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Q17巴士線路是紐約皇后區的一條公交線路,主要沿凱辛娜林蔭路、長島高速公路輔路(霍勒斯哈丁高速公路)和第188街行駛,往返於牙買加和法拉盛附近的兩個主要巴士地鐵樞紐之間。它是皇后區最繁忙的本地公交線路之一。該線路在1947年之前由北岸巴士公司運營,現在由MTA區域巴士營運以紐約市公交公司的品牌運營。
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法拉盛-新鮮草原-牙買加 | |||
![]() 一輛前往牙買加的Q17。 | |||
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所屬系統 | MTA區域公共汽車運營 | ||
營運公司 | 紐約市公共運輸局 | ||
所屬車廠 | 牙買加倉庫 | ||
使用車輛 | Nova Bus LFS New Flyer XD40 | ||
服務開始日 | 1928 | ||
路線資訊 | |||
區域 | 美國紐約市皇后區 | ||
社區服務 | 法拉盛、新鮮草原、烏托邦、牙買加莊園、牙買加 | ||
起點站 | 法拉盛 – 緬街 & 羅斯福大道 / 緬街車站 | ||
途經 | 凱辛娜林蔭路、霍勒斯哈丁高速公路、第188街、山邊大道 | ||
終點站 | 牙買加 – 梅里克林蔭路 & 牙買加大道 | ||
行駛距離 | 5.5英里(8.9公里)[1] | ||
服務日期 | 24小時[note 1][2] | ||
每年贊助 | 3,597,710 (2023)[3] | ||
時間表 | Q17 | ||
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Route description and service
[編輯]The Q17 begins at Merrick Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue at Jamaica Center in downtown Jamaica, just south of the 165th Street Bus Terminal. This terminus is shared with the Q20A/B and Q44 buses. The Q17 proceeds north along 168th Street to Hillside Avenue, then east along Hillside to 188th Street. The route continues north on 188th Street through Jamaica Estates and Utopia to the Long Island Expressway (LIE) at the Fresh Meadows shopping center. The segment on 188th Street between 73rd Avenue and the LIE is shared with the Q88.[4] Both routes turns west onto the LIE's service road, Horace Harding Expressway, until Kissena Boulevard, where the Q17 turns north. The Q88 continues along Horace Harding to Queens Center Mall. The Q17 proceeds north along Kissena, sharing the road with the Q25 and Q34 buses to Main Street in Downtown Flushing (also known as Flushing Chinatown).[4] The Q17 alights its final passengers on 39th Avenue, at the Main Street subway station.[2][4] Terminating Q17 and Q27 buses proceed east along 39th Avenue, lay over on 138th Street, then return along 37th Avenue to pick up southbound passengers at Main Street and 38th Avenue.[5]
During weekday midday hours and weekday rush hours in the peak direction (AM to Flushing; PM to Jamaica), alternate southbound local service terminates at 188th Street and Horace Harding Expressway in Fresh Meadows. During weekday rush hours, bi-directional limited-stop service is operated along the full route between Jamaica and Flushing.[2]
The original Q17 route ran along Homelawn Street, Utopia Parkway, and Fresh Meadow Lane between Hillside Avenue and Horace Harding, passing by St. John's University.[6][7][8] This route is now covered by the Q30 (formerly the Q17A) and the Q31.[4][9][10]
History
[編輯]1920s to 1970s
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The Q17 was originally operated by the Flushing Heights Bus Company, which began operating circa 1928.[11] In 1931, the New York City Board of Estimate was deciding which bus route franchises would be given to which private operators. Along with thirty other bus routes, the Q17 was tentatively assigned to the North Shore Bus Company, as part of Zone B (Flushing and Northern Queens).[12]
The North Shore Bus Company acquired the franchises to the Flushing Heights Bus routes on September 22, 1935, but the two companies did not merge.[13][14] As part of the transaction, North Shore expected to get the franchises for both the Q17 and Q25 from the city. North Shore was only allowed to keep the Q17 route, and as compensation, the city assured them of a new route between Flushing and Jamaica via Main Street. This route would go into service when a bridge was built to carry Main Street over the Grand Central Parkway in 1938; this route is today's Q44.[15]
On July 1, 1939, the Q17 became interlined with the Q20, meaning that north of Flushing the bus would continue via the Q20 route to College Point.[6][16] The service was designated "Q17-20" or "Q20-17" and rollsigns would display Q17/20.[6][17][18][19] On December 16, 1940, the Q17-20 route's southern terminal was moved from the 165th Street Bus Terminal to the intersection of 168th Street and Jamaica Avenue, three blocks east.[17] The route been running to the 165th Street Terminal since North Shore took the terminal over in mid-1939.[20] Beginning on June 8, 1942, due to restrictions on gasoline and tire usage during World War II, the service was truncated to 14th Avenue and 122nd Street in College Point.[6][21] Service north of 14th Avenue was restored on February 4, 1946.[18] The Q20 was separated from the Q17 during off-peak "base period" hours on January 27, 1947.[22] In March of that year, North Shore Bus would be taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation (later the New York City Transit Authority), making the bus routes city operated.[23][24][25] The joint Q17-20 service later became popular among students of St. John's University, and residents from Jamaica Estates and Flushing Heights (now Kew Gardens Hills) shopping in Downtown Flushing.[8][10][26]
