Ridership Statistics For Roosevelt Island Red Bus Manhattan Shuttle Service During April 11 F Train Service Disruption

Waiting For The Manhattan Red Bus Shuttle At Riverwalk Stop

As reported in this post, there was no Manhattan bound F train service from Roosevelt Island last Sunday during the hours of 12 AM - 12 PM for the first time since the Tram Shutdown. To replace the Manhattan Bound F Train, RIOC operated a Red Bus Shuttle service to Manhattan on the hour from 12 AM - 8 AM and on the half hour from 8 AM - 12 PM. RIOC Vice President of Operations Fernando Martinez provides the ridership statistics below:

As you know, we provided additional shuttle bus service on Sunday, April 11th. During the F train service disruption (12AM to 12PM), we had a total of 372 people taking the Manhattan-bound bus, and 16 people returning to Roosevelt Island. We resumed normal shuttle bus service at 1PM. From 1PM to 11PM, we had 130 people taking the Manhattan-bound bus, and 129 people returning to Roosevelt Island. For your review, I have attached a copy of the shuttle bus ridership data for Sunday, April 11th.

Bus Ridership for April 11th 2010

A reader of the earlier post commented:

Here's one data point for the Sunday morning challenge. I waited opposite the school a little prior to 8:40 AM since I thought that the Red Shuttle Bus to Manhattan should be running every 1/2 hour. No such luck. By the time I got to the subway, there was one lone, but pleasantly smiling attendant, telling us that the Manhattan bound trains weren't running and the next shuttle bus to leave from River Walk Bar & Grill would be 8 AM. She didn't know of any 1/2 hour schedule. Aside from the attendant, the only reinforcement for the lack of service was the elevator to the platform was tied off. There was a distinct lack of signage indicating the schedule change by the subway entrance so when arriving to the Queen's bound platform, there were several people on the platform for the Manhattan bound side.

I think the timeline in this comment is a little off. The reader probably means that the next shuttle bus to leave Riverwalk Bar & Grill was 9 AM not 8 AM as written.