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If you want Bolt Bus or similar to run a line from New Haven, CT to New York Click I want this fixed too and add your email.
Bolt bus has wireless Internet, outlets, leather seats and its cheap. You can also put a bicycle under neath for free.
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ben (Guest)
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Janna Wagner (Guest)
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Ben (Guest)
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Ben (Guest)
bolt bus is a professional co ran by greyhound. I would expect the trip to take 1 hour 40 minutes?
laura (Guest)
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Mike (Guest)
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LARA (Guest)
Ben (Guest)
Bolt Bus is 20.00 round trip New York to Boston.
Crazy huh?
LARA (Guest)
Jessica Johnson (Guest)
Are you serious??? That's what I had heard, actually.
So for the record, New Haven residents, it is actually CHEAPER to go New Haven > NYC > Boston AND BACK (Metro North + Bolt Bus) than to just go straight from New Haven to Boston ONE WAY on the Amtrak. Does anyone else find that completely absurd?
Alan Hutchison (Guest)
Edward Anderson (Registered User)
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ben (Guest)
And New Haven - Philly Amtrak rountrip: $102
New Haven Philly on Metronorth to bolt bus : $56 roundtrip (36 Metro North. 20 Bolt Bus)
bet New Haven - Philly would be 30 roundtrip on bolt bus.
Brian Tang (Registered User)
Edward Anderson (Registered User)
http://www.fungwahbus.com/Default.aspx
constance (Guest)
Sarah (Guest)
Joey (Guest)
Hellacious ,horrific accidents happen involving these buses, maybe not that much in the # that travel the roads but ..man.
When this Bolt gets stuck in Fairfield and ur just sitting there like at a stop light, i'll get a cab quick
dana (Guest)
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Doug (Guest)
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natalie (Guest)
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ivy (Guest)
Mr.Winter (Guest)
( costs, penny pinching)
After a load of trips on Metro my tush and back was feelin it. 90 minute trip every time.
Now i would jump on Bolt. I swear i'll sit still and behave , i won't get up and use the Leu,i'll sit in a catatonic state , and dream of just how long the trip would take in my car ?
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juli (Registered User)
love,
"not a hipster" juli
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Seth (Guest)
I would love a better, less expensive way to get to NYC from New Haven. I know a ton of people that would make great use out of the service.
Boston would be great too!
Ben (Guest)
Chrissy Bonanno (Guest)
The City of New Haven is committed to getting Bolt Bus to add us to their route. Working with area partners that share this goal, we are sending the company extensive demographic and marketing materials to show that New Haven would be a profitable addition to their business. We are asking the company to check out this ticket at seeclickfix to gauge community interest--so keep the posts and links coming!
Thanks,
Chrissy Bonanno
Deputy Economic Development Administrator
City of New Haven
Janna (Guest)
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Ben (Guest)
Thanks Chrissy,
Excited to see what comes of the conversation with the two companies.
By the way, this was the response I got from Bolt Bus when I emailed the director,
"Ben,
Thanks for your note concerning service to New Haven, CT. Unfortunately at this time we have no immediate expansion plans for Boltbus service in calendar year 2009. We’re aware of the New Haven market and think it would be a great opportunity for us to go into sometime in the future, it will be sometime in mid-2010 or later before we would be able to even consider an expansion of our services in the Northeast. The current economic situation and tight financial markets in the U.S. currently makes it very tough for us to consider any service expansion at this time.
Sorry, I wish I had better news for you concerning service into and out of New Haven.
Respectfully yours,
Jim Austin"
Anonymous (Guest)
Rob S (Guest)
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Community Neighbor (Guest)
This has been entered into the Aldermanic Meeting agenda for September 8th, 2009
A resolution will be read and voted on that has been submitted by Alderman Greg Morehead encouraging Bolt Bus to bring their service to New Haven
Community Neighbor (Guest)
if you are interested in making a statement to the company, showing up in RED T-SHIRTS would be a great way to symbolize unity.
As the public may not comment at full Board of Aldermen meetings, this is the one way we can help show Bolt Bus that we are very serious about this issue.
Additionally, I hope the press attend - and I can imagine that if enough people respond on here that they are interested in showing up wearing red, then someone will send out a press release
As there is no formal group pushing this (it's only ad-hoc on here), I would imagine that Econ Develop would be excited to take the initiative to do so. Since someone posted, I'm sure they'll get the notification
Who's in to show up in red? I'll be there!
