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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Aug 23 22:33:43 2007, in response to Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Chipper10 on Thu Aug 23 22:18:13 2007. I was just wonderning if anyone was ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten IslandI'm not ready. Never will be. It's gonna be awful. Head for high ground. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Thu Aug 23 23:03:07 2007, in response to Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Chipper10 on Thu Aug 23 22:18:13 2007. That's not even the half of it. According to FDNY, there are plenty of service additions to be made next month.And why do you need a schedule? The S55 is going to run every 30 minutes instead of every 45 minutes, so it's schedule will look like the S54's schedule. And then the S89 is going to run rush hours only...every 15 minutes in the peak direction (ex: SI-Bayonne;Morning) and every 30 minutes in the reverse peak direction. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Aug 23 23:10:52 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Thu Aug 23 23:03:07 2007. However, will the S55 have extended hours and at least Saturday service finally? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Thu Aug 23 23:21:04 2007, in response to Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Chipper10 on Thu Aug 23 22:18:13 2007. Someone posted the possible schedule on silive. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 10:54:47 2007, in response to Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Chipper10 on Thu Aug 23 22:18:13 2007. Well, with O5s running on the S89, thats a route I really don't want to take now....Ugh, what a brutal trip that will be.... |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Aug 24 11:03:23 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 10:54:47 2007. Remember...NJT was supposed to get O5s...but they got more RTSs. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Ken S. on Fri Aug 24 11:21:10 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Aug 24 11:03:23 2007. Also, Roach USA bought some of the WMATA rejects. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Andrew Kirschner on Fri Aug 24 12:09:04 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Aug 23 22:33:43 2007. I was just wonderning if anyone was ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten IslandI'm not ready. Never will be. It's gonna be awful. Head for high ground. Todt Hill? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 12:38:16 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Andrew Kirschner on Fri Aug 24 12:09:04 2007. NYCTA buses are not allowed by law on Todt Hill because they would lower property values. Too steep an incline off of Richmond Road for any local bus to handle anyway. But I have seen private coach-style buses take the incline. Todt Hill is too upscale an area, only the maids and butlers would use the bus anyway. (Seriously though, the lack of sidewalks on Todt Hill Road has caused fatalities.) |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Andrew Kirschner on Fri Aug 24 12:49:25 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 12:38:16 2007. Ah! So it is the perfect high ground to escape the S55 and S89. So you see, Terrapin Station, you're going to be just fine.Were you joking or is NYCT really prohibited by law from serving Todt Hill? Only on Staten Island! |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Aug 24 14:26:30 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 10:54:47 2007. You don't like the Orion Vs? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by 9 local on Fri Aug 24 14:28:09 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 10:54:47 2007. It will probably be O7s eventually, if CAS ever gets the buses for it. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Aug 24 14:31:58 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 12:38:16 2007. I've seen Bx19s go up that steep hill on 145th Street fine and Grymes Hill is supposedly also steep and S60 buses go there so I guess this Todt Hill is really steep. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by David on Fri Aug 24 15:10:22 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Andrew Kirschner on Fri Aug 24 12:49:25 2007. I know of no law that prohibits NYCT buses from being on any public street in the City of New York. If there is one, perhaps the poster who said so will cite the chapter and section of the law.David |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 15:35:45 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Aug 24 11:03:23 2007. Good thing they had got RTSs.... |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 15:39:42 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Aug 24 14:26:30 2007. Well, O5s aren't my favorite buses in the world. They ok. But for riding an O5 on a route like the S89, it ain't going to be much fun. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 17:12:29 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Aug 24 14:31:58 2007. Howard Avenue at Clove Road might be as steep as Todt Hill Road, but it is much wider, and not as winding. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 17:26:53 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by David on Fri Aug 24 15:10:22 2007. The law was passed in 1907, called "The Public Conveyance and Manure Cart Act". It states that "for a period of 100 years hence public conveyances of any sort, whether they shall be beast-drawn, electric-traction, steam-traction, human-traction, manure cart or other carriage shall be prohibited from any roadway or turnpike where a majority of property owners have deemed in petition to the Board of Alderman that such public conveyances are a nuisance. The only exception therein shall be in time of insurrection, war, flood, or Act of God calamity thereof." The law is still in effect, but will expire on 12/31/2007. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:30:28 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 15:39:42 2007. The S89 should have been a proper express route with MCI equipment. It's as if the MTA wants it to fail by making it unattractive to commuters. If you work in Manhattan, you get a coach bus, if you work in Jersey City, you get to ride a local bus, then change to a trolley car. Better off driving to Jersey City. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Fri Aug 24 17:36:59 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 12:38:16 2007. >>NYCTA buses are not allowed by law on Todt Hill because they would lower property values.