tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post4005210024003127541..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: If the MTA doesn't want to take you to work...Cap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-41732874123265675292012-11-12T22:42:20.957-05:002012-11-12T22:42:20.957-05:00I've talked to somebody who lives in East Flat...I've talked to somebody who lives in East Flatbush. He says that there actually aren't a whole lot of vans down Utica: They mostly go down Flatbush. <br /><br />He says they have "dollar vans" and "dollar cabs/cars". The vans usually run all the way down to Kings Plaza (I assume from Eastern Parkway), while the cars usually go no further than Avenue H. Some of them also come up from Church Avenue (from either direction), and then take Utica up to Eastern Parkway.<br /><br />Then there are dollar cabs (no vans) that run down Church Avenue as well. (I think from like Remsen to East 18th Street, but don't quote me on that)<br /><br />BTW, there are also some on the SE Queens lines. I know one goes from Green Acres to Jamaica, but I'm not sure what route it takes.George Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288033149559815848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-70875349372506122742012-11-03T01:01:05.847-04:002012-11-03T01:01:05.847-04:00It's really hard to make a map of the Chinatow...It's really hard to make a map of the Chinatown van services, because they use alternate routes depending on traffic conditions - they alternate between the Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges quite often, and (in the case of Flushing - Chinatown) can go up the FDR through the Midtown Tunnel, up the BQE to the LIE, and up the BQE to the GCP. On more than one occasion, the van I was on went through local streets in Greenpoint and Brooklyn.<br /><br />There is one big downside to not being MTA-affiliated - due to the gas shortage, I'm hearing from friends and family that the Flushing vans will stop operating on Saturday, because they don't receive the priority at gas stations that taxis do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-24142321618325042392012-10-31T00:53:17.148-04:002012-10-31T00:53:17.148-04:00There are also dollar vans on Utica and Nostrand t...There are also dollar vans on Utica and Nostrand that leave from Kings Plaza, but I'm not sure where they terminate...I'm pretty sure they don't go all the way to downtown Brooklyn (they might end at the IRT stations on Eastern Parkway? I'm really not sure...).Stephen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118017106106571684noreply@blogger.com