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northeast_queens_bus_study_-_final_9-28-15
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, Metropolitan Transportation Authority<br />
Q31 ‐ Utopia Parkway/Bell Boulevard<br />
The Q31 operates between Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue in Jamaica and 27 th Avenue/Francis Lewis Boulevard<br />
in Bayside. Weekend service on the route was discontinued in June 2010 and restored in April 2014.<br />
Neighborhoods Served: Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hillcrest, Utopia, Auburndale, and Bayside.<br />
Service Details and Ridership:<br />
Q31 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday<br />
Span 5:40AM – 11:35PM 8:20AM – 8:00PM 9:10AM – 7:30PM<br />
Frequency<br />
(in minutes)<br />
Peak: AM ‐ 6/PM ‐ 13<br />
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 20/Eve ‐ 20<br />
Day: 35<br />
Overnight: N/A<br />
Day: 35<br />
Overnight: N/A<br />
Overnight: N/A<br />
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 5,709 1,150 756<br />
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was an 8.3 percent decrease in average weekday ridership, a<br />
20.1 percent decrease in average Saturday ridership and a 15.5 percent decrease in average Sunday ridership on<br />
the route. (Note: Average Saturday and Sunday ridership for 2014 only includes average for dates after 4/16/2014.)<br />
Average Weekday<br />
Average Saturday<br />
Average Sunday<br />
6,500<br />
1,500<br />
1500<br />
6,200<br />
1,200<br />
1200<br />
5,900<br />
900<br />
900<br />
5,600<br />
600<br />
600<br />
5,300<br />
300<br />
300<br />
5,000<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />
0<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />
Bus Stops: Below is a list of the five highest ridership bus stops by direction for the route on an average weekday.<br />
Q31 ‐ Northbound Ons Offs<br />
Hillside Av & Homelawn St 492 171<br />
Archer Av & Sutphin Bl 619 0<br />
Utopia Pky & Horace Harding Exp 224 230<br />
Utopia Pky & Union St 160 156<br />
Archer Av & 158 th St 246 58<br />
Q31 ‐ Southbound Ons Offs<br />
169 th St & Hillside Av 110 678<br />
Jamaica Av & Parsons Bl 29 637<br />
Utopia Pky & Horace Harding Exp 174 207<br />
Archer Av & Sutphin Bl 0 351<br />
Utopia Pky & Union Tpk 123 144<br />
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular bus transfers for the route were between the Q31 and the<br />
Q27 (323), Q46 (176), Q13 (139), Q31 (116), and Q12 (95). There were 403 transfers between the Q31 and the F<br />
train at 169 th Street Station and 166 transfers between the Q31 and the E, J, and Z trains at Jamaica Center‐Parsons‐<br />
Archer Station on an average weekday.<br />
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