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Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Jul 11 21:01:50 2011, in response to Re: What is wrong with Select Bus Service, posted by brightonr68 on Mon Jul 11 10:10:20 2011. Regarding the B36, probably one-third or more of B36 riders use the route between Sheepshead Bay Station and Avenue U. The MTA used to run rush hour specials on just this part of the route. They provided a reliable service and always left the Station at capacity (75 people per bus) during the PM. There was usually a bus waiting at the Station when you got off the subway. People would see it and get on. Very efficient.The MTA through its convoluted logic decides about 10 years ago or so to eliminate this service. Now, you could wait 10 or 15 minutes for a bus. So now you either call your spouse to have them pick you up, or hop into an illegal car service which has 10 cars waiting. The next time the MTA checks B36 ridership they find ridership has decreased by perhaps 15% so they cut service further to ensure longer lines waiting and a greater demand for car services, since once you leave the bus system they no longer consider you part of demand. I agree with you about GPS but doubt that it will ever expand to past the B63. |
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