SIM1: This route essentially stayed the same throughout the planning process. Ever since June 2017, it was always proposed to be an ETC-Downtown route via Hylan Blvd and Church Street/Broadway.
SIM2: In June 2017, this route was originally supposed to run straight down Huguenot Avenue and end at Hylan Blvd. In October 2017, it was revised to be extended to Tottenville (down Hylan Blvd to Craig Avenue), and in March 2018, it was revised to swing over to Arden Avenue north of Woodrow Road to provide additional Downtown coverage).
SIM3: In June 2017, this route was originally supposed to terminate at the local bus terminal at Port Richmond Avenue & Richmond Terrace, and the northbound route was via Madison Avenue as opposed to 6th Avenue. In October 2017, the Staten Island terminal was changed back to Castleton Avenue & Jewett Avenue, and in March 2018, the Manhattan routing was changed to via 6th Avenue as opposed to Madison Avenue.
SIM4: The June 2017 proposal had it cut back to the Eltingville Transit Center. In October 2017, they changed it back to the X17A terminal at Annadale Road & Drumgoole Road West (so basically, at that point, they kept the entire X17A route)
SIM5: In June 2017, and October 2017, this route ran straight up Giffords Lane (without the turns up Leverett & Armstrong) and via Church/Broadway in Manhattan as opposed to Water Street. In March 2018, the Leverett/Armstrong routing was restored, and the route ran up Water Street in Manhattan.
SIM6: In June 2017, and October 2017, this route ran straight up Giffords Lane (without the turns up Leverett & Armstrong). In March 2018, the Leverett/Armstrong routing was restored. After implementation, the Manhattan outbound routing was changed to via Lexington Avenue instead of 5th Avenue.
SIM7: This route wasn't created until the March 2018 proposal. It originally ran along Father Capodanno Blvd, but was moved to Hylan Blvd in May 2018.
SIM8: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush (It was also truncated to the Eltingville Transit Center). In October 2017, it was extended to the X17A terminal at Annadale Road & Drumgoole Road West (with the Manhattan routing being via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound, and in May 2018, the route was extended down Woodrow Road to Huguenot Avenue to accommodate X23 riders who were too far from the SIM22/23/24 (with the Manhattan routing being via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue)
SIM9: This route was created after the proposal was implemented, in October 2018. (Hylan & Richmond to 14th Street via Father Capodanno Blvd & West Street)
SIM10: The June 2017 & October 2017 proposals had this route terminate at Hylan Blvd & Richmond Avenue and run via 5th/Madison Avenue in Manhattan. In March 2018, it was extended up Richmond Avenue to the ETC (to provide a "via Hylan/via Brooklyn" alternative to the SIM22) and rerouted via 6th Avenue instead of Madison Avenue.
SIM15: The June 2017 proposal had it bypassing Richmondtown (just running straight via Richmond Road like the S74 as opposed to looping up Wilder, Clarke & Amboy), with the Manhattan routing being via Church/Broadway. In October 2017, the Richmondtown routing was restored, and in March 2018, the Manhattan routing was changed to operate via Water Street. In June 2018 (after the public hearing) it was changed to operate the full Downtown Loop.
SIM22: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush (and was also proposed to start at Hylan & Richmond like the X21). In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound (and the route was extended a few blocks to Hylan Blvd & Woods of Arden Road), and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). After implementation, the Manhattan outbound routing was changed to via Lexington Avenue instead of 5th Avenue.
SIM23: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush. In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound, and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue)
SIM24: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush. In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound (and the terminal was shifted a few blocks west to Hylan & Luten instead of Hylan & Huguenot), and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue)
SIM25: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush (and the original terminal was Hylan & Woodvale). In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue, with the route extended on the Staten Island end to Hylan & Craig (along with the SIM2). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound, and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue)
SIM26: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush. In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue), with the Staten Island terminal cut back to Hylan & Craig (since the SIM2/25 covered the Hylan Blvd portion in Tottenville). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound (and the terminal was shifted a few blocks west to Hylan & Luten instead of Hylan & Huguenot), and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue), with the Staten Island terminal being shifted to Hylan & Page (I guess they figured buses had to go back down Hylan to reach Page to head up to the Charleston Depot)
SIM30: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush, with the Staten Island terminal cut back to Forest & Brighton. In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue), with the Staten Island terminal extended slightly to Forest & Victory. In March 2018, the Manhattan routing changed to 42nd Street inbound and 34th Street outbound (and the terminal was shifted back to Victory & Clove), and in May 2018, the Manhattan routing was via 42nd Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue). In June 2018 the pilot branch to Rosebank was added.
