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Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 00:25:01 2010, in response to M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by GOLD_12th on Mon May 10 00:17:27 2010. This route could end up close to 2 hours. I would not be surprised if some trips were short-turns, or if the route in the future were truncated at its northern end to Columbia-Presbyterian. |
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Posted by Manwithaplan on Mon May 10 00:32:11 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 00:25:01 2010. It would be a good idea if the M5 Limited went to South Ferry,and the M5 Local went to West Broadway and Houston Street. But that's only what I think should be done with the route. MWAP |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Mon May 10 03:42:47 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Manwithaplan on Mon May 10 00:32:11 2010. At night when I'm coming home from Midtown, I use the M6 to get to the ferry rather than the M15 or the subway because I find it to be the quickest and most reliable. The M5 will be better because it'll run more often. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 08:33:53 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Manwithaplan on Mon May 10 00:32:11 2010. But does the M5 Limited run when the M5 Local runs? |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 08:40:46 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 08:33:53 2010. No. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 09:01:24 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 08:40:46 2010. On that note, I don't really like how 4 different bus routes serve Broadway north of West 57th Street, why not reroute the M5 to Broadway to fix this gap or get rid of the M5 (Riverside Drive residents can walk one block to Broadway) and extend the M104 to the GWB since it's getting cut back to Times Square. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 09:18:00 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 09:01:24 2010. Two reasons:1. What about the area just north of Columbia University? 2. Too much service unless the M104 would be eliminated too. The M5 except for its southern end follows its former FACCo routing almost to a T. |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Mon May 10 10:33:07 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 09:01:24 2010. The M5 already runs on Broadway between Columbus Circle and 72nd Street. They can't run buses on Broadway between the Circle and 47th Street because the new traffic pattern doesn't allow for bus stops (or so I've heard). They can't run along Broadway from 47th to 42nd and from 35th to 33rd because that's closed, nor can they run from 42nd to 35th or between 33rd to 24th because of the aforementioned new traffic pattern. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 11:00:53 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 09:01:24 2010. Actually, what should probably happen is that the M104 is extended up to the Bridge and the M5 ends at CCNY, although I'm not exactly sure how the turn-around would be. |
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Posted by 9 local on Mon May 10 13:16:01 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 11:00:53 2010. At that point, I'd send it in a loop through campus. Which reminds me, I still haven't heard back from Hunter yet. That's odd. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 18:28:34 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 11:00:53 2010. I'd personally like to cut the M5 back to Columbia University (Or Columbia University Hospital if the demand is there) and 42nd Street as I understand it's primarily for Riverside Drive residents.2 routes need to be extended to the Bridge: The M11 and M104. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 18:29:07 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon May 10 18:28:34 2010. Oh, and the money for a M11 extension would come from a M100 elimination. |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Mon May 10 19:27:49 2010, in response to M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by GOLD_12th on Mon May 10 00:17:27 2010. And the M5 is one of the worst in the depot for delays right after the M60's. Almost everynight I write 10-15 late slips for the M5 operators.Me thinks though its the bad line dispatchers on the route who don't shit for the operators. |
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Posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Mon May 10 19:31:37 2010, in response to Re: M5 route extension to South Ferry question, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon May 10 11:00:53 2010. [Actually, what should probably happen is that the M104 is extended up to the Bridge and the M5 ends at CCNY, although I'm not exactly sure how the turn-around would be.]I'd run the M5 as follows: - Northbound via Riverside, 135th, to Amsterdam. - Southbound via Amsterdam, right 133rd, right Broadway, left 135th, left Riverside. |
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