<<Couldn't the MTA give them "an offer they couldn't refuse"? :-) |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 17:37:59 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:30:28 2007. They should at least use buses with suburban seating, but really, they should use MCIs. If TOR could charge $1.50 for the Tappan ZEExpress and Liberty Lines could charge $1.75 when they used to have MCI 102A2a on the 17 and 77. then the MTA should use be able to charge $2.00 for the S89.Off-topic: Does anybody think MCIs should be used on the X25, X32, and X90? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:46:47 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 17:37:59 2007. Make the S89 the "X33" or whatever and charge full express fare for a one-seat ride to Jersey City or Hoboken if ridership can justify it. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 17:58:50 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:46:47 2007. What! Then everyone who uses the route would be paying $6.90 a day, $0.40 more then entering via Manhattan. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Rail Blue on Fri Aug 24 18:35:22 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:46:47 2007. Isn't that what the 144 does anyway? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:01:59 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Aug 24 14:31:58 2007. Howard Avenue at Clove Rd is just as steep as Todt Hill Road at Richmond Rd..so the buses would be able to accomplish that hill.And then you have the S46 that traverses the steep hill along Castleton Avenue between Jersey St and Cebra Ave which then winds up, right, left and down until Brighton Ave. But the steepest hill of them all is the one that lies at Beach St & St Pauls Ave that the S52 has to climb, when you're on the bus, you can feel it sliding back a bit. I don't know how those Orion Vs make it up that hill. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:06:24 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 15:39:42 2007. The Orion Vs are ok..but I think it's more of the fact that they're Yukon's buses that makes it all the worse. They go so slow across the Verrazono..so I can only imagine how slow it's going to be on the Route 440 stretch. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:17:55 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Dan on Fri Aug 24 17:30:28 2007. I agree, but I don't see that happening. I think the route will already fail simply because of the dismal local buses it will be using, they're very unimpressive in comparison to the MCI coaches in the same depot.I was thinking about trying out the new route as an alternative to get to my job that Monday but..the many different modes of travel are throwing me off. First, I would have to ride the S44 to the foot of the Bayonne Bridge (30-40 minutes). Then ride the S89, (probably about 10 minutes), after that comes a ride on the HBLR to Pavonia-Newport (about 35 minutes), and finally the PATH ride to 33rd St (20 minutes)..where I'll have to transfer to the Broadway BMT to take that up to 5th Avenue (10 minutes). |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 19:40:04 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:17:55 2007. So many transfers spell a failure. I thought the Port Authority was purchasing buses for NYCT to use on the S89? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 20:19:05 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 17:37:59 2007. Here's a question: Do you think the MTA should buy the 144(renumbered X33) and charge $2 plus a transfer to/from the HBLR? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:51:12 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 17:37:59 2007. They should use MCIs or at least Orion Vs with suburban seating for the S89.And for the X25/X90, I don't think MCIs should run on them. They're fine with the Orions. I hope when the useful life of those few MJQ Orions are done, they're replaced with standard buses with the same type of seating. I used to live with someone in Yorkville to get to my old job at the World Financial Center Shops and take the X90. Nice ride. Just like all express buses though, it was full of people with a holier-than-thou attitude (got many staredowns from people in business suits cause I was in my Eckerd uniform). The X32, as far as I know, isn't allowed to use MCIs, so the current setup is just fine. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:55:50 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:06:24 2007. The seat problem on the Yukon O5s are fixed, but the operators still managed to cut the door cords and now that the bell tapes are connected again, the operators lock out the bell so that they don't ring...Wasn't Yukon supposed to install boxes around the door cords so that operators wouldn't cut them? And isn't it illegal for the operators to lock out the bell (aka they HAVE to have the bell switched on?) I have further bell comments, but I'll save that for a separate post. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:56:55 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by vfrt on Fri Aug 24 17:26:53 2007. Really? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 21:17:48 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:51:12 2007. With that Eckerd uniform, they must have thought you were the president of the company to afford the premium fare. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 21:24:22 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:55:50 2007. I have been reading the accusations of stop request tapes being vandalised by Yukon operators for some time now. Where is the proof? Has anyone seen an operator acually do this? Based on all the photos on this site, I thought that the accusers could back the accusation up with a photo. Plus, if a bus goes out with working tapes, then when it comes back with them vandalised, then NYCT can narrow it down. But then, how do we know that the "customers" aren't doing it? If an operator is suspected of this vandalism, wouldn't NYCT send out beakies to ride with said suspect? |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 21:40:47 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 21:24:22 2007. I know for a fact operators at both LIB and Staten Island Depots cut the rear door cords leading from the tapes to the controls. There have been eyewitness reports for that, and that's why there has been a crackdown at LIB (heard there was a major driver