On February 3, 1957, the Transit Authority separated the Q17 and Q20 services at all times.[8][26][27][28] On December 19, 1960, the Flushing Heights Civic and Improvement Association requested that the NYCTA restore the former Q17-20 service.[10]
1980s to present
[編輯]On December 11, 1988, when the Archer Avenue Line opened,[29][30][31] the Q17's southern terminal was moved one block east and south to Archer Avenue and Merrick Boulevard. Limited-stop service during peak hours began on September 8, 2003.[32] Limited-stop service was estimated to save riders traveling longer distances five minutes, and was provided by alternate Q17 trips. The locations of limited stops were made because they were in most case high volume transfer points, have high ridership and are spaced out to allow limited-stop service to run more quickly than local service. This change was announced in May 2003, and was presented to the NYC Transit Committee of the MTA Board on June 17, 2003.[33] In August 2014, the northern layover area of the Q17 and Q27 was shifted from Prince Street west of Main Street near St. George's Church, to 39th Avenue and 138th Street east of Main Street.[5]
In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.[34][35] As part of the redesign, the Q17 would have been eliminated, with several "intra-borough" routes providing service on the corridors used by the Q17.[36] The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020,[37] and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback.[38] A revised plan was released in March 2022.[39] Under the new plan, the Q17 would become a "zone" route, with nonstop sections on Kissena Boulevard. The route would be extended north to College Point, taking over the routing of the Q25.[40] The southern terminus would be cut back to Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows. Service between Jamaica and Union Turnpike would be provided by a new route, the Q75.[40][41] A final bus-redesign plan was released in December 2023.[42][43] The Q17 would be converted into a limited-stop route with slightly fewer stops than the existing Q17 local service, but it would retain its full routing from Flushing to Jamaica.[44]
Notes
[編輯]- ^ Q17 Limited only operates bi-directionally during weekday rush hours
References
[編輯]- ^ 54 Bus Routes Win Approval By City. The New York Times. January 28, 1931 [July 6, 2015].
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MTA Regional Bus Operations. Q17 bus schedule (PDF).
- ^ Subway and bus ridership for 2023. mta.info. April 29, 2024 [May 2, 2024].
- ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Queens Bus Map (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2017 [April 24, 2018].
- ^ 5.0 5.1 Transit & Bus Committee Meeting July 2014 (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 28, 2014 [October 29, 2015]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於March 4, 2016).
- ^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 For the Convenience of A, B and C Car Owners (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. December 22, 1942: 7 [January 9, 2016].
- ^ North Shore Bus Company. For the Convenience of Queens Bus Riders (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. July 29, 1942: 4 [February 21, 2016].
- ^ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Mooney Jr., Joseph W. New Bus Schedules Will Force Some Riders to Transfer Twice (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. February 1, 1957: 6 [January 11, 2016].
- ^ 1975 Queens Bus Map. wardmaps.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1975 [February 18, 2016].
- ^ 10.0 10.1 10.2 TA Gets Plea To Reinstate Bus Route (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. December 19, 1960: 5 [January 11, 2016].
- ^ Annual report. New York State Transit Commission. 1933: 515 [April 19, 2018].
