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Re: Bay Ridge MTA roundtable discussion / Restoring: B37, X28 Weekend;& a new route along 65 St |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Mon Aug 6 21:11:50 2012, in response to Re: Bay Ridge MTA roundtable discussion / Restoring: B37, X28 Weekend;& a new route along 65 St, posted by LRG5784 on Mon Aug 6 19:55:51 2012. Well, it's all going to the MTA, so it's no big deal whether the MetroCard is dipped on an SI bus or Brooklyn bus. My real concern was that the buses would slow down too much. The B63 takes 16 minutes to get from 60th Street to 86th Street, whereas the (R) takes 6 minutes. 4th Avenue is wider, so it might be a little faster, but the point is that if you make it too slow, people might just chance it and wait for the (R), which defeats the purpose of the extension in the first place. By using the expressway, you're basically guaranteeing that the ride would be as fast as a best-case scenario where the (R) links right up with the (N) at 59th Street. I mean, I can't picture that part of the BQE getting too bad. I think a lot of the problems start north of 65th Street with the merge with the Belt and everything.I mean, there really wouldn't be a point in running up 4th Avenue. They're already covered with the B70 & B63. I mean, yeah, you might get a few SI riders going to say, 77th Street who benefit from the direct ride, but those riders are in the minority. For the shopping district along 86th Street, that's why my compromise was having it run along Fort Hamilton Parkway, so riders headed for that area wouldn't have to cross over the BQE. So buses would get off at 92nd Street, make a left, stop at the current first stop, then make a right onto FHP, right onto 86th, stop with the B1 at 86th & FHP, and then go back onto the BQE, get off at 65th Street, and terminate at 59th & 4th. Going back, I think you could keep it on Gatling Place, since it's still on the same side of the BQE, and there's no point in adding the extra turns in and slowing everything down. The distance from FHP to 4th Avenue is 4-6 minutes walking (Add an extra minute to Gatling Place). Unfortunately, it sucks if you're carrying bags, but I don't think a whole lot of the people there are shoppers. It basically makes the same connections, though, which would be the main idea with this plan. |
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