shuffle, probably due to this) plus the rear doors have been gradually being fixed correctly (no more electrical tape and exposed wiring in an attempt to fix them.The fixing process seems to have gone through at Yukon since everything else has been fixed, from what I heard, but every Yukon bus I've been on lately has had the cords cut. I still have yet to find a bus with a box around the cords, as I heard they would install. I know the stop request tape have been fixed and covered with a box around the cords, but in two separate buses I've been on, the operator has the bells locked out, and one actually admitted to keeping them off (after I asked him to turn them on) because "they slow [him] down." I don't know what he meant by that, but most likely if he misses more stops, he finishes his trip faster? I don't know. Why can't operators like that think about the passenger? I'm sure many a Staten Island passenger has missed stops due to this problem, and were probably yelled at by the driver ("You didn't yell, so I didn't stop!" or something like that). I really hate drivers with that mindset, by reversing the blame for anything that goes wrong. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 21:53:17 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 20:19:05 2007. Joel Azumah doesn't want to sell out to MTA for the 144. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 21:58:45 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 19:17:55 2007. Well, I'll crack it down for you abit. Starting from 34th Street HBLR, that should be 20 to 25 minutes, 21 minutes on a Bayonne Flyer. The PATH to 33rd should be 15 minutes. Then the (N),(R),or (W) to 5th Ave which should be about 15 minutes. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 21:59:47 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 20:55:50 2007. Yukon is still a hit or miss. I rode three different Yukon buses (2 O5s, 1 Nova) on the S44 today and they were all misses. The seats were grimy, the windows were scratched, bells not working, graffiti on the buses...and to my surprise, #9699..which just got sent to Yukon had broken bells today. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 22:00:21 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 21:53:17 2007. He's more likely to get a good lump sum for selling the route. The 144 is going downhill. His buses come late regularly, he contracts the route, and because of his poor performance, he's getting competition from the MTA. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by P-rad M on Fri Aug 24 22:01:41 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 22:00:21 2007. Remember what he has said in the past. I'll just leave it at that for now.... |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 22:11:00 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 21:40:47 2007. Are we taking the stop request tapes or the tape by the rear door which allows the rear door to open when the customer pushes it? If the latter, I've read in the past that the operators cut it when the rear door is not closing properly thereby avoiding having to take the bus out of service. In this case, they are doing you a favor by keeping the bus in service. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:14:01 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Fri Aug 24 21:40:47 2007. There are quite a few Yukon Orion Vs that have had their seats replaced, windows replaced and the boxes put over the cords but they're very few in the fleet of a 100+.The 6:15pm S44 bus that I rode yesterday..a #952x Nova.had it's bells disabled, even though it was just sent to Yukon. I looked at the back door..and noticed that the cord was snipped. The passengers on the bus were very distressed and baffled by that..and the bus driver ended up flying right past quite a few stops. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:16:11 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 22:11:00 2007. Umm...Bill......I don't think all 300 local buses on Staten Island have broken rear doors. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:17:47 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Fri Aug 24 22:00:21 2007. I'm not exactly sure how the MTA is going to be any better, because what you said about the 144 can equally describe many local routes on Staten Island. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Aug 24 22:26:48 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Ken S. on Fri Aug 24 11:21:10 2007. Those that Coach USA bought are mostly assigned to Gray Line New York, however. They had been assigned to ONE Bus and Rockland Coaches. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 22:27:14 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:14:01 2007. I'm still not convinced that the operators are doing the vandalism, rather the school age kids are doing it. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Aug 24 22:29:16 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:14:01 2007. If the operator was doing that, then you should have reported the operator by calling (888) NYCT-BUS. Alternatively, you can just shove the back doors if the bus blows by a stop that was requested, which will trigger the brakes if done hard enough. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 22:29:28 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:16:11 2007. I didn't say they were, but some rear doors, at least here at FP on the RTS', open when you push the yellow tape, others do not work and you have to manually push the rear door open. |
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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Aug 24 22:36:53 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 24 22:27:14 2007. I doubt it, very much. The lack of maintenance at Castleton and Yukon Depots is very blatant, I don't think it can be any more clearer. Just take a few trips down to Staten Island the next time you get a chance, you'll be surprised at the crap local bus fleet that's actually allowed in service.There hasn't been one bus I've been on, out of Castleton or Yukon that has had working rear doors in years. And Staten Island has at least a good 200+ Orion Vs, and they all have their rear door cords snipped or they are in that black box above the rear door but still disabled. The Yukon Novas were sent over with the rear doors in tact but were eventually disabled. The only fleet that still has working rear doors is the newer #96xx batch at Yukon..but just give it a little time. |
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