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Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sat May 28 17:10:53 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Thu May 26 14:25:25 2011. I disagree with your statement about the S89. The ridership was supposed to be roughly 1,200 riders per day, but it gets less than 1,000 riders per day (according to the MTA, its daily ridership is 918).As far as crowds go, I have seen crowded S89 buses, but they are not for the reasons you may be thinking of. Part of it is students (I see a lot of students waiting for southbound buses at Forest Avenue in the morning), and part of it is scheduling (I remember talking to a passenger who said that the S89 left before the HBLR train came in, so the next bus carried 3 trainloads of people rather than 2). I'm sure that there is a way to predict the ridership of routes connecting to NJ, and even if it is relatively low, the cost for providing the service isn't that much, as it can be extensions of routes that already terminate near the bridges to NJ. |
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