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Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sat May 28 17:00:37 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by JAzumah on Fri May 27 16:43:34 2011. You have to consider that a lot of travelers travel as a family, so the $40 cost of a taxi is split among 3 or 4 people, making it more reasonable and closer to the cost of a bus fare. With the hassle of having to go to the bus stop and wait for a bus, there would still be plenty of people taking taxis to Newark Airport.I think part of the reason why the S89 is so expensive to operate is because it is poorly run. Half of the buses make a trip to Bayonne and then immediately return to the depot on Staten Island. If they had made those 6-7 trips operate as short-turns to the SI Mall, that would result in a 15 minute reverse-peak headway going back to Staten Island, which could probably attract an additional 80 or so riders traveling between Bayonne and Staten Island. Another thing that I've noticed is that the MTA provides too much service for students (at least in this corridor). If they had used the prescence of the S89 to reduce some trips on the S44 and S59, that could've been some savings right there. Of course, another factor is the fact that the service still terminates at 34th Street in spite of the new 8th Street station opening. They could shed some operating costs and possibly attract some new ridership, since the riders have a greater possibility of getting a seat at 8th Street (in fact, during rush hour, most trains get SRO by 34th Street) |
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