Jason (Guest)
It's great to hear that the issue will be discussed at City Hall. I don't know how open BoltBus is to suggestions regarding the particulars of the route, but it might be nice if the bus stopped at Harlem 125th St. on its way to Midtown Manhattan. This would let people access Upper Manhattan and the Lexington Avenue subway lines. The bus has to pass right through this area anyway since it can't use the FDR Expressway.
If the bus ends up being dedicated for NH-NY service, it might consider stopping in east Midtown rather than the usual BoltBus curbside near Penn Station. Avoiding the drive across Manhattan could significantly reduce the travel time, particularly during peak traffic times. Travel between East Midtown and New Haven would just make a lot more sense than travel between Penn Station and New Haven.
Janna (Guest)
Janna (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Thank you, Janna!
This also appeared in today's Yale Daily News. Please leave comments there as well! http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/03/city-may-try-lure-boltbus/
Ben Berkowitz (Registered User)
Wish I was around. Wear two for me.
Amy (Guest)
BB (Registered User)
I've never ridden one. How is it?
Chrissy Bonanno (Guest)
I LOVE the red shirt idea. I will certainly be wearing mine. Thanks to Janna and Doug for promoting Alderman Greg Morehead's resolution and the Board of Aldermen meeting. While public comment is not part of the BOA meeting, there is a public caucus at 6:45 in Meeting Room #1 on the second floor of City Hall prior to the meeting where the public can comment if recognized by the Majority Leader. I am sure that Alderwoman Katrina Jones would certainly recognize supportive comments by red clad supporters.
PS--Alderman Morehead cited support of SeeClickFix users in his submission letter as a reason why the BOA should weigh in on recruiting Bolt Bus. Kudos to you!
BB (Registered User)
Hey Chrissy,
Thanks much for responding here.
Do you have the Alderman's resolution per chance?
Would be great to see it. This may be the first piece of SeeClickFix birthed legislation by the way. :-)
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Anonymous (Guest)
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I'd love to use the service, especially to Boston but I'd welcome a NY connection as well!
Most people I know would welcome an affordable and reliable way of getting to Boston. New Haven's location is perfect to go to Boston often, but at the moment this is highly impractical without a car.
Pedro (Guest)
While I'm not a fan of using the poor PIrelli Tire building as a giant billboard, maybe we could lobby IKEA to let us put a "HEY BOLTBUS STOP HERE!" sign on the building. That would certainly get their attention!
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Community Neighbor (Guest)
great idea to have a sign, not a great idea (in my mind) to ask a business to give up their #1 advertisement.
perhaps, if that is the way to go, Market New Haven would be able to purchase a billboard and ask BoltBus to stop here, promoting New Haven as a cultural midway point between New Haven/Boston as well as a transit-oriented-city
Community Neighbor (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
City votes in favor on Bolt Bus resolution:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/09/city-votes-lure-boltbus/
A crowd of red shirts expressed their support. See attached photo.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
"Bolt Bus Encouraged to Stop Here," NH Independent, 9/9/09:
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/buses_encourage.php
BB (Registered User)
A different take on this from: http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/09/greyhound-is-not-government-agency.html :
Capntransit's call to action is "show that the business model is profitable and you might get Bolt Bus to come"
So who's up for it?
Can Bolt Make Money Here? Prove it and it might help.
jcp (Guest)
BB (Registered User)
Price, Outlets and Wireless.
They are also really comfortable which I'm not sure about with Greyhound.
What's the deal with Megabus? Anybody ridden.
Mike (Guest)
Traffic people, TRAFFIC!
have any of you noticed that one of the worst sections for traffic in the WHOLE country is between NYC and New Haven on I-95??? I mean WTF, why has this been the top seeclickfix for the last 2 weeks?
Train= no traffic
Bus= sit in traffic for an extra hour to two hours
Community Neighbor (Guest)
Mike,
I think people are not impressed with 80 miles taking 1.75 hours on a train. FWIW it was only 1.33 hours in 1920's (my dates may be off). Additionally, people enjoy the Wi-Fi.
This is a good short term solution until we get real train options.
Mike (Guest)
jcp (Guest)
I agree with Mike about the traffic. I wonder how often Bolt Bus is on schedule.
