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Northeastern Queens Bus Study

 
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Q65A



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:16 pm    Post subject: Northeastern Queens Bus Study Reply with quote

Those of us familiar with Queens already know that Northeastern Queens is heavily dependent upon buses, as rapid transit lines terminated in the center of that borough. This study dates back to Sept. 2015:
http://www.mta.info/sites/default/files/northeast_queens_bus_study_-_final_9-28-15.pdf
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Dan




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Location: Staten Island, NY

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Were any of the recommendations ever implemented? We are still waiting for the results of the Staten Island Bus Study. The MTA workshops were over a year ago.

http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/SI_Bus.htm
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traildriver




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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Q-65 still operates via Bowne Street...not the better, recommended route via Parsons Blvd., to connect 45th Avenue and Sanford Avenue...
Not sure why, maybe the current riders from Bowne Street protested?

It amazes me that street cars used to operate that same route until the late '30's....
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Q65A



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with you, Traildriver!
It's hard to envision traditional, non-articulated "light rail vehicles" (as streetcars probably would be called today) making the right turn from 45th Avenue onto northbound Bowne St.
Whenever my family and I would ride into "downtown Flushing" on the Q65, naturally I wanted to sit up front and watch the B/O crank the large tan plastic steering wheel on the Fishbowls used on that route. The turns required in and around that Flushing Hospital portion of the Q65 required a lot of careful maneuvering along narrow streets.
Queens really got short-changed with regard to rapid transit extensions as compared to some other boroughs. I suppose Queens grew to its current population later than Brooklyn and The Bronx, so the incentives to extend subway lines eastward just never got the funding needed to make them happen.
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traildriver




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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The right turn from 45th Avenue onto 162 Street is another tight one.
Back in the Old Look, and even into the New Look era, IIRC, QTC buses had manual steering...took plenty of strength to crank those wheels at slow speeds...
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