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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Thu Apr 17 22:17:30 2014, in response to Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 21:39:02 2014. I know there's one that runs the Q22 down in Rockaway, or similar to it at least. |
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Posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 22:21:16 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by NIMBYkiller on Thu Apr 17 22:17:30 2014. The one in Rockaway goes from Mott Ave to B90th Hammels |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Thu Apr 17 22:36:19 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 22:21:16 2014. It definitely goes further west because I catch the bus at B97th and that's where I see them. |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 23:26:02 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by NIMBYkiller on Thu Apr 17 22:36:19 2014. Thanks a lot.I found out about vans that cover the Q4 route, and somebody mentioned vans that do Far Rockaway-Green Acres. Does anybody know if there's any vans between Jamaica & Downtown Brooklyn? This article (http://nypost.com/1999/04/28/city-oks-big-boost-in-dollar-van-fleet/) says there are, but I can't picture it, because Atlantic Avenue has a lot of desolate stretches, and Jamaica Avenue & Fulton Street are too close to the subway lines. |
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Posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 23:51:07 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 23:26:02 2014. No Vans don't go from Far Rockaway to Green Acres...It's Far Rockaway to Jamaica Jamaica to Green Acres aka Q5 ( is what it's called) Jamaica to Rosedale aka (Rochdale Rosedale Guy Brewer is what it's called) Jamaica to Cambria Heights aka Linden or Q4 (is what it's called) There's even some vans that go up Murdock (Q83 route) |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 23:55:40 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 23:51:07 2014. Cool, thanks.Do you know if the Far Rockaway-Jamaica vans travel via the Q113 local, limited, or both? Unrelated to my report, I found a link to something about Chinese vans from Sunset Park to Staten Island (http://news.yahoo.com/cb-10-approves-commuter-van-sunset-park-bay-20110324-093900-564.html) Does anybody know anything about those? |
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Posted by JFK Depot on Fri Apr 18 00:02:02 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 23:55:40 2014. The Far Rockaway vans have there own route to Rockaway.... Down Guy Brewer Blvd to Rockaway Blvd down Rockaway Blvd into 5 towns turns onto Burnside Av.. Which turns into Sheridan Blvd once it crosses Doughty Blvd (that's all Inwood) and Sheridan Blvd eventually turns into Beach Channel DriveBeach Channel Drive to Mott Ave Far Rockaway When Jamaica Bus ran the Q113Ltd... It followed this same route except it turned off at Nassau Expwy and Burnside Ave |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 00:18:49 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by JFK Depot on Fri Apr 18 00:02:02 2014. Ah, that makes sense (covering the northern part of Inwood unserved by the Q113 local). Thanks a lot.If anybody has any more info about the Brooklyn & Bronx routes mentioned (the Glenwood ones, Remsen ones, Avenue D ones, and the ones in the NE Bronx), please share. Thanks everyone! |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 18 00:19:45 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 23:55:40 2014. I had no clue about the Chinese vans from Sunset Park to Staten Island (didn't even know there was a sizeable Chinese community on SI), but I do know that there are Chinese vans running Sunset Park-Chinatown and Flushing-Chinatown, and possibly some running Flushing-Sunset Park |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Fri Apr 18 00:33:59 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 18 00:19:45 2014. There is Sunset Park-Flushing service.Susnet Park stop is between 60-61 Street/8th Avenue in front of the Supermarket. 20 to 60 min headways |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 18 00:41:10 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by Gold_12th on Fri Apr 18 00:33:59 2014. Interesting |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 00:50:23 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 18 00:19:45 2014. That's what's baffling me too. There's some Chinese in areas like Concord, Willowbrook & New Springville, but definitely not anything like Chinatown or Sunset Park. I would think that they'd run to Bensonhurst or Homecrest before they'd go out to Staten Island. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Fri Apr 18 01:03:08 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 00:50:23 2014. I have seen some type of van service from the Grasmere section, but they go to Manhattan Chinatown.Majority of the Chinese use S79 or S53 connect to B70 or the R train for Brooklyn Chinatowns. |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 02:26:42 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by Gold_12th on Fri Apr 18 01:03:08 2014. Well, the fact that we have any type of commuter van service out here is news to me. I was reading some Google Book that mentioned commuter van service from Staten Island to Manhattan, and I look for more info, and I find out about one going from Sunset Park to Staten Island.It would be nice if these options were better-publicized. They'd come in handy for non-Chinese looking to quicken/simplify their commute. (I mean, a direct ride to Brooklyn's Chinatown makes it easier to connect to the N, not to mention opening up easier access to a whole swath of central Brooklyn). |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 18 08:14:05 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 02:26:42 2014. They like keeping the service for themselves. I get strange looks and a few questions any time I get on the van from Flushing to Chinatown |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Apr 18 17:47:34 2014, in response to Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Apr 17 21:39:02 2014. There is another aspect you need to look at. When I wrote my report back in 1975 when these cars first started to compete with bus routes, I was told that people from the Carribean favored vans and cars over buses because back home it was considered a status symbol to ride in a car or smaller vehicle over a full sized bus. Buses were only for the masses. I don't know how Asians feel about that. |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Fri Apr 18 21:05:10 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Apr 18 17:47:34 2014. Thanks a lot. I'll look into that. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Sat Apr 19 00:41:31 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Apr 18 17:47:34 2014. I believe Hong Kong has its own variant of jitneys called public light buses, which seem more organized. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sat Apr 19 01:21:57 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Sat Apr 19 00:41:31 2014. They are organized and have their own routes. Some are franchised routes. Mostly traveled along the double decker routes to major hubs and have lower fares. Some have bus stop signs. Most of the time they hail to the bus to get the ride. Plus all buses are govern speed and post the speed meter infront of passenger's view; required by the law. 16 pax is the max. Toyota Coaster. |
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Posted by JAzumah on Sat Apr 19 03:11:31 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by Gold_12th on Sat Apr 19 01:21:57 2014. If the Group Ride Program was actually supposed to work, it would look like this. |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Wed Apr 30 00:25:30 2014, in response to Re: Question About Dollar Van Operations, posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 23:51:07 2014. One more quick question: The Murdock vans go all the way down to the end of the Q83, right? (They don't end at Springfield or anything?) |
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