded such as when SWR cancel services between Raynes Park and Kingston for maintenance but don't provide rail replacement buses so you end up waiting something like 30mins for the 57/131 to get into kingston which is only 20-30mins from raynes park by bus.
Deutsche Bahn is doing a better Job running the Busses in London, than running Deutsche Bahn. lol
thats through their Arriva Subsidiary which they only own and slap a DB logo onto, I don't think they do anything else with Arriva other than overlapping services within Europe.
They bring back the Bx25
just WOW and reduce bx26 hope you co op fools are happy
Fix the Q72 they take eternity to come.
Rest in Peace the Q67. Your slow ass will not be missed.
Rebel90x What’s with all these rumors? We don’t know the actual plan yet.
The Q54 is so slow and gets stuck in traffic a lot no joke
Thats cause Metropolitan Avenue is a mess all together lol
Does the Q32 need a limited? I mean, it is a long route between Penn Station and Jackson Heights. That particular bus route has also become really unreliable.
Edwin Penafort I would suggest reducing service into Manhattan due to traffic on the Queensborough Bridge, 5th Avenue, etc. Either that or some short turns at the Queens side of the bridge.
JeremiahC99
+1. Don't run the Q32 into Manhattan, folks from Jackson Heights can take the 7 train to Times Square then the 1, 2, or 3 train to Penn Station.
@@hostilepancakes You're saying that the MTA should cut the Q32? I think you're absolutely right in your point saying that those riders can board the train at Roosevelt Avenue and take it to Penn Station. I think it should be truncated to the Queensboro Plaza station in order for the Q32 not to experience any traffic issues along the Queensboro Bridge. But lets wait and see what changes the MTA has plans for the Q32 once the Draft Plan is released this month.
Edwin Penafort The Draft Plan dame out a few months ago. In it, they plan to replace it with two routes:
-QT61: this route would begin in East Elmhurst, and follow the current Q47 through Jackson Heights. At 74th/Roosevelt, it would follow the current Q32 and Q60 routes via Roosevelt and Queens Blvd and over the Queensboro Bridge and terminate at 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
QT75: This route would start at 51st Street and Northern Blvd, then proceed down the current Q104 route to Queens Blvd, where it would take a rather circuitous route via Greenpoint Avenue, 48th Avenue, 30th Street, Jackson Avenue, and the Queensboro Bridge (essentially a combination of the B24 and Q39). After entering Manhattan, it would follow the Q32 route to 42nd Street/Bryant Park.
@@TheRailLeaguer Update:
It has been confirmed that the MTA is redoing the entire “Draft Plan” for the Queens Bus Network Redesign Project. The proposed routes that you were explaining to me two years ago will no longer be utilized. I am very happy that the MTA withdrew the original “Draft Plan” because the entire “Proposed Draft Plan” came out very inaccurate and they did a very terrible job. This resulted in a lot of complaints from the people that rely on the bus system even members of Queens Community Boards demanded to the MTA to please redo the entire “Draft Plan”. I don’t know if you began to realize afterwards that the “Draft Plan” did not came out like how we were expecting it to be. I personally didn’t liked the temporary “QT” formatting. I really hope that everyone finally realizes that the “Draft Plan” came out very inaccurate. As I was reading through the entire plan, I got very furious when I saw that the MTA was proposing the elimination of the Q53 +Select Bus Service+ route when they should understand that it is a route with very high ridership and it connects riders to several important transfer points along the entire route. What also angered me is that the MTA didn’t even explained how many stops are planned to be either added, relocated, and/or removed on all of the existing Queens Bus Routes. I am really hoping that the updated “Draft Plan” becomes more accurate and detailed for the best of everybody. All of this confusion could’ve been avoided if the MTA did the right thing by doing it exactly like how it was done with the “Proposed Draft Plan” for the Bronx Bus Network Redesign Project. The “New Draft Plan” is expected to be released within the 1st Quarter of 2022 and it is expected to be much different than the “Original Draft Plan”. Please disregard the proposals that you mention to me because those proposals have been scrapped.
