Already mentioned at BusChat and the Bus Random Thoughts Thread, it appears this rumor might actually become reality.
Converted bus route could help struggling commuters in Rosedale
MTA officials want to create the Q 114 out of one of the current Q 113 lines to speed up commutes to the subway in Jamaica. But many Rosedale residents said one change can’t solve the problem.
BY LISA L. COLANGELO
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, July 14, 2014, 5:42 PM
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Residents of Rosedale said they have to suffer through long and crowded bus rides to get to the nearest subway in Jamaica. The MTA said it plans to create a new bus line to help ease overcrowded but riders said it may not be enough to make the commute easier.
Relief may be coming to some Rosedale and Far Rockaway straphangers who have spent years suffering through long and crowded commutes.
The MTA wants to create a new, limited-stop bus line — the Q114 — to connect subway riders in Jamaica to those far-flung Queens neighborhoods.
"We have the worst commute," said City Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Far Rockaway). "You can almost get to Florida by plane faster than you can get to Manhattan."
Changes could come as early as Aug. 31 if all goes smoothly at a hearing planned for next Monday at the MTA’s headquarters in Manhattan.
Bus riders currently use the Q111 and the Q113, which has a local and a limited-stop line from Guy R. Brewer Blvd. into Far Rockaway.
The new Q114 route would replace the Q113 local with fewer stops between Jamaica and Rosedale to help hasten the trip.Delmundo, Anthony
This Daily News file photo shows the Q113 driving through flooded Brookdale Blvd. in Rosedale. Residents in the community have been asking the MTA to improve bus service in the neighborhood. The buses are packed and take a long route to subways in Jamaica. The MTA said it wants to create a new line but some residents think more needs to be done.
"It takes me two hours to get to work and two hours to get home," said Jacqueline Campbell, a Rosedale Civic Association member who commutes from Rosedale to Manhattan. She sent the MTA a petition from "fed-up" commuters in May..
"The buses are not just crowded — there are just not enough buses going to Rosedale," she said.
Campbell said the proposed changes will ease some of the problems but the MTA needs to do more. She had included several suggested route improvements with her petition.
“This doesn’t help people like me who live in the heart of Rosedale by Valley Stream,” she said.
Campbell is hoping to attend the July 21 hearing and lobby for additional service.
