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Re: It's time to restructure and eliminate express bus routes... |
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Posted by caseyjim on Sat Jul 26 14:11:03 2008, in response to Re: It's time to restructure and eliminate express bus routes..., posted by ClearAspect on Sat Jul 26 14:00:14 2008. Some of those routes do not really need to be running at all, especially when, in some cases you have buses running half full or 3/4 empty on some trips.This type of service should only be operated when it is demonstrated there is sufficient demand for it to make it a seperate route from a regular all stops route. The Niagara Frontier Transit System and the NFTA since then have elected that only certain trips on established routes be run freeway or thruway express between originating suburbs and downtown Buffalo. The former 8-Main Williamsville-North Bailey Meadows designated certain inbound and outbound trips with the letter F or H with a slash through the letter, which would also appear on the front sign of the bus in red through the white letter. Inbound trips in NFT's final years as a private company ran moderately full and outbound trips were full on this route. A lot of these other express routes are to please some political hack if anything and not really perform a real service to the public. Many of these routes just waste diesel fuel. What the TA's should do before putting on an express bus is gauge the demand to see if a full load of passengers or something close to it is going to use it. By eliminating a lot of unnessary runs,the Transit Authority can save money to be used to provide a service for which THERE is a need and demand for. |
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