As a bus rider I don’t want to have to transfer buses
Tony DNY In most cases, for the local routes you don’t have to. In the Central Bronx, the current plan for crosstown service is a grade A excellent. The core plan here is to reroute the Bx36 from the circuitous route via East 174th Street and East 180th Street to a more direct route via East Tremont Avenue. This one change alone should speed up service on this high ridership route by 10 fold.
To maintain service on East 180th Street, they are proposing to reroute the Bx40 from East Tremont Avenue to East 180th Street. This would provide more reliable service for Bx40 riders. East 180th Street riders looking for service into Manhattan should walk to Tremont Avenue for the Bx36 or take the Bx40 to University Avenue and transfer to the Bx3. However, the distance between East 180th and East Tremont Avenue is not that bad.
To maintain service on East 174th Street, the Bx11 is proposed to be rerouted via East 174th Street to the Parkchester station, providing a direct connection between Morrisania and the 6 train, which is presently unavailable. 174th Street customers who need to go to West Farms Square can either take the Q44 SBS or take the Bx11 to Boston Road and transfer to the Bx21. Customers looking to get to the East 180th Street corridor can take the Bx11 and transfer to a north-south bus line. Louis Nine Blvd customers can walk to Boston Road for Bx11 service.
Finally, to maintain service in the Jennings Street area, the Bx35 would be rerouted from Gladstone Square and serve Jennings Street, West Farms Road, and Bryant Avenue. While these guys may have to use the Bx35 instead of the Bx11, all major connections would be maintained. If they need service along 170th Street and Claremont Pkwy, again, they can take a short walk between the two corridors.
These changes would result in very few people in the Central Bx needing to transfer buses, except in the cases listed above.
In Norwood, they are proposing that the Bx34 from Bainbridge and Valentine Avenues and onto Webster Avenue. This would provide more reliable service for Bx34 riders. Riders on the eliminated segment can walk to Webster Avenue to the Bx34 and Bx41, or can use the Bx1/2.
To maintain service on the one wide section of Bainbridge, the Bx28 would be rerouted to serve Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Pk Blvd, making service more direct. Passengers for Mosholu Pkwy should transfer to the Bx10 and Paul Avenue customers should transfer to the Bx1/2.
Again, very people will need to transfer buses unnecessarily.
MTA, if you want an efficient bus network then I suggest that you base a new network on something that we have here in the UK such as in London or Brighton which is much more efficient or model a new network on one of the most efficient bus networks in the world...
We have Byford heading up MTA over here now so we just might see that happen.
sounds good although the bus services are run by MTA and not private contractors unlike here in the UK where operators run services commercially or under contract from TfL, the local Passenger Transport Executive or for the local council/county council so I already know that the bus services will probably still be shit - I know that because bus services were shit in the 1980s here in London and its only when LRT (London Regional Transport - the predecessor to TfL) were forced to hand over contracts for operating routes to private companies that services really started to improve.
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials That might be just so, but doesn't mean that private operation is always the best solution. One should consider the public interest of a service, before putting profit-oriented people or companies in front the wheel. (Full busses and a longer headway means bigger profits :D )
Like this ruclips.net/video/njJ94o1B0qI/видео.html
Company will be persuaded to make more money by pleasing the customer by providing them a valuable service at high frequency which is what private operators with competition achieve, its why bus service in Hong Kong is so good and why places such as Manchester and Liverpool in England have seen a drastic increase in the number of bus services throughout the city since the privatization of the National Bus Company (NBC) in 1989 so privatization really does work its just that government has grown so large that its almost impossible to think about what life would be like without their intervention in certain industries (in this case it would be public transport).
@Patrick Zauner I have already seen that shitty clip from Channel Four Television Corporation which is a biased, left-wing media company owned by the British Government. that clip gets many things wrong such as not talking about the Beeching cuts/axe of the 1960s under British Railways. you shouldn't trust one source, trust multiple from different standpoints to get an accurate description of whats going on.
Yeah. Sure.
What about for my B1 B3 B36 B64 B74 and the express like X27 X28 X37 and the X38 buss in Brooklyn New York =)
AlvisWuofficial Brooklyn will be investigated next after Queens.
