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Posted by Snilcher on Mon Apr 18 10:57:14 2022, in response to Re: Why 2 Terminals for Q1?, posted by BusMgr on Sun Apr 17 17:20:07 2022. There were few serious attempts to run bus service along the full lengths of any major north-south thoroughfares in eastern Queens, most likely because such service would not connect with any subway. It wasn't until the 1960s that Francis Lewis Blvd. was covered, and that was with two routes that both went to Hillside/179th St.An exception to the subway-serving rule was the Q12A (later Q79). (The Q31 also used to be lacking in subway access until it was extended down Utopia Parkway to Jamaica, around the same era.) Over the years I've seen suggestions to combine the Q76 and Q77 into a single FLB route. Why it was never pointed out that this would eliminate subway access was a mystery to me, but I guess there is enough pent-up demand for crosstown eastern Queens service to make it worthy of consideration. While such a proposal did not make it into the current revised Queens draft plan, it's notable that the proposed Q87 in the draft plan for Springfield Blvd. service does not bother with subway access, which is probably a first since the Q79 days. |
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