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Service Diversions 01-11-13

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on January 11th, 2013 at 8:48 am

Get an early start on your weekend travel plans as I have just updated the Service Diversions.

I have not used the @TransitBlogger Twitter account as much as I would like. However that will change in 2013 so make sure to follow it for all sorts of news, random tidbits & pictures. The easiest way to do so would be to click the button in the sidebar.

Have a safe & wonderful weekend!

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FASTRACK Comes To The Grand Concourse

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on January 11th, 2013 at 8:47 am

MTA NYC Transit’s highly successful FASTRACK program is expanding to new areas in 2013. The first stop for the program in 2013 sees it coming to the Bronx along Grand Concourse. Here are the complete details via the press release I received:

MTA New York City Transit announces the expansion of its successful FASTRACK maintenance program to line segments outside of the Central Business District and Downtown Brooklyn. On Monday, January 14, FASTRACK comes to the Grand Concourse Line in the Bronx. The Concourse (B, D) Line will be shut down from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., for four consecutive weeknights from Monday, January 14 to early Friday morning, Janaury18, suspending service between 205th Street and 161st Street in both directions

During this FASTRACK:

• B service will end early

• D service will operate between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium. (Note: Downtown D trains will skip 155th Street.)

• As an alternative, customers should take 4 trains at nearby 4 train stations. Transfer is available between 4 and D trains at 161st Street-Yankee Stadium.

• Free shuttle buses will provide connecting service between the Norwood-205th Street (D) and the Mosholu Parkway (4) stations only.

FASTRACK was introduced in January 2012, devoting four straight weeknights to perform maintenance work in tunnels, stations and on tracks, completely suspending service within a given line segment for a seven-hour period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. This gives free access to the system, allowing an army of maintenance workers to perform dozens of tasks without the concern of having to “clear up” to allow trains to pass.

The new FASTRACK corridors for 2013 include: the Broadway NQR south of Queensboro Plaza to Court Street; the A Line between 168th Street and 207th Street, in upper Manhattan; the Concourse Line D between 161st and 205th Streets; the Queens Boulevard Line EFMR between 5th Av/53rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue; the Lexington Avenue Local 6 between 45th and 100th Streets; and the Lexington Avenue Express 45 also between 45th and 100th Streets.

FASTRACK projects are also scheduled for the Sixth/Eighth Avenue Lines (A, B, C and D) between 59th Street-Columbus Circle and 168th Street-Broadway and 161st Street; Nassau Street-Broad Street-Essex Street on the J; the Fourth Avenue line (D, N, R) between 36th Street and 95th Streets in Brooklyn and the 2 along Nostrand Avenue between Franklin and Flatbush Avenues.

These FASTRACK efforts have been designed around the careful determination that there is adequate alternate means of transportation, including enhanced services along some bus lines during work periods.

When a line segment is closed at night, customers can expect to add 20 minutes to their usual travel time. Alternative transportation options will be detailed in announcements and posters on trains, in stations and on selected buses; brochures will be available in both English and Spanish. Information will also be available on the web at www.mta.info and through social media, email and text alerts.

Our next FASTRACK overnight closure will be on the 2 line along Nostrand Avenue between Franklin and Flatbush Avenues from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for four consecutive weeknights from Monday, January 21 to Friday, January 25.

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Service Diversions 01-04-13

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on January 4th, 2013 at 3:39 am

Get an early start on your weekend travel plans for the first weekend of 2013 as I have just updated the Service Diversions.

I have not used the @TransitBlogger Twitter account as much as I would like. However that will change in 2013 so make sure to follow it for all sorts of news, random tidbits & pictures. The easiest way to do so would be to click the button in the sidebar.

Have a safe & wonderful weekend!

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MTA NYCT Implements Bus Enhancements

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on January 4th, 2013 at 3:36 am

Last July, the MTA announced $29M in service enhancements which were expected to kick in at the beginning of 2013. Most of those centered around lost bus service when doomsday budget woes forced their hand.

Yesterday morning, the agency sent out word to announce the start of the enhancements. Here are the details via the press release I received:

MTA New York City Transit announced today that it is implementing the additions and extensions of service on several bus routes throughout the city as outlined in our Service Enhancement Plan released in July 2012. At that time, the MTA announced $17.8 million in service investments for NYC Transit which included restoring services that were reduced or eliminated as part of the MTA’s 2009-2010 budget cuts.

“We are here to provide mass transit service and that we are able to restore some earlier service cuts while at the same time extending service along several routes is great news for us to share,” said New York City Transit President Thomas F. Prendergast. “These enhancements were all a result of listening to our customers and keeping close watch on changing travel trends.”
The enhancements will take effect on two dates.

On Sunday January 6, we will implement the following previously announced service restorations and enhancements:

Bx13 – New Extension from East 161st Street to Bronx Terminal Market (149th Street and River Avenue)

Bx34 – Restore daytime weekend service

B4 – Restore full-time service to Knapp Street/Voorhies Avenue via Neptune Avenue, Sheepshead Bay Road and Emmons Ave/Shore Parkway

B24 – Restore weekend service

B39 – Restore daytime service between Williamsburg and Lower East Side

B48 – Restore extension from Atlantic Avenue to Prospect Park (B, Q) Station

B57 – Extend route from Carroll Gardens to Red Hook (Ikea) via Court Street, Lorraine Street and Otsego Street

B64 – Restore extension from Cropsey Avenue to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (D, F, N, Q) Station via Harway Avenue

B69 – Restore weekend service

M1 – Restore weekend service from 106th Street to 8th Street

M9 – Extend north terminal from 23rd Street to 29th Street via 1st and 2nd Avenues and extend south terminal from City Hall to Battery Park City via Warren Street/Murray Street and West Street

M21 – Restore weekend service

Q24 – Restore extension from Broadway Junction to Bushwick Avenue via Broadway

Q27 – Provide new overnight service from Horace Harding Expressway to Cambria Heights via Springfield Blvd

Q30* – Provide new branch to Queensborough Community College

Q36 – Extend alternate trips from Jamaica Avenue to Little Neck via Little Neck Parkway (This restores weekday service along route of previous Q79 route.)

Q42* – Restore midday service from Jamaica Center to St. Albans via Archer Avenue

On Sunday, January 20, we will implement the following service restorations and enhancements:

S76 – Restore weekend service

S93* – Extend route from entrance to College of Staten Island into campus area

X1 – Add overnight express bus service from Eltingville to Manhattan via Hylan Blvd

X17 – Extend route to Tottenville middays

*The Q30 and Q42 are weekday only, so they are being introduced on Monday, January 7.The S93 is also weekdays only, so it will be introduced on Tuesday, January 22.

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Happy New Year 2013

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on January 1st, 2013 at 6:04 pm

I would like to take this time & wish all of my readers a Happy New Year! May 2013 be your best one yet.

I look forward to getting back to the roots of Transit Blogger while at the same time taking it to new places.

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