@@TheRailLeaguer Alright =)
AlvisWuofficial ulmer park routes.
@@snowman4008 Yep that my bus depot right there =D
They get there sooner or later just take time I only problem need to decrease wait time after few buses come and go increase times or decrease based off the weather and help you find fastest route
Did you know that the highest speed limit of a nyc bus is 13 mph
How?
the M60 reaches 40+ on the RFK bridge
Express buses are governed to 55mph and local buses 40mph.
What they don’t say is that NYC is also the largest city in the USA
What's gonna happen based on Baltimore's system restructuring plan:
1.) You'll unveil an insane master 'dream' plan
2.) People hate changes and are gonna complain at the first outreach forum
3.) Outreach will have a wide-range of *actual riders; NIMBYs; college students needing credits; curious folks*
4.) After backlash... and maps being vandalized, you'll scale back on the planned adjustments
5.) You'll reveal final plan ("FINAL" because you're gonna through with it no matter what!)
6.) You grant patrons throughout the entire network FREE RIDES for the first month to get everyone comfortable
7.) LIMITED STOP service is completely DISCONTINUED (people are pissed)
8.) Fares return; people are even more pissed; now over the course of 2 years you will be doing minor changes to alleviate prolonged complaints & issues (turns out your changes matches that of the original network design... oof!)
All I'm saying is, if you're gonna go through with this process you better do it RIGHT and do it RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, otherwise people are gonna let you hear it.
MJofLakeland1 New York will be different, though the Staten Island Express was a bit of a disaster. However, they are taking the lessons learned from that and putting it on the rest of the redesign. The Bronx one is very decent for the most part. How do I know? Looking at Central Bronx, the plans there look excellent. The star of the show is the changes to the Bx36, which will now travel straight on Tremont Avenue instead of meandering via 174th Street, Boston Road, East 180th Street, and Webster Avenue. As the Bx36 is a high ridership route, this should speed up service for all of its passengers.
To maintain service on East 180th Street, the Bx40 is proposed to be reroute from Tremont Avenue to East 180th Street, straightening the route significantly and avoiding congestion at West Farms Square. Accompanying the change, the Bx42 will be shortened to Westchester Square, and will serve Harding Avenue, Balcom Avenue, and SUNY Maritime all at once, ensuring that Throggs Neck and SUNY Maritime customers would not be delayed due to traffic issues in West Farms Sq. However, the Bx40 reroute onto East 180th Street would improve reliability and also serve the express and ADA-compliant East 180th Street Stop.
To maintain 174th Street service, the Bx11 would be rerouted from Jennings Street to serve 174th Street to Parkchester. This would provide more direct service for 174th Street customers and provide a direct connection between Morrisania and the 6 train, which is presently unavailable.
Finally, to maintain Jennings Street service, the Bx35 will be extended from Gladstone Sq to serve Jennings Street, West Farms Road, and Bryant Avenue. While customers here would have to use the Bx35 instead of the Bx11, all major connections will be retained.
In Norwood, to improve service, the Bx34 would be taken off Bainbridge and Valentine Avenues, and be rerouted to the wider Webster Avenue to Fordham Plaza. To maintain service on Bainbridge Avenue to Bedford Park Blvd, the Bx28 would no longer serve the Mosholu Parkway 4 station. Instead, the Bx28 would continue south via Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Pk Blvd to Jerome Avenue. Bainbridge and Valentine customers needing access to Fordham Plaza should switch to the Bx1, or walk to Webster Avenue for the Bx34 and Bx41. However, this should make service more direct and reliable.
In Highbridge and Morris Heights, the Bx11 would be straightened as to no longer serve Shakespeare Avenue. Instead, the Bx11 would travel directly on the El Grant Hwy directly to 170th Street. To maintain Shakespeare Avenue service, the Bx18 would be extended to serve it, become a circulator route connecting Highbridge and Morris Heights with the B, D, and 4 trains. This would improve service and make things more direct.
