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Re: making the Q100 shorter |
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Posted by Bounad Hanhic on Sat Apr 21 15:34:39 2012, in response to Re: making the Q100 shorter, posted by Edwards! on Thu Nov 10 22:58:15 2011. Forgive me and do not call the BusChat cops on me for responding to a five month old thread, but I saw this thread and felt the need to reply and mention that the MTA likely sees the Q100 as a safe route. Basically, as long as you have crime in NYC, there will always be substantial demand for the Q100; barring any substantial policy changes by the Correction Department (i.e. closing Riker's Island and moving the inmates elsewhere, moving the parking lot for visitors on to Riker's Island itself etc.). Also with concern to the added stops in Astoria, a lot of the growth in Astoria is fueled by development along 21st Street and in the vicinity of 21st Street and most of the people moving to that area are from other parts of the country, outside of the country, or from other parts of our area and thus have not had and probably will not be subjected to the negative experiences that Q101 riders had in the 1970s and 1980s with Riker's Island bound riders (also because NYC is a lot better in the 2010s than in the 1970s and 1980s). The added stops serve to fuel growth of the route and also help to keep the route afloat outside of visiting hours, where there is the highest amount of ridership. However, the Q100 is siphoning ridership off of the Q69 due to the Q100 being faster than the Q69 and the space between the Q100 stops is close to ideal for a Limited Stop bus; on another note, ask the politicians to add more stops to the Q100 without significant to overwhelming support (lots of petition signatures and lots of pressure) for it and that would be detrimental to their view of you (they might see you as a nut, because the politicians know the history of the bus no matter how old they are or how long they have been in politics and still see the Riker's Island passengers as a potential evil in the community as they were in the 1970s and 1980s despite a lot of residents in Astoria not knowing the history of the Q100 bus and actually find it more convenient and reliable than the Q69, but only to an extent). |
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