- ^ Pick Tentative Bus Operators; Queens Objects. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 19, 1931 [January 3, 2016].
- ^ North Shore Company Takes Over Rival's Routes. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 24, 1935 [January 3, 2016].
- ^ Sixteenth Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1936. Department of Public Service Metropolitan Division Transit Commission. 1937: 535.
- ^ Harvey Sees New Bus Route As Spur to Queens Shopping: Ceremonies Mark Opening of Jamaica-Flushing Transit Line (PDF). Long Island Daily Press (Section Two). Fultonhistory.com. March 23, 1938 [January 8, 2016].
- ^ College Point Buses Ready (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. June 30, 1939: 26 [January 13, 2016].
- ^ 17.0 17.1 Estates Buses Abandon Jamaica Terminal Stop (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. December 16, 1940: 1 [January 8, 2016].
- ^ 18.0 18.1 North Shore Bus Company. To Our Riders (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. February 1, 1946: 20 [January 13, 2016].
- ^ Q17/20 Rollsign
- ^ North Shore Buses Start From Terminal Today (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. June 25, 1939: 3 [January 9, 2016].
- ^ Bus Schedules Revised to Save Gas and Tires: Transit Commission Order Goes Into Effect June 8 on Queens Routes (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. May 27, 1942: 1 [January 13, 2016].
- ^ North Shore Bus Company. Notice of Change in Bus Schedules (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. January 24, 1947: 11 [January 9, 2016].
- ^ City Takes Over Bus Line: O'Connor Selected to Operate North Shore System
(PDF). The New York Times. March 30, 1947 [March 27, 2016]. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Sparberg, Andrew J. From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. October 1, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
- ^ 120-Passenger Vehicles Added For Next Week: 10 City Lines Will HAve All New Equipment by Wednesday (PDF). Fultonhistory.com. Long Island Star-Journal: 2. December 31, 1948 [January 9, 2016].
- ^ 26.0 26.1 Mooney Jr., Joseph W. New Bus Schedules Will Force Some Riders to Transfer Twice (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. February 1, 1957: 1 [January 11, 2016].
- ^ College Point Backs Move to Curb TA (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. January 14, 1957 [January 11, 2016].
- ^ Mooney, Jr., Joseph W. Bus Cuts Begin at Midnight And Bayside Hills Won'y Like 'Em (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. February 2, 1957: 1 [January 13, 2016].
- ^ All Aboard...Somewhere...for Subway Changes!
. The New York Times. December 12, 1988: B1 [July 7, 2020]. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Johnson, Kirk. M.T.A. Refuses To Change Plan On Bus Routes
. The New York Times. November 12, 1988 [February 18, 2016]. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Queens Merchants Win More Bus Service
. The New York Times. March 17, 1989 [July 1, 2015]. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Woodberry, Warren Jr. TA Shifts Gears On Six Bus Routes. New York Daily News. September 8, 2003 [December 16, 2015].
- ^ Tendler, Lois H. Proposed Q17 Service Change. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 30, 2003.
- ^ Acevedo, Angélica. MTA gives 'sneak peek' of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan. QNS.com. December 17, 2019 [January 1, 2020].
- ^ MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens. Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. December 31, 2019 [January 1, 2020].
- ^ Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2019 [January 1, 2020].
- ^ Queens bus network redesign remains on hold amid COVID-19 pandemic: MTA. QNS.com. [2020-07-05]. (原始內容存檔於July 5, 2020) (美國英語).
- ^ Duggan, Kevin. MTA to release 'totally redone' Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022. amNewYork. December 15, 2021 [January 21, 2022].
- ^ Duggan, Kevin. FIRST ON amNY: MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan. amNewYork. March 29, 2022 [March 29, 2022].
- ^ 40.0 40.1 Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 2022 [January 1, 2020].
- ^ Rose, Naeisha. Bus line extensions, eliminations proposed. Queens Chronicle. June 16, 2022 [June 16, 2022].
- ^ Brachfeld, Ben. MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign. amNewYork. December 12, 2023 [December 13, 2023].
- ^ Shkurhan, Iryna. MTA unveils final plan to overhaul Queens bus network for the first time in decades. QNS.com. December 13, 2023 [December 14, 2023].
- ^ Final Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Dec 2023 [January 1, 2020].
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