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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sat Jul 9 16:12:11 2011, in response to Re: What is wrong with Select Bus Service, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Jul 9 13:25:14 2011. You have to consider the problem with express service is that the service levels are VERY peaked. There are a lot of rush hour, peak direction-only routes, and a lot of routes have much higher headways off-peak than during rush hour (look at the X17: Each variant runs every 6-8 minutes, but the midday headway is every 30 minutes). Between the costs of deadheading and the costs of the extra service during rush hour, it is easy to see why service is actually cheaper to run on the weekends.It would be nice if the City of NY gave the MTA the subsidies directly instead of reimbursing them for their losses in operating the MTA Bus routes. That way, the MTA would have an incentive to reduce service on the MTA Bus routes that are underperforming (like the BM4 and QM4 off-peak and the QM15 on the weekends). This would hopefully limit the impact of the next fare hike. During the next fare hike (of course, this depends on how much money the MTA needs to raise), I would raise the peak fare to $6.50, but cut the off-peak (and maybe even the reverse-peak) fare down to $5. The local bus/subway fare would probably increase to $2.50, so this would make the express bus a more attractive option off-peak, which would most likely result in an increase in revenue overall, as riders decide to take the express bus during the time period when it is the least expensive to run. This might even provide the justification for increases such as off-peak X22 service and Sunday X17 service (both starting out at 60 minute headways) |
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