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Re: S44 bus in Staten Island has highest fare-evasion rate of all routes surveyed by the MTA |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Tue Jul 3 02:40:04 2012, in response to Re: S44 bus in Staten Island has highest fare-evasion rate of all routes surveyed by the MTA, posted by (SIR) North Shore line on Mon Jul 2 22:38:36 2012. * The S44 never ran more frequently than it does today, with the exception of the AM rush (I think only ferry-bound)* I agree the scheduling problems (not just coordination with the ferry, but in general) should be fixed. * I don't think lack of availability of MetroCards is an issue. You could always pick one up at the corner deli, even if it's up along Castleton Avenue or something. (And if you're thinking of extending it to the ETC, that will lead to uneven loading with the S59, but it doesn't look like you are) * Not sure about the short-turn idea (I understand it, but I don't know if it'll work) * The S79 +SBS+ will just have regular buses. * Like I said, you have one crappy newspaper getting its information from another crappy newspaper. You're not honestly going to believe that the S44 & S74 have the highest rates of farebeating in the whole damn city. How the S44 gets on that list but not the S46 is beyond me. The S46 easily exceeds the S44 as far as percentage of farebeaters goes. Maybe it's by a smaller margin than I think, but it's definitely higher on the S46. Part of it might be because of the more frequent service (Somebody walks by and says "Eh, the bus is passing by, so I might as well jump on", whereas on a less frequent route like the S44, that won't happen). Now, the S48 I can sort of agree with you, though it's not nonexistant. Do crappy service levels contribute to the problem? Maybe a little, but that's not the major cause. |
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