The May 4 workshop is part of the MTA’s three-month-long public feedback period before the agency finalizing the proposal.
The MTA released a new draft plan for the Queens bus network in March after halting the 2019 project at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The revision offers a total of 85 routes for the borough, with 20 new routes and other extensions, shortenings and consolidations to improve efficiency; there are currently 82 bus routes in Queens. The plan will take away a total of 1,685 stops.
In an effort to shorten the commuting time, the MTA wants to space stops further apart, from about 850 feet to 1,400 feet. This could save 20 seconds of travel per stop, according to officials.
The new bus route is focused on reliable service and faster travel, according to the MTA representatives presenting the plan during Wednesday night’s virtual workshop. However, some residents who live in the district — which covers Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village and Maspeth — argued that some of the adjustments will completely upend their commute.
One resident, Melissa Ferrara, mentioned that she chose to send her kids to McClancy Memorial High School in Elmhurst because the Q47 provides a simple commute with no transfers.
“Rerouting this will cause them to take two to three buses which will add tremendously to their commute,” Ferrara said.
The proposed Q47 routing would be realigned at its southern end to serve 69 Street in Maspeth instead of 80 Street. It would also terminate at Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road, serving the M Train at the Middle Village Station.
MTA Representative Ryan Zatlin said that some proposed bus routes will deviate from typical routes and make “specialized school trips.”
“This proposal to realign the route to 69th Street was around our strategies of straightening routes and providing direct connections, in this case to the M Train and Metropolitan Avenue,” Zatlin said. “However, the proposal may not satisfy the needs of everyone, and that’s what we wanted to hear today.”
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Blue States/Cities, You’re the Problem !
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There is nothing the MTA/DOT (a) can't fuck up absolutely nothing. They are the most inefficient, incompetant, insufferable city agency we've ever come across. They are comprised of millennial carpetbaggers recently arrived in NYC and now think that what works in Sioux Falls S.D. will work here. Wotta bunch of totally inept assholes
Cars "Uber Alles" !
I agree to doing this. Why should a bus have to stop at every freaking block? Especially in those areas that have trains around them? It makes no sense when a block is so short and stops at every single block. Let people walk their ass to the bus and let them time themselves better.
@"They are comprised of millennial carpetbaggers recently arrived in NYC and now think that what works in Sioux Falls S.D. will work here"
I presume you mean everybody uses their cars to drive everywhere they want in the city, like they do in Sioux Falls. Yeah, you are probably right. That wouldn't work too well here.
@I presume you mean everybody uses their cars to drive everywhere they want in the city, like they do in Sioux Falls.
Presume? Go to Jersey or Connecticut and see how well "public transportation" works.
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