Are there other train options in the works?
Community Neighbor (Guest)
Mike,
I appreciate your willingness to take the train. There is no wi-fi, so the product does not compare very well.
I wish we had better trains with Wi-Fi so that I could do work in/out of NYC trips. But we don't have that right now. This is another option. This is not supposed to remove the train schedule. Bolt Bus is operating on other routes that have similar paths to the trains, and yet somehow it's still popular and in business.
Could there be a reason? I won't know until I have that option from New Haven to NYC. I think that I'd rather take a bus with wi-fi than train without and with uncomfortable seating.
This isn't a "shut-down the train and give us the bus!" issue. It's a "bring us an additional option" issue.
Jason S. (Guest)
I remember being informed by Metro North that the new M-8 railcars would have 120V outlets for plugging in laptops, etc. This is a small but very useful amenity that would bring the train's quality of service closer to that of BoltBus. As for wireless, if it's possible to offer it on a bus, the economics of scale should make it even cheaper to provide service on a train with ~500-1000 riders. I don't know why Metro North isn't going to offer wireless on the M-8 cars, but maybe we should start writing them letters and pestering them to look into it. This would be an additional expense, but compared to the astronomical costs of Metro North's track maintenance, railcar maintenance, bridge inspections, electricity bill, generous employee benefits, etc., etc., the wireless should be down in the round-off error of the balance sheets.
Maybe the campaign to bring BoltBus to New Haven should emphasize the importance of the New Haven-Boston link, which is so poorly and expensively served by Amtrak and Greyhound? I see the New Haven to Boston BoltBus service as potentially being even more important for New Haven, given that New Haven already has decent service to NY and in light of the two cities' similar economies and heavy concentrations of medical research and biotech start-ups. The freeways between New Haven and Boston are also a bit less congested than I-95.
The NH-NY link also suffers from the fact that there are no freeways running down Manhattan that buses can use, forcing them onto avenues for 100 blocks or so.
Jay (Guest)
I don’t mind taking Metro-North to NYC, but lately I’ve found myself driving to cut both costs and time. We’ve driven down for the past two weekends and I was shocked at how fast it was. Even with traffic we got there in about 1 ½ hours each time. I understand that a lot of people would rather just take the train in, but having another option couldn’t hurt.
I myself am looking forward more to the Boston option, since I’d love to go more often but am deterred by the high costs.
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jfk23 (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Success?
"TransportAzumah, a New York–based private bus company, has offered to start a Friday–Sunday express service from New Haven to Boston and New York. Owner Joel Azumah said this service, which may later include an additional stop to Providence, R.I., would seek to fill a demand present in areas routinely passed by express services. Azumah said his preliminary plans come in part as a response to increased pressure from the Board of Alderman to provide a new low-cost transportation option such as the BoltBus, a coach service owned by Greyhound Lines. Azumah said he is currently drafting a tentative schedule for the service to show the New Haven community, adding that if feedback is good, the line should run in time for Thanksgiving break."
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/15/briefly-alternative-boltbus-proffers-additional-ne/
Ben Berkowitz (Registered User)
Do you have more info about the operator TransportAzumah and the offerings?
Wireless, cost, etc?
Cap'n Transit (Guest)
Ben, I put together some more info about TransportAzumah for you:
http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-haven-bike-n-wifi-bus-update.html
Ben Berkowitz (Registered User)
Do you know why he is only proposing weekend trips?
Is that just to test the market?
-Ben
Cap'n Transit (Guest)
Ben Berkowitz (Registered User)
I think the only concern with Azumah is posts like this complaining about service:
http://blog.silive.com/advanceupdate/2007/05/commuters_at_the_breaking_poin.html
Hopefully he will deliver quality buses with Internet in the Pilot so people lobby for his service full time.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
New Haven to Boston service to begin Thanksgiving, according to this report (posted on Design New Haven):
http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/09/transport-azumah-to-inaugurate-new.html
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-new-haven-to-boston-rt-bus-fares-now.html
Thanks SeeClickFix
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TransportAzumah (Guest)
DE (Guest)
I know many who would use this service. What do we need to do to make it happen?
LS (Guest)
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John (Guest)
jesus people, posting on here is not the way to get things rolling. I dont know if you people are aware but the city/state officials have a ton on their plates right now and private sector matters are not priority... give Bolt/greyhound a call! call them everyday! email them too!
