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Posted by JAzumah on Mon Oct 27 22:48:47 2008, in response to Re: Orion VII Wrecked, posted by AMoreira81 on Mon Oct 27 21:45:07 2008. Even ONE more is sheer lunacy. Making the schedules "reliable" on Staten Island would take quite a few buses to do so. It would take at least 20 buses just to keep guys off of Richmond Terrace on all routes while maintaining the 15 minute peak headway on the ferry routes.What did they do with their last bunch of "surplus" buses? Did they fix the schedule? Of course they didn't. Running very tight schedules is a "productivity improvement", showing that the MTA can reduce its budget. The fact that it comes up on the back end as overtime has been (until very recently) inconsequential. The whole goal is to pare down the advertised budget and when it blows up, they procure "emergency funds". This year's fuel spike was totally unpredictable, but the agency's need to overspec the most simple things got them burned on the fuel contract. My point is that you could fix the schedule on the back of a napkin. I could take another napkin and increase express bus service coverage by imposing a 20-25% cut in capacity on today's express bus system and move everyone while adding new service to Jersey Gardens and New Brunswick. However, the MTA is not interested in running a reliable schedule. Once the bus goes out the door, all sorts of excuses can be and are made. |
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