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Re: [Editorial?]That Long Island Bus experiment isn’t going very well |
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Posted by N6 Limited on Thu Mar 29 12:38:28 2012, in response to Re: [Editorial?]That Long Island Bus experiment isn’t going very well, posted by Charles G on Thu Mar 29 07:21:04 2012. Exactly. The "Transit Advocates" (and politicians) cry fowl because on paper it's a 50% reduction, but in reality it makes all the sense in the world and doesn't really affect anyone.The bus riders union is crying fowl about the N16 short turns between Hempstead and Roosevelt Field. LIB created them for NCC. Veolia is eliminating them with an extension of the N43. The N43 serves all of the same stops, an extension to Hempstead serves the same purpose with less buses and service mileage. Not much of a big deal but, "it's a 24% cut in N16 service, riders need that bus to get to school!" The short turns are EMPTY when NCC is closed, it's a complete waste of money. At least with the N43 extension it still serving a purpose when NCC is closed. Same with the N78. Its unique branch only gets riders during rush hour because it serves an office park. Other than that ridership numbers pertaining to the N78 don't matter because those riders don't care if it's a N78 or N79 they just need to get along Old Country Road and a N78 came first. And so, reducing the N78 to rush hours only affects no one! Here's another one, check this out: http://www.longislandbusridersunion.org/p/service-cuts.html Some of the service "changes" / "consolidations" are that the N31/N32, N48/N49, N54/N55, N73/74, N70/N71/N72 will be combined. SMH |
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