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Re: It's time to restructure and eliminate express bus routes... |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jul 27 10:18:37 2008, in response to It's time to restructure and eliminate express bus routes..., posted by ClearAspect on Sat Jul 26 13:10:32 2008. Most of what I have to say about this, I've already said or others here have said it in this thread. But in summary my take is that express service should, ***in general***, be kept, for purposes of ADA accessibility and to lure a few extra people away from their cars to lessen pollution and avoid congestion.Having said that, many express routes can do with restructuring and rescheduling. I'll use the BM4, the route I'm probably most familiar with, as an example. On Saturday, this route used to have 3 round trips for the whole day. Now, it is hourly from 7AM-6PM northbound and 8:30AM-7:30PM southbound. Wouldn't it be better to spread service out so instead of having hourly service ending before Saturday night really sets in, to instead have service running every 90 minutes and end at around midnight? It would entail the same number of runs but each run would likely have more people. I don't think that current riders would abandon because service was changed from 60 to 90 minute intervals as most if not all riders look at the schedule and will only wait 5-10 minutes for the bus anyway. I think other express runs can be rescheduled in this way. |
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