Manhattan Beach’s MTA Bus Battles? Not So Clear Cut
THE COMMUTE: Last month, I wrote that some neighborhood residents want assurances from the MTA that this Memorial Day will not be a repeat of last year’s holiday, when thousands attempted to leave the...
View ArticleMTA Screws Up Memorial Day Bus Service
THE COMMUTE: I have better things to do on Memorial Day than watching buses. But after last year’s mayhem, I thought it was my duty to at least check out the crowding this Memorial Day, especially...
View ArticleManhattan Beach Bus Service Update
THE COMMUTE: According to the Manhattan Beach Community Group, the MTA has agreed to station a dispatcher at the bus terminal in Manhattan Beach on summer weekends that will have the ability to summon...
View ArticleKCC Shuttle Buses In Jeopardy As Students Abuse Emergency Exits
The Kingsborough Community College yellow buses that have been shuttling students from the campus to the Brighton Beach subway station is now in jeopardy, as school officials threaten to cut the...
View ArticleMTA Caught With Their Pants Down: Part I
THE COMMUTE: Regular readers of this column know that my favorite subject is bus service, especially in Brooklyn. I particularly like to focus on subjects that virtually no one else pays attention to...
View ArticleMTA Caught With Their Pants Down: Part II
THE COMMUTE: Yesterday I discussed service irregularities on the B1 and B49 last Thursday afternoon, a day when the temperature reached the mid-90s and passengers were trying to get home from the...
View ArticleMTA May Restore Some Service Cutbacks: The Latest On Fare-Beating And Much More
THE COMMUTE: As the second anniversary of the largest service cutbacks in New York City History quietly passed on June 27th, the MTA hinted at its monthly board meeting for the first time that they...
View ArticleYou Shouldn’t Have To Wait An Hour For The B49
THE COMMUTE: Although buses are scheduled at 10 minutes intervals, if you were trying to get home from Manhattan Beach on the evening of July 4, there is a good chance that you would have had to wait...
View ArticleAllan Grades The DOT & MTA
THE COMMUTE: The DOT gets an ‘Incomplete.’ Reason One: As of January 10, the Ocean Avenue Footbridge still has not reopened, although the scheduled completion date for repairs was the end of 2012....
View ArticleManhattan Beach Neighbors Blast New Drop-Off Location For Kingsborough...
Kingsborough Community College administrators have moved the drop-off location of the yellow school bus that shuttles students from campus to subway station and back, no longer allowing it on the...
View ArticleSystem Redundancy Is A Good Thing, And More
THE COMMUTE: English is a funny language. If we don’t like someone we might say we don’t like them because they are “stubborn” and that’s bad. If we like them, we say that same person is “persistent”...
View ArticleThe MTA Is Running A Private Bus Service For Kingsborough Community College
THE COMMUTE: I asked if that was the case back in 2010 when I documented 14 buses in a row bypassing bus stops after loading up at Kingsborough Community College. Since then I have done numerous B1...
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The Commute: How Common Is Bus Bunching?
THE COMMUTE: Last Thursday, I had an appointment near the Kings Highway train station on the Brighton line. I either take the B1 or B49 to the train. At around 11am, three buses arrived, all three not...
View ArticleKCC Shuttle Buses In Jeopardy As Students Abuse Emergency Exits
The Kingsborough Community College yellow buses that have been shuttling students from the campus to the Brighton Beach subway station is now in jeopardy, as school officials threaten to cut the...
View ArticleMTA Caught With Their Pants Down: Part I
THE COMMUTE: Regular readers of this column know that my favorite subject is bus service, especially in Brooklyn. I particularly like to focus on subjects that virtually no one else pays attention to...
View ArticleMTA Caught With Their Pants Down: Part II
THE COMMUTE: Yesterday I discussed service irregularities on the B1 and B49 last Thursday afternoon, a day when the temperature reached the mid-90s and passengers were trying to get home from the...
View ArticleMTA May Restore Some Service Cutbacks: The Latest On Fare-Beating And Much More
THE COMMUTE: As the second anniversary of the largest service cutbacks in New York City History quietly passed on June 27th, the MTA hinted at its monthly board meeting for the first time that they...
View ArticleYou Shouldn’t Have To Wait An Hour For The B49
THE COMMUTE: Although buses are scheduled at 10 minutes intervals, if you were trying to get home from Manhattan Beach on the evening of July 4, there is a good chance that you would have had to wait...
View ArticleAllan Grades The DOT & MTA
THE COMMUTE: The DOT gets an ‘Incomplete.’ Reason One: As of January 10, the Ocean Avenue Footbridge still has not reopened, although the scheduled completion date for repairs was the end of 2012....
View ArticleManhattan Beach Neighbors Blast New Drop-Off Location For Kingsborough...
Kingsborough Community College administrators have moved the drop-off location of the yellow school bus that shuttles students from campus to subway station and back, no longer allowing it on the...
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