SIM31: In June 2017, this route was proposed to take 42nd Street to 6th Avenue in the AM, and 5th Avenue to 42nd Street in the PM rush, with the Staten Island terminal extended to the X17A terminal at Annadale Road & Drumgoole Road. In October 2017, the Manhattan routing was via 34th Street in both directions, and 5th/Madison Avenue), with the Staten Island terminal placed back at the ETC. In March 2018, the routing changed to accommodate X10B riders (so it was routed via Brooklyn in both directions, adding the stops along the service road, and routed up the FDR Drive in Manhattan).
SIM32: This route has basically been the X11 throughout the whole process.
SIM33: This route was created in March 2018 to maintain service from the North Shore to the West Street & Greenwich Village areas of Manhattan.
SIM34: This route has basically been a short-turned X12 (cut back to Worth Street via Church/Broadway) throughout the whole process.
SIM35: In June 2017, this route was originally supposed to terminate at the local bus terminal at Port Richmond Avenue & Richmond Terrace. In October 2017, the Staten Island terminal was changed back to Castleton Avenue & Jewett Avenue. (In both 2017 proposals, it bypassed Narrows Road and entered the SIE at Clove Road). In March 2018, the Manhattan routing was changed to operate via Water Street and the Narrows Road stops were added back (so riders can transfer to the SIM1/7/10 to access other portions of Manhattan, particularly the SIM10 for Midtown access).
Now here's the fun part, comparing the SIM routes to the X routes. Now apparently, the MTA and I differ on our opinions of which SIM routes are most representative of their old "X" counterparts. Here's my understanding of how the MTA defined the SIM routes (based off how some operators defined them from what they were told in their run booklets)
SIM1: Old X1 (Well, the SIM1C is definitely the full X1 route. The SIM1 is arguably a truncated X1, especially with the service levels the MTA provides on it)
SIM2: Old X19 (Agree)
SIM3: Old X10 (Highly disagree. To me, this is clearly a beefed up X42 rerouted to Port Richmond, and the SIM3C is the X12 with off-peak service. Another interesting thing I've heard is this is the old X14, since it starts in Port Richmond and runs up the FDR to West Midtown. It actually has a good amount of X14 riders as well who don't want to deal with the SIM35-SIM10 transfer)
SIM4: Old X17A (Agree)
SIM4C: Modified X17C (Disagree, since it combines a huge portion of the X10 ridership base. To me, this is a 50/50 split of the X10 and X17. To me, the only reasoning you can say for this being the X17 is if you agree with the SIM3C being the X10)
SIM5: Old X8 (Agree)
SIM6: Modified X7 (Disagree. To me, this is the X5 routed via Great Kills, especially now that it runs down Lexington Avenue in the PM rush. It was likely the Great Kills portion that caused them to label it as the X7).
SIM7: Extended X9 (I know it has the number 7, but to me, this is the X9 since it runs up the central part of Hylan Blvd)
SIM8: Old X17J (Agree)
SIM9: This was created in October 2018, so I think by that point, the MTA didn't bother with any internal renumberings. But if it resembles anything, I'd say it resembles the X7 more than the X9.
SIM10: Old X5 (Disagree. To me, this is an extended X2. It was likely the Richmond Avenue portion that caused them to label it as the X5)
SIM15: Old X15 (Agree)
SIM22: Old X21 (Agree)
SIM23: This is an old Academy route (so the MTA doesn't really internally relabel it), but even though I've heard a lot of people say it's "the old X23", I'd say it resembles the old X24 down Arden more moreso than the X23, which looped around the South Shore.
SIM24: I'd say this is also the old X24 since it goes down Huguenot (It's a mix of the X24, X17J, and X23, but from what I understand, even some of the X17J riders getting on at the Huguenot SIR station would transfer to the X24 at Arden Avenue because it took a more direct route to the West Shore Expressway).
SIM25: Modified X22 (Agree. Though if you had to assign the X23 to a SIM route, I'd say the SIM25 would be it since it covers Foster/Seguine).
SIM26: Old X22 (Agree, though if you consider the X22A to be a separate route, you could also make the case for this being an extremely beefed up X22A)
SIM30: Old X30 (Agree)
SIM31: Old X31 (Agree....but I think this ignores the large portion of X10B riders it picked up)
SIM32: Old X11 (Agree)
SIM33: Modified X12 (Highly disagree. To me, this is very clearly the X10B truncated to 14th Street and rerouted to Mariners Harbor. The majority of riders are still emanating from the Gannon corridor)
SIM34: Old X12 (Agree)
SIM35: Old X14 (Agree)
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