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Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says |
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Posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Tue Jul 17 17:36:51 2012, in response to Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Gold_12TH on Tue Jul 17 16:24:13 2012. Really? The QM22? It would be cheaper to hand out daily taxi vouchers to the dozen or so people who ever rode that waste of a bus. |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Jul 19 02:04:20 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Tue Jul 17 17:36:51 2012. The direct operating cost per passenger was actually about $13. Bad, but not terrible. |
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Posted by B49 Limited on Thu Jul 19 02:42:34 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Jul 19 02:04:20 2012. Question do people along 21 St use the QM 22 in the past? |
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Posted by merrick1 on Thu Jul 19 22:38:01 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by B49 Limited on Thu Jul 19 02:42:34 2012. I lived at 21st Street and 22nd Drive about 15 years ago and there were always people getting on the QM22 at 22nd Drive. The bus seemed to have a reasonable load in the morning. I don't know how many people used it in the afternoon. There were only 2 buses in the morning (one for 3rd Avenue and one for 6th Avenue)If you could use the buses and drivers for other routes the rest of the day or if you used part time drivers you might be able to make a route like this work. |
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Posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Fri Jul 20 05:31:15 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by merrick1 on Thu Jul 19 22:38:01 2012. [...or if you used part time drivers....] You won't make any TWU friends with a comment like that. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Fri Jul 20 09:00:16 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Fri Jul 20 05:31:15 2012. Why is the TWU so adamantly opposed to part-timers? As long as it wouldn't affect anyone who is currently employed I don't see the issue.In Boston the Carmen's Union fought against part-timers and lost. Now part-time bus operator or train attendant is the entry level job. You have to put in a few years as a part-timer before you can move up to full-time. Part-timers are members of the union so the union still gets its dues. |
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Posted by Outside the Box on Fri Jul 20 14:45:30 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Jul 19 02:04:20 2012. How about a commuter operated CO-OP van pool? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 21 16:46:10 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by merrick1 on Fri Jul 20 09:00:16 2012. A part timer cannot support his family. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Jul 21 17:29:05 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 21 16:46:10 2012. Most people starting out their careers don't have families to support. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 21 18:38:12 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by merrick1 on Sat Jul 21 17:29:05 2012. What about a person who is making a career change? |
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Posted by B1bus on Sat Jul 21 21:44:05 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 21 16:46:10 2012. Drive the bus to the city, park it, go to work, drive it back. |
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Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Sun Jul 22 00:25:01 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Fri Jul 20 05:31:15 2012. Technically, this would be an ATU issue (not sure which local, though) as ATU represents MTA operators in Queens, IINM. That said, as good of an idea as it is, the unions would never allow it. |
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Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says |
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Posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Sun Jul 22 12:33:44 2012, in response to Re: Bring Back the (QM22 bus); Astoria Pol Says, posted by ctrabs74 on Sun Jul 22 00:25:01 2012. [Technically, this would be an ATU issue (not sure which local, though) as ATU represents MTA operators in Queens, IINM.]Not quite... ATU-1056: Casey Stengel, Jamaica, Queens Village ATU-1179: JFK, Far Rockaway TWU-100: College Point, LaGuardia, Baisley Park |
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