Bus Stop Needed

05/08/2016 - 15:11

Please do not remove the bus stop at 20th St. east of First Ave., which has a shelter and is used by many elderly and disabled patrons. The bus is not slowed down at this stop by people embarking or disembarking. The slow down begins once the bus gets to the First Ave. and 23rd St. stop and crawls its way west along 23rd St.

Bus Stop Needed

05/05/2016 - 22:46

Please do NOT remove this bus stop. It is used by many PCVST residents, including many elderly and disabled neighbors who would have difficulty getting to another nearby stop.

Remove Bus Stop

05/05/2016 - 16:22

Please do NOT remove the bus stop at 20th Street and 20th Street Loop. Many many people use this stop and the distance between Avenue C stop and 1st Avenue stop is too far for most users. Thank you.

Remove Bus Stop

05/05/2016 - 10:30

Please do not remove the bus stop at 20th St. @ 20th St. Loop. This stop is used by many Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village residents. I have a chronic ankle injury

Bus Stop Needed

04/24/2016 - 11:18

This bus stop at 20th st. and loop road/ Ave A is needed and should not be eliminated. There are many seniors, parents with children and disabled who live in this community and use this particular bus stop. It is too far to walk either to Ave C and 20th st. or 1st ave and 20th st. Eliminating this bus stop will not have any effect on speeding up an M23 select bus. There is very little traffic on 20th st. and the bus moves very quickly at these stops.

Bus Stop Needed

04/24/2016 - 11:04

The stop on 20St across from the 20St loop is needed. There are many older people for whom the walk is too long without this stop. This stop never slowed down the bus as some of the other stops do.

Multiple Buses Arrive Together

04/23/2016 - 20:50

One problem with the initial stop - even using the app you don't know if the standing bus (sometimes 2 or even 3 buses) will leave in 2 minutes or 20 minutes. In cold weather it makes a difference. Have some sort of timer that let's you know when the next bus leaves. Also, to prevent bunching, have a timer that keeps buses from bunching too close together. This might interfere with taking breaks together but life is tough

Bus Stop Needed

04/23/2016 - 16:37

The disabled veterans who use the VA hospital find it hard to cross First Avenue, so please move the westbound M23 bus stop to the eastern side of First Avenue. That will also make transfers from the northbound M15 and SBS lst Ave buses easier and quicker. Let the long-distance Express services use the west side of lst Ave & 23rd for their stop. Others have suggested this. I'd have clicked a favorable vote for that suggestion, but didn't see how to do that. Please put all new bus stops NEAR THE CORNER to make it easy to transfer, and to allow people actually to catch the bus without running for it. (The SBS stop at 25th St. & lst Ave is a prime example of thoughtless planning. Many people can't find it and riders transferring from crosstown buses can't even see where it is, two blocks away.) Delivery trucks are major obstacles on 23rd St, esp. at large stores. Another huge obstacle in the AM: school buses at the School for the Deaf. Couldn't they be required to park on 24th St to free the bus lane on 23rd St. westbound? Have consideration for the blind and elderly and disabled and parents with small children. That's a lot of people. Restore the 5th Ave stops and don't remove any more stops. The one at Lex westbound lets people walk to the 6 train without crossing Park Ave and doubling back to go uptown. Keep the 20th St./Oval stop, which is essential for old people and parents. Nobody who isn't able-bodied can traipse from the river to lst Ave, so retaining that stop is ESSENTIAL. Keeping existing stops may seem to slow the ride, but if traffic rules are rigorously enforced and bus lanes are kept clear of cars, trucks, and bikers, the bus will move quickly enough. It is not necessary to make huge revisions to the stops, installing machines, etc. It is just necessary to have police enforce all traffic rules all the time, with lots of tickets issued. It is also essential for you to pay attention to these heartfelt pleas by users of this bus route. We know from daily experience what we need, and---as seen by the block-away bus stops at 23rd and lst northbound---not all transportation planners know what they're doing. Or perhaps they are focusing on the machines and systems, but not on the actual users. Thank you, though, for soliciting comments. Consider the old people who use coins and figure out a way for them to continue doing so. They can't all walk to the subway (or even climb down to it) in order to supplement their senior metro cards. Old people are becoming ever more numerous as people live longer.

Double Parking

04/16/2016 - 10:14

When buses use this as a terminus they block traffic creating backups up Ave C.. Traffic resorts to horrible honking. Stop should be moved onto 20th St where there is less traffic.

Bus Stop Needed

04/15/2016 - 21:47

I've heard there may be changes to this route and I would say the m23 bus stop at 20th st and 20th st loop is VITAL to the community. Our community has a large amount of elderly and very young which makes walking any distance very difficult. Coming from an apartment building in the stuytown complex, which doesn't have regular traffic, makes for a long walk as it is to get to a main road that would have bus service. Please keep this vital westbound stop. Thank you.