Knowing how small this town is I bet its just a small handful of people that log on everyday and click this as an item that needs to be fixed. I'll go even farther out on a limb and guess that the majority live in east rock and dont venture very far away from their safe white neighborhood.
we clog this site up with garbage like this and people stop using it. internet access...
Community Neighbor (Guest)
John - there was a resolution passed by our alermen supported by many people wearing red, and TransportAzumah has agreed to start weekend runs to Boston.
Additionally, Boltbus saw the picture of supporters wearing red at the aldermanic reading (which was organized using this site) and thanked us for our support via their twitter. i just don't agree with your thought process. i think results matter and there are clearly good results.
"TransportAzumah, a New York–based private bus company, has offered to start a Friday–Sunday express service from New Haven to Boston and New York. Owner Joel Azumah said this service, which may later include an additional stop to Providence, R.I., would seek to fill a demand present in areas routinely passed by express services. Azumah said his preliminary plans come in part as a response to increased pressure from the Board of Alderman to provide a new low-cost transportation option such as the BoltBus, a coach service owned by Greyhound Lines. Azumah said he is currently drafting a tentative schedule for the service to show the New Haven community, adding that if feedback is good, the line should run in time for Thanksgiving break."
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/15/briefly-alternative-boltbus-proffers-additional-ne/
Peter (Guest)
Ted (Guest)
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Ted (Guest)
You know what would really be great? Extend CT DOT's Shoreline East Commuter Rail to Westerly RI, where MBTA's Providence Line from Boston could extend past Warwick to Westerly, providing a connection. I'd bet ridership would really escalate, but both states' transit agencies would balk at the cost of implementation.
It's bad enough that one cannot use the lower-cost Metro-North commuter rail lines to make a direct link with NJ Transit rail lines at NYC's Penn Station, as all
M-N trains terminate at Grand Central Terminal- 1.5 miles away. Only Amtrak runs through NYC via Penn Station, at up to double the cost.
From a local standpoint, CT's various bus systems offer little or no connections with train stations- with the exception of Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford.
No wonder we must rely on our cars, parking lots, and taxicabs- costing 2-3x more than bus service.
Anonymous (Guest)
http://www.transportazumah.com/NHVBOS
"SERVICE CANCELLED"
What happened?
When will GoToBus begin providing service to Boston and Philly?
BB (Registered User)
Yikes,
Transport Azumah, can you let us know if this is specific to New Haven.
A lot of people were hoping that you were a reasonable alternative to Bolt Bus. I believe that the Captain Transit post stated that we should not be limiting our search to Bolt Bus as there were responsible alternatives like your service.
I hope that this promise of service has not disrupted a reputable company like Bolt or Mega Bus from entering our market.
Some more information about your intentions going forward would be appreciated as I feel that your injection in this conversation has affected the potential for us to have better transportation which as Captain Transit points out is the ultimate goal.
Thanks,
Ben
Anonymous (Guest)
I was hoping to get a ticket for next week. What a joke.
200 people sign up for tickets, with no advertising and in the first week of operation, and the company just pulls out?
At least they did a service by proving how high the demand actually is.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
I would have taken the new service this weekend too. This is really unfortunate.
If you're on Twitter and want Bolt Bus to pay attention, try this:
@BoltBus still not running to New Haven. #Unfixed despite 287 votes and 1 gov't resolution. http://seeclickfix.com/issues/7425 #NHV #bolting
BB (Registered User)
I got a response back from Bolt Bus on Twitter: "@BenBerkowitz We are trying but some things are out of our control."
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
BB (Registered User)
Hey Mark,
That was not my impression. Was somewhat of a confusing tweet. They have sited poor economic conditions for raising capital for buses previously. Maybe that was the point.
-Ben
BB (Registered User)
Karen (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
https://www.boltbus.com/contactus.aspx
Head Shaker (Guest)
J (Guest)
I agree with head shaker 100%, having driven to Baltimore dozens of times I have to say that sometimes its a quick 4.5 hour drive(same as train) and sometimes its an 8.5 hour hellride.
The real problem is the trains cost WAY too damn much, there are not enough people using the trains therefore they need to have higher fares to cover the cost(as well as taxpayer assistance).
How do we solve this problem?
