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Posted by BrooklynBus on Tue May 31 12:30:15 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by dkupf on Mon May 30 00:52:59 2011. David, you are getting your facts mixed up. At no time did I ever propose a bus on Voorhies. What you may be thinking of is that in 1978 I proposed that the B49 operate northbound the way it operates today, but instead the MTA chose to operate it north along Sheepshead Bay Road. I proposed th Belt Parkway service road and East 14th Street because at that time it had less traffic than today. So what happens, after 30 years they switch it to how I proposed it. The only problem is that the traffic now on East 16th and East 14th Street is now worse than Sheepshead Bay Road and th old route, the one I was against, is now actually quicker. In 1978 the diversion to the subway added only about 5 minutes to the route. Now it can take 15 extra minutes along the current route which is ridiculous. I think there are time during the day when some buses should skip the subway altogether and use the pre-1978 route.As far as the B5 extension to Coney Island, I don't know where you are getting your information from. The B5 was extended to Canal Avenue in the 1960s when Pathmark opened. I proposed in my masters thesis in 1972 and again at City planning in 1975 that it be extended to Coney Island. It was not a community idea. The MTA objected saying it would cost an additional $250,000 a year to operate, of course assuming that an extension to Coney Island would attract zero new passengers. Much later, the change was made. |
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