In Southeast Bronx, the Bx8 would be shortened from Locust Point to Country Club at Dean Avenue, improving service for the majority of riders traveling above Dean Avenue. Instead, the Bx24 route would be straightened through Country Club and travel via the Current Bx8 route to Locust Point. The Bx24 and this section of the Bx8 both travel through neighborhoods with similar densities, so combining them would allow for more efficient service to these areas.
I see no reason for these changes to not go forward, especially in Central Bx.
Do not touch the Bx15 and don’t make it the M125, the bx15 is fine how it is !
Xpertt 4K •Exclusiveness_Mov• The reasoning for this split is to insulate the Bx15 from traffic issues on 125th Street.
Why not go all electric like other major cities in the world.
I don’t think this has to do with the bus routings themselves, though this is part of independent changes.
The Staten Island Express buses had a Budget Cut, I mean “Redesign” August 2018. It’s been the WORST thing the MTA has done to our island. Make no mistake, this is a GLORIFIED BUDGET CUT.
30 of our bus stops have been eliminated during the redesign launch, 24 have been added back by customer complaints. 5 bus routes were initially eliminated, 2 have been brought back.
The bus stop consolidation they due are ineffective and can leave you with more bus stops than in the previous network. You also windup with uneven pick up vers drop off bus stops.
More people have moved into the city, that requires more buses and more stops, not less bus stops and less bus routes. You all may not see it now, but my heart aches for the naïve people who think the MTA is willing to do improvements.
They should have a light rail circumnavigate the Island and also run within or alongside the Expressway. Possibly other lines within the Island as well...OR...even a line over one side of the lower level of the VN Bridge into B'klyn to meet the 95th street station of the R train.
@@Qboro66 in this hypothetical sinario, i don't think having a rail line all the way around the island would be very practical or efficient. would probably make more sense to run some crosstown light rail lines and connect them up with subway/bus stops; so at least they would function as actual transit that everyday people would use
Who else feels that the Hudson Bergen Light Rail should just come into Mariners Harbor so as to increase ridership? Also, instead of getting rid of the S89, make it an SBS.
Dream Journal Projects All Limited buses will be SBS soon. The Limited service would be phased out in favor of SBS.
HIII
does anyone here take the B64
Does this channel ever have any videos where you aren't telling us (for the millionth time) that your service is crap and that you're sorry but are gonna fix it?
Stop getting rid of the old shit
DARK PIT What’s wrong with anything new?
JeremiahC99 there’s nothing wrong if it. it’s just that whenever they get rid of the old busses they always end up having a low number of busses available.
DARK PIT The current orders for Brooklyn are for retirement of older buses, since old buses drive up the spare factor at these Depots. We also have Artic buses on order so that could account for some of the low numbers. However, for the most part the total number of buses at these Depots usually go up. They don’t go down dramatically.
None of this makes any sense.
Hello There Actually, it does since it aims to make routes more direct, and easy to access. What they have planned for Central Bronx for the Bx11, Bx35, Bx36, and Bx40/42 is what I consider brilliant and should’ve been implemented long ago.
@@TheRailLeaguer any of the lines, (if moved) will be more inconvenient to riders and out of the way….
This never happened and probably never will..
@@HelloooThere You joking, right? If anything, the crosstown portion of the bus network redesign is actually a work of art and should’ve been implemented a long time ago.
The core of this subset of changes: the Bx36. This route currently operates between Washington Heights and Soundview via a meandering route on several crosstown streets that makes zero sense. Under the new plan, this route will be straightened to operate on Tremont Avenue all the way, no longer operating on 174th Street and East 180th Street. All of the current connections will be retained and riders will be seeing faster service.
With the Bx36 out of the way, this frees up the Bx40 and Bx42 to operate on East 180th Street to replace Bx36. Today the two routes operate through West Farms Square, which is heavily congested. Now they will travel on a more direct route that serves an express train and bypasses the congestion in West Farms Square, again retaining all the connections.
To replace 174th Street service, the Bx11 will be moved from its routing on West Farms Road to 174th Street. This move actually introduced a new connection between the Morrisania neighborhood and the 6 train at Parkchester station, making commuting between Washington Heights, the South Bronx, and Southeast Bronx more convenient. It also straightens out the Crosstown travel on 174th Street, and allow the Bx11 to more directly serve the 2 and 5 trains.
