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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Wed Oct 8 01:51:29 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Mon Oct 6 21:04:07 2008. so how are the county surpose to get the drivers, veterans or new ones to come in on sundays, be away for their famlies for four to five hours, just so they can drive a bus that may not have passengers that day, just so they can be like everyone else and have sunday service that ur not even totally sure no one would use.Don't they pay those drivers, dispatchers and maintenance people? At least offer it on busy routes for an experimental period. If DART First State thought so negatively as you did in this post, Wilmington, DE would still be without Sunday service... |
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Posted by JAzumah on Wed Oct 8 08:51:46 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Mon Oct 6 21:04:07 2008. There is NOTHING that makes a driver happier than driving an empty bus all day. The company/agency/taxpayer will be grumpy, but not the driver. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 20:21:37 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by JAzumah on Wed Oct 8 08:51:46 2008. u really think a driver would like to do a two hour trip with no one on their bus?, i find that hard to believe. i think u have that backwards, the company wouldn't care, because they age getting paied, the agency would be mad because they aren't getting any money, some drivers would be mad because it's a waste of a day (for those who have famlies and want to be with them). the taxpayers will get mad at the politicans who made the buses run and they will get mad at the folks who said they should run the buses, and they are the riders who said they wanted to take the bus. see its a lose-lose. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 20:31:59 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by caine515 on Tue Oct 7 22:35:06 2008. S1 starts at 5AM during the weekday and either 6 or 6:30AM on Saturday. i don't know what time they end cuz i don't know the route but ithink its either 9:30 or 10 during weekdays and maybe an hour earlier during weekends.Copaigue has its own routes so that would be just dumb, and that would depend on how much fuel the bus had left in its tank. if it had enough to make the stops and wait in traffic then yeah they should do the route back, but i wouldn't want the bus to run out of fuel with a load of passengers on NYS 110, waiting for fuel. incase u forgot NYS 110 isn't the safest road on long island. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 20:34:20 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by TheGreatOne2k8 on Tue Oct 7 02:15:12 2008. the S47 is a summer only route. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:14:35 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Tue Oct 7 01:30:21 2008. transit riders are lucky that Suffolk Transit actully exsits. back in the 70's Suffolk Legslators vetoed the idea of a County run transit operation. they only thing that got the County to start it in the 80's was the fuel problem that faced the country back in the 80's. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:18:05 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by caine515 on Tue Oct 7 16:57:30 2008. because it must have been run by Suffolk Bus Corp before the county took over in 1980, all the routes that the companies have except for CBS's S71 (which is new) were run by the companies before the county took over, thats why they had the big fight with they county over who owned the routes the companies are the county. and Suffolk Bus Corp prob got the drivers for the S47 from their School Bus division, they wound't care since they were off in the first place. |
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Posted by JAzumah on Wed Oct 8 21:21:17 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 20:21:37 2008. "u really think a driver would like to do a two hour trip with no one on their bus?"I know this. Unless the driver was scheduled to bring Playboy bunnies to the Mansion, they are generally very happy to be paid to drive an empty bus. It's like working at a call center on a shift with almost zero calls. You are being paid to stay awake. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:21:19 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Tue Oct 7 01:20:05 2008. i don't contradict myself, u just don't understand what i'm saying. this is what i said for the ppl who can't understand what i said before."if u asked me if i liked the system the way it is right now or the system after after it was turned so it was like any other system, i would say i like it the way it is now. and i say that because u can't look at the future and say if we change this or that it will work in the future, because the future in unpredictable. u have to work with what u got here and now and add to it when u can or when the need araises. and the County has done well with that." |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:30:09 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Tue Oct 7 01:08:05 2008. its still lower then having to spend 2.00 one way for a week, a month, a year.can't run 24/7 cuz u have no idea what the ridership is like during the night, and besides the only places that would be open are 24/7 stores and there aren't many like that around. and u can't define a whole system from the S92, the last time i was in riverhead the S92 was only late out of Greenport, and the time before that the buses were on time. cheaper ride would mean the county would get less back from that fare and if that keeps up the hole system would prob end up crashing. and u are an idiot cuz even if they do fix the time tables u'll still get buses stuck in traffic!. the S61 runs every :30 min's but NYS 112 is only two lanes that it gets backed up for miles. $1.00 ride one way is benefit enough for college students. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:32:26 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by JAzumah on Wed Oct 8 21:21:17 2008. ok well i know drivers that wouldn't do that because they get board. face it ppl need ppl to talk to, other wise it would feel like u were on the bus for a longer admount of time. |