Mila3737 (Guest)
Head Shaker (Guest)
To J (and other interesed parties):
Increase use of cargo trains instead of putting everything into tractor trailers that clog 95. Prices would go down if the commuter trains were used more often because they would not need to drive up the price to make the same profit. As it is, MetroNorth can bring you from New Haven to NYC and back for under $30. Gas and parking would cost you at least that, and you can doze, read, or whatever.
For others who were concerned with getting further south than NYC, you can take a train to Grand Central and the S line from GCS to Penn Station to continue on. They run about every 5 minutes, so it significantly reduces the walk.
On a bus you're just as, if not more, cramped as in a car. And it will not get you there faster than driving. The cost will not be significantly lower than a train. (Maybe $10 each way instead of $14.)
Just my 2 cents.
Jo Kremer (Guest)
Melissa (Guest)
Tired'o Drivin' (Guest)
Sign me up- BOLT.
I know of others who would do the same if you added a Ffld county stop.
Tristen Sechi (Registered User)
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Anonymous (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Please consider overnight/early morning service into NYC stopping in greater New Haven area. I too would purchase a weekly/monthly pass with your service.
Citizen (Registered User)
I can imagine BoltBus being a little hesitant of operating in and out of New Haven because of our very small bus terminal. Currently, Greyhound and PeterPan operate out of a terrible setup in the surface parking lot at Union Station.
I think that if an actual Union Station bus terminal by the current Union Station is built, with a possible separate building, nice modern look, etc. we can easily attract BoltBus for routes to/from at least Boston and New York, as well as other bus companies (e.g. Fung Wah, etc.)
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Citizen (Registered User)
I think that a better route from New Haven would be to Boston, rather then New York. If we can get both, that'd be great! But for New York service, we already have Metro North.. I don't know if it's more expensive or not, I don't know prices.. but there is no commuter service to Boston or anything.
"Would love to have this service especially if I had somewhere to park in New Haven and then catch the bus."
Hopefully, right above the bus station. If you notice, the new "Phase 1" Parking garage at Union Station is right on top of the bus station and car rentals. Plans for this call for the lower floor to be built with high ceilings so that it can hopefully occupy the buses, but I don't what'll happen with this.
Citizen (Registered User)
BoltBus responded to a message I've sent them saying that they would like to start service in New Haven, but at the moment - all of their buses are being used.
What we've got to understand here, is that BoltBus doesn't just have a whole bunch of spare buses sitting around, so when some new buses are ordered in the future, then we might see some service.
Jfk23 (Guest)
juli (Registered User)
Citizen (Registered User)
Juli - as I posted above, BoltBus answered directly to me via email, and I'm sure they'd do the same for you if you ask politely.
Once again -
"BoltBus responded to a message I've sent them saying that they would like to start service in New Haven, but at the moment - all of their buses are being used.
What we've got to understand here, is that BoltBus doesn't just have a whole bunch of spare buses sitting around, so when some new buses are ordered in the future, then we might see some service."
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
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Diane (Guest)
Boston to NYC route should have a stop in New Haven, CT for sure!!!!
Diane
Anonymous (Guest)
I commute when trains do not run
forced to use car gas insurance repairs depreciation......
would definitely prefer to pay to get on a bus and read, sleep ...,.
why not charge the same fare and ad a stop in NH.
bolt would be growing their business without adding to there expense.
Citizen (Registered User)
New York to Boston runs on BoltBus are all sold out every day, there would be no point of a stop. Both New Haven to NY and Boston routes would have tons of ridership, and I'm sure that we'll see BoltBus pulling into New Haven someday.
Post by LS -
This weekend I was driving to Union Station and saw a Bolt bus on Church St between North and South Frontage Roads. It stopped for a minute on that block and then turned left and entered onto the ramp that leads to I-91 and I-95. Could they be trying out a possible bus stop?! That would be a great place for it too, close to downtown!
- That's awesome!! I'd say that 55 Church St would be an excellent terminal for buses (and is already for CTTransit) because of the heated bus shelters, the busy environment, theres a Rite Aid, D&D, it's downtown
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TransportAzumah (Guest)
Service began on the New Haven CT - Boston MA route on Friday, September 24, 2010. TransportAzumah carried 13 passengers this weekend on the service. The website to book seats is http://www.NewHavenToBostonBus.com. The vehicles used will be a bus or van, depending on the number of bookings. There are currently two stops available: New Haven-State Street Station and Elm Street just south of College Street at the bus shelters. The pickup in Boston is across the street from 290 Congress Street. The fare is $25 each way.