Finally, to replace the West Farms Road service, the Bx35 will be extended to serve serve West Farms Road, Jennings Street, and Bryant Avenue, again to retain the current connections.
All in all, none of these crosstown changes will make trips inconvenient. Besides, very few people are going between the 174th Street corridor and East 180th Street corridor. It’s just too slow and indirect. Also the number of riders inconvenienced is very low, especially with the more direct crosstown routes.
@@TheRailLeaguer right, nobody’s going to those streets, so why bother?
Try re designing high impact areas like Grand Concourse, Fordham Road and Northeast Bronx as well as Parkway
@@HelloooThere None of the bus routes there are being modified, aside from the service frequencies here and there. The Bx1/2, and Bx12 Local and SBS routes are staying where they are.
Are you suggesting that none of the bus routes should’ve been modified, including the crosstown routes (one of which, the Bx35, is among the more heavily used lines)?
It's not getting better, it's getting worse and is primed to fall apart in one year's time.
Lots of cuts coming and fare hikes.
Bad news for seniors and school kids.
More broken down buses, three fare zones and and long waits.
Lousy lousy lousy
Don't shovel us this stuff about reimagining.
Lipstick on a pig!
Hello There The Bronx Redesign Draft Plan came out, and looking at it, it’s very decent for the most part, with the Central Bronx being a grade A improvement. The centerpiece of the changes in Central Bronx is the proposed changes to the Bx36. Under the new route, the Bx36 will no longer make the time consuming meander via 174th Street, Boston Road, and East 180th Street. Rather, the service will now go up White Plains Road, then straight along Tremont Avenue between White Plains Road In Parkchester and Webster Avenue in the West Bronx. This would provide faster crosstown service and provide new transfer opportunities at White Plains Road and Tremont Avenue with the nearby Bx22.
To maintain service on the old segment on East 180th Street, they are proposing to reroute the Bx40 along East 180th Street between Rosedale Avenue in Van Nest and Webster Avenue in the West Bronx. Not only would this make service more direct as well, but it would also serve East 180th Street, which is an express and ADA-accessible station. This should shave 5 minutes off the trip to the East Side via the 5 train.
To maintain 174th Street service, it is proposed to reroute the Bx11 from Jennings Street to operate along 174th Street to Parkchester. Not only would this provide faster crosstown service, but this would provide a connection between Morrisania and the 6 train, which is presently unavailable.
Finally, to maintain service in the area near Jennings Street, the Bx35 would be rerouted from the bus congested Gladstone Square area to serve West Farms Road, Jennings Street, and Bryant Avenue (Why they didn’t make it go further up West Farms Road is beyond me). While customers would have to use the Bx35 instead of the Bx11, this should result in more reliable service.
These changes would not result in people paying two-three fares.
In Norwood, they are proposing to eliminate Bx34 service from the narrow Bainbridge and Valentine Avenues. Instead, they are having the route run on Webster Avenue to Fordham Plaza. To maintain service on the one wide portion of Bainbridge to Bedford Park Blvd, the Bx28 would be rerouted from its circuitous section via the Mosholu Pkwy 4 station and having it run on Bainbridge and Bedford Pk Blvd, serving the Bedford Pk B and D station on Grand Concourse. As the section of Bainbridge and Valentine Avenues are a short distance away from both Grand Concourse and Webster Avenue, it is expected that those along Bainbridge and Valentine Avenues looking for Fordham Plaza would switch to using the Bx1 and Bx2 on Grand Concourse or walk to Webster Avenue for the Bx34, both of which are a very short distance away.
In another part of the Bronx, to make more crosstown improvements, the Bx6 would be rerouted from Hunts Point to serve residents on Story Avenue to Pugsley Avenue and Turnbull Avenue, which again, will improve crosstown service.
None of the changes above will result in people paying more than one fare.
@@TheRailLeaguer You make no sense.
Hello There How?
Also, did you read the Bronx Draft Plan before assuming that the redesign will be bad?
@@TheRailLeaguer fart
Hello There What?
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