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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Thu May 26 17:59:56 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by Hank Eisenstein on Thu May 26 16:28:32 2011. The housing complexes along Arden Ave are easy walking distance to the 74. It's JUST 1/2 mile from Rolling Hill Green to Arthur Kill Rd, a very reasonable walking distance to mass transit; however, it might make sense to run the 74 up Arden, across Woodrow, and down Huguenot. It makes the route longer, but it serves a much broader area (using my 1/2-mile walk to transit as a yardstick) The only area that loses service to the ferry in this scenario is Arthur Kill between Arden and Huguenot, a distance of ~.5mi.You're one of a kind, most people aren't going to walk 1/2 mile to then wait at least 15 minutes for a bus when they have a car, but the S74 should most definitely serve Arden Avenue somehow. I don't think there's anything that can be done to fix the 54, other than routing it to the ferry. I'd also say turn it at Nelson and Hylan if there was a place to do it. I don't know why people always suggest extending other routes along Richmond Terrace like the S40 needs help although it runs 20 minutes most of the day (30 minutes on weekends), improve the S40's headways first before talking about how it needs help. I agree, the 57 SHOULD run down New Dorp lane, instead of Guyon Ave. To continue to serve the area of Farrell HS, it should use South Railroad Ave to New Dorp Plaza, then New Dorp Lane, and loop the shopping centers between Hylan, New Dorp Lane, Tysens Lane, and Mill Rd. That's way too much for a high school that's right next to a SIR station. I hear that the MTA is planning on creating an Amboy Road route, so let's see how that pans out. There aren't enough potential daily riders between Staten Island and mainland NJ to make such a service worth the cost; congestion on the route isn't signifiant, and it would actually make for a longer commute than driving your own car. Unless some major office parks with 20-plus-story buildings develop in Elizabeth or Perth Amboy, it never will. Port Elizabeth & Newark Airport alone employ thousands of people, and a route connecting either or both to Staten Island would attract a blue collar ridership that would probably like a cheaper way to get to work. Elizabeth is also one of the largest cities in New York & a transportation hub. |
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