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Q58 Designated for
Select Bus Service
Council Member Dromms office advised us that the Q58 bus has been
designated for Select Bus Service. The date of implementation is not
known at this time.
Select Bus Service is New York City's version of Bus Rapid Transit: an
improved bus service that offers fast, frequent, and reliable service on
high-ridership bus routes. Completed in much less time and at much
lower cost than subwayswhich take years to construct and require
expensive up-front infrastructure and equipmentSelect Bus Service
offers a more immediate improvement to New York Citys transit
network benefitting the entire city through improved mobility, cleaner
air, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and reduced congestion.
Designed to provide rail-like service, Select Bus Service uses techniques
and technologies such as dedicated bus lanes, off-board fare collection
and transit signal priority to improve the quality and performance of
transit and, in turn, to improve mobility and access in the neighborhoods
that it serves.
Select Bus Service projects are also designed to make bus service easier
to use, through features like bus bulbs, and high quality passenger
information and overall attention to pedestrian and vehicular safety.
Select Bus Service features can also be applied individually in locations
not appropriate for the full Select Bus Service treatment.
For more information about Select Bus Service visit www.nyc.gov//brt
For general information about all New York City buses and subways
including route maps, schedules, construction, and delays, please visit
the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) website.
Safety Measures for the LIE
More Transportation Options Needed
to Service Our Communities Exit Ramp at 69th Street
After the fatal accident that occurred at the 69th Street exit of the
While Select Bus Service is a start, it doesnt benefit everyone in our LIE, Assembly Member Brian Barnwell asked NYS DOT to look at
community since many folks dont live near Grand Avenue or Fresh what could be done to deter truckers from parking at the bottom of
Pond Road. Instead, folks rely on the Q18, Q39, Q67 and the Q47 buses. the exit ramp which would make it safer for motorists.
Some of these routes are very circuitous and slow, not to mention the
undependability and frequency of arrivals. COMET President Roe Daraio had the opportunity to join Assembly
Member Barnwell, representatives from NYS DOT, and NYC DOT
Some folks with disabilities or senior citizens who have trouble getting Queens Deputy Commissioner Jason Banrey at the location. As the
up and down into the subway rely on the Q60 bus to get to work or group was talking, a huge tractor trailer pulled over into the illegal
doctor appointments. We dont have to elaborate about the spotty spot! It didn't take long for NYS DOT to realize the severity of the
service, over-crowding and time-consuming ride into Manhattan along problem.
this route. Assembly Member Barnwell's office forwarded to us the following:
I wanted to send you an update from the state DOT meeting on
If you walk along Queens Boulevard in Woodside and Elmhurst you can 10/2/17 to discuss trucks that park on the left side of the westbound
see the huge residential development that is cropping up along this LIE service road (Queens Midtown Expressway) off the 69th Street
strip. We cant help but ask how these new residents will manage to exit ramp. As a result of the meeting, NYS DOT issued a work
squeeze onto our already over-crowded buses and subways. order to its maintenance contractor to install hatch line pavement
markings and Qwick Kurb devices in the left shoulder area. NYS
We will continue to push for express bus service which we believe would DOT is also requesting that NYC DOT install No Standing signs at this
benefit our residents in Maspeth, Woodside and Elmhurst. location, signs at this location.
Q47 Bus
Many folks have been asking when the Q47 bus will return to its original
route. We were hoping the route would be restored once Calamus
Avenue was completed but a portion of the project on Calamus Avenue
between 69th and 70th Streets had to be delayed as a result of problems
discovered when the project first began back in 2014 and will now be
included in the 70th Street project. Since the Q47 turned from Calamus
Avenue onto 69th Place on its regular route to Queens Boulevard and
turned onto Calamus Avenue from 69th Street on its way home, there
would be no way for it to return to this route until the Calamus Avenue
Calamus Avenue Finally
portion of the project is completed. Being Restored
Its been a long three years for Calamus Avenue residents. Their sewer
We are hoping our elected officials will work with the MTA to come up project, which began in November 2014, is finally ending. Folks were
with a temporary solution that would allow the bus to turn down other living with open trenches and no sidewalks for months.
streets until it can return to its original route.
The contractor has been making repairs to some of the private
properties, but we have been told there are some outstanding issues
that still need to be resolved.
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