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Posted by caine515 on Wed Oct 8 22:45:58 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 20:31:59 2008. S1 first bus is 5:40 am from Amityville during the week. First bus on saturday is 7:15am from Amityville. 9:55pm is the last S1 bus during the week arriving at Amityville and 7:30pm is the last one on Saturday.EBT in Copaigue operates the following routes:S1,S20,1A,1B and the S31. NYS route 110 is a safe road and with the timetables and the shelters they put out there the line is good. |
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Posted by GOLD_12th on Wed Oct 8 22:52:08 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:32:26 2008. Dont they got cell phones to call someone when they are bored during their break? |
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Posted by GOLD_12th on Wed Oct 8 22:53:11 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:21:19 2008. Yes you did. You just dont admit it. |
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Posted by GOLD_12th on Thu Oct 9 00:15:16 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 8 21:30:09 2008. its still lower then having to spend 2.00 one way for a week, a month, a year.Well define cheaper fare. Example: MetroCard $2.00 local one way, with Unlimited ride passes: 7 days: $25.00, 30 days $81.00, 30 day pass x 12 = $972.00 Sufflok Transit: $1.50 one way, 6 days (2 way): $18.00, about 26 days (2 way): $78.00, 313 days (2 way): $939.00 Drawbacks: Unlimited rides: Nothing Sunday service: None, except s47 during special session. can't run 24/7 cuz u have no idea what the ridership is like during the night, and besides the only places that would be open are 24/7 stores and there aren't many like that around. 24/7 service is really based on connecting service to LIRR, some LIRR trains run late night every day and its open everyday and everytime when it is on schedule. There is potential ridership for connecting service in late night hours. and u can't define a whole system from the S92, the last time i was in riverhead the S92 was only late out of Greenport, and the time before that the buses were on time. I pointed out one example the S92, there are many examples like this route. Like s60 constant lateness about 20-30 minutes during the day. But even the entire system they are routes need to keep on schedule. ST needs to modify or update their schedule on the routes. cheaper ride would mean the county would get less back from that fare and if that keeps up the hole system would prob end up crashing. No. Cheaper discounts ride will bring in ridership, revenue for ST, if they have better headways. The drawback is the county and state government will have to subsidize. ST is already subsidize by the government. $1.00 ride one way is benefit enough for college students. Well there is an age limit (14-22) and u are an idiot cuz even if they do fix the time tables u'll still get buses stuck in traffic!. the S61 runs every :30 min's but NYS 112 is only two lanes that it gets backed up for miles. No, maybe you reading too fast or you need a dictionary. I said previously, "Well it sounds like Suffolk Transit did not update their timetables in ages so with increasing traffic, they should alter or adjust the schedule right now." ST last schedule update May 2006 on it's website. ST really needs to update the schedule. They need to ADJUST the times when there is a traffic or congestion everyday. Or, they need a BRAND new schedule system. Yet you relied on ST for your destination @ its schedule. Maybe its time to stop relying on ST because they don't come on time. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 20:38:52 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by caine515 on Wed Oct 8 22:45:58 2008. i know what routes the handle. and i'm taking abouthave a bus stuck on the shoulder not passengers in shelters. Rt 110 is known for having ppl dragrace late at night. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 20:39:47 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Wed Oct 8 22:52:08 2008. u can't use cellphones while u are driving. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 20:43:23 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Wed Oct 8 22:53:11 2008. idk what u are reading but i never said that the system doesn't need changes, its fine the way it is for now. u can't plan for the future, because the future isn't always predictable. you have to take it one step at a time. |
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Posted by GOLD_12th on Thu Oct 9 20:45:56 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 20:39:47 2008. Once again you read too fast. Did I write, they could use cell phone while driving. No."Dont they got cell phones to call someone when they are bored during their break?" |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 23:10:01 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by GOLD_12th on Thu Oct 9 20:45:56 2008. but i wasn't taking about during breaks i ment when they are driving.and i didn't read too fast, to me the way it sound was that u were taking about them useing cell phones while they were driving. |
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Posted by GOLD_12th on Thu Oct 9 23:21:54 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by Mac5689 on Thu Oct 9 23:10:01 2008. but i wasn't taking about during breaks i ment when they are driving.You posted in response to my post which I stated that clearly. and i didn't read too fast, to me the way it sound was that u were taking about them useing cell phones while they were driving. I posted clearly, I dont know why my sentence that sounds like you said they could use cell phones while they drive. |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Wed Oct 29 23:11:42 2008, in response to Re: Suffolk Transit Bus Study Workshop, posted by QM18Express on Tue Oct 7 03:26:02 2008. thats a joke, those Trim units don't work half the time, so why add more things for it to do whan they maynot work on a given day.(i know its over a month old, but i just saw this post) |
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