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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Dec 3 19:03:26 2010, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Hank Eisenstein on Fri Dec 3 11:31:31 2010. There isn't. South Shore buses local buses only do one thing-bring students to school.A lot of routes in the island seem to serve that purpose, and that needs to be fixed. Money being wasted on transporting school kids in Staten Island could be used towards giving the Bx1 and Bx2 24/7 service. There's no transit demand for local destinations, and there never will be. The average income for the areas served is over $65,000. This is an area of two and three car households not because of a LACK of transit options, but because they don't WANT to use transit, outside of commuting to work five days a week. The demand just doesn't exist. I don't know if I could necessarily agree with that, Long Island Bus and New Jersey Transit have both managed to operate successful services in higher-income suburbs. As I see it, the South Shore of Staten Island seems to have three major destinations that attract ridership: Pleasant Plains Shops, Staten Island University Hospital South, and the Staten Island Mall. Creating new routes based on those destinations, in addition to better coordination with the Staten Island Railway and newer buses, the South Shore Staten Island bus network could be revamped. |
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