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Queens' sprawling bus network will get a massive overhaul.
The MTA on Monday announced a yearlong project to redesign the network of 107 bus lines that move more than 714,000 weekday riders throughout Queens.
The transit authority will work with the NYC Department of Transportation to alter redundant or indirect bus routes and change the spacing between bus stops, according to a presentation shown to the Queens Borough Cabinet on Monday.
The MTA will also collect public feedback on Queens' current bus service and ideas for changes they'd like to see through an online form and a series of open houses, which kick off in May.
The agency aims to finish a draft of the redesign in November 2019 and release the final plan in April 2020.
"The Queens bus network has not substantially changed in decades and the people of Queens deserve better. I'm immensely proud to begin the process of bus network modernization in the city's largest borough," New York City Transit President Andy Byford said. "Bus network modernization is absolutely critical to the continued success of Queens and I look forward to being a part of it."
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I have enough trouble finding the stops after the last reorg. Flushing BID had a great map of the bus stops Bloomberg rearranged in 2012. But they had it on their kiosk on Main & Kissena. Now it is gone. But such a map should be posted downstairs in the subway station after the buses are rearranged.
Any person taking a bus over 30 should consider themselves a failure so said Margaret Thatcher. in NYC I am not so its the passenger that is the failure but the MTA sure seems to be.
They need to change the q27 limited. It stops WAY too often for a bus that's only supposed to stop every so often. It started out ok but then over the years, they added more stops to it which made no sense considering that they still kept the regular q27. Also, the Q13 makes way too many stops, theres a stop on like every single block. Why cant people just budget their time better to just walk a couple of extra blocks? Theres way too many stops on the buses that make no sense.
Im embarrassed to say that The Bronx has better bus service than Queens.
The ****ing Bronx. Not to mention better train service.
Isnt Queens supposed to be the "upscale" outer-borough?
Also if ridership is down its due to bad service and people finding that a 15 minute walk is easier than waiting 40 minutes only to find that the bus passed right by you with a "take next bus" sign flashing on it.
The 58 is so slow when getting near Main St.because of all the development down by Roosevelt Ave. Many times I get off and walk to Main St. it's quicker.Also going to Ridgewood is too slow because of congestion and narrow roads. Just too many cars on the road and I'm amazed how many I see with TLC plates especially in Manhattan.I come home to Queens at midnite and traffic is always bad on Delancey St., Brooklyn Bridge, Midtown Tunnel and BQE.There is no best way,just gridlock.That's NY.
“Any person taking a bus over 30 should consider themselves a failure so said Margaret Thatcher. in NYC I am not so its the passenger that is the failure but the MTA sure seems to be.”
I live in Maspeth, work in LIC, it’s not like parking is abundant there...
The MTA removed/"consolidated" about 25 stops along the Q60 route on Queens Blvd some 20 years ago in an attempt to decrease travel time. The Q60 today goes slower than slow. The only way to correct this is to install bus only lanes.
When the MTA decides to "Re-organize" no neighborhood is safe from the idiot twat, agency. I see in the future more unwanted, UN-necessary SBS lanes to further ensure no one will move in NYC...
I'm sure they will do a fantastic job.
They really screwed up the Q23. It was much more useful when it turned onto Metropolitan before the turn-around near Shop Rite then it is now.
After the last time they reorganized bus routes in Flushing I found it took me longer on the Q44, Q20, etc. The left turn onto Main Street from Northern reallllly slows them down.
They really need more service. More routes, because you shouldn't have to walk 15-20 minutes just to get to a bus. There should also be more dedicated bus lanes...and more enforcement of violations like parking in the bus stop. I constantly see cars pull up on Roosevelt & Main to let people out to catch the train. Meanwhile the bus is delayed behind them while a crowd of people wait to get on that bus.
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