More service will be added if the initial scheduled trip performs well.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Thanks, Transport Azumah!
How is the schedule progressing this past week?
TransportAzumah (Guest)
Citizen (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
It looks like NHV - Boston service has been expanded for Thanksgiving. Thank you Transport Azumah: http://www.transportazumah.com/NHVBOS
You should call it the "Smart City Bus", given that Boston and New Haven were just named the two "smartest" cities in the United States, ahead of 3rd place Silicon Valley.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-24/ranking-americas-smartest-and-dumbest-cities/
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Edgar (Registered User)
TransportAzumah (Registered User)
Ridership is up and down. Our focus will be to advertise more aggressively in Boston as well as Greater New Haven.
I think the biggest issue is getting people used to a reservation system. We are putting in a new reservation system next week to make booking much faster. We control capacity because we try not to oversell trips. Our next step is to get into South Station.
Citizen (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-new-haven-to-boston-rt-bus-fares-now.html
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
According to TransportAzumah's Facebook page, service has been suspended to September 2011.
http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-new-haven-to-boston-rt-bus-fares-now.html
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Citizen (Registered User)
MegaBus has just announced service from New Haven to Hartford and Boston! Check it out on their website.
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-megabus-0713-20110712,0,2817991.story
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
1000 free seats available!
edgar (Guest)
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CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Looks like there are now two lines to Boston. According to a post at http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-new-haven-to-boston-rt-bus-fares-now.html, the Transport Azumah service resumes September 16, 2011 -- the schedule from New Haven to Boston is 9am (Fr/Sa/Su) and 4pm (Fr/Su). The schedule from Boston to New Haven is 1pm (Fr/Sa/Su) and 8pm (Fr/Su).
Are any of the companies interested in starting a bus line to Philadelphia or New York?
benhv (Guest)
juli (Registered User)
guest (Guest)
Most transformative solution by far but also huge capital outlay:
High speed rail between NY and New Haven. Apparently the tracks between New York and New Haven don't allow trains to go that fast. The Acela crawls this portion. So fixing that is big public commitment / $$$.
Well worth it in my opinion.
Would like this to be metro north, not just Amtrak (which apparently plans to bypass new haven in its new high speed plan) Amtrak prides itself on not being on time and they are wicked expensive,despite federal subsidies.
Sometimes people knock metro north but I love those guys and gals. They are always on time, and their people are nice and they work hard to keep prices down. They are making efforts to make it easier to take bicycles on board.
Another cool option is high speed ferry to Manhattan from New Haven.
New London has high speed ferry to Long Island, way eastern portion of Long Island, and that was because New London was hurting for econ dev. at the time (and really deserved it -- a cool city that needed the boost)
The New London high speed ferry is of course mostly for leisure. It connects to the leisure areas of eastern Long Island. Another one goes to Block Island.
High speed ferry from New Haven to Wall Street would take about an hour or a little more. about 75-80 mile trip. The drawback to this is unlike MetroNorth, Amtrak and buses, what alternative fuels can ferries use? They use gasoline or diesel, right? They could use fuel cells I suppose. but that would raise the cost. Fuel cells are not cheap.
Natural gas -- can they get the speed they need on natural gas?
The upside of trains and boats is they drain I-95 of some more cars. Bus helps that too.
Don't mean to dilute the focus on the Bolt Bus, but thought same crowd interested in that might appreciate these ideas too
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By the way, everyone knows, right, that the minute the NY commute is substantially reduced New Haven is going to explode economically with commuters moving here. As we all know, there are commuters going to NY every day from new haven as it is, and it is grueling for them. they are young and they just plow ahead.
the minute the commute goes down to an hour or less, Wowza. New Haven will change overnight - influx of new residents getting rental bargains at first, then rents locally will rise very quickly. NYC is such a giant market that even in economically poor times this would be the case. Rents would equal stamford and greenwich, which are high
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Megabus has a NHV-NYC ticket for $7 on Saturday 6AM, returning for $5 on Sunday 6PM. Looks like they are adding more.
Cheaper than a London subway fare.
Fill up these runs, and maybe Megabus will add more. Then we can close this ticket for good.
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