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Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed May 6 21:13:56 2015, in response to Re: We Now Have Definitive Proof SBS is a Failure, posted by fdtutf on Wed May 6 16:56:31 2015. Funny that when ridership increases, it is because of SBS not any other factors, but when ridership decreases, then other variables are involved. You can't pick and choose the data you feel is relevant when it proves what you want to prove, then ignore the same data when it shows something you don't like. There is something called objectivity which you obviously not have.You disagree how successful and widespread the 1978 changes were. The only time when more than two or three bus routes changed at the same time were in 1936 when there were half a dozen new and modified routes in Brooklyn. In 1989 about a dozen bus routes were changed in Jamaica but they all involved directional changes due to streets being made one way and the rest were terminal changes. None involved substantial route changes. The third time was in 2010 when the goal was to cut service, not improve it. The southwest Brooklyn changes involved about 11 routes all changing on the same day. It not only simplified the 86 St buses, but allowed you to make a one bus trip from Brighton Beach to Bay Ridge that previously required three buses. It provided a connection between the B64 and B3 that never existed allowing travel between 86 St or Bath Avenue to Avenue U on two buses instead of three. It extended the B11 east of 18th Avenue turning a four bus trip trip B11, B6, B9 and B68 or B49 into a one bus trip via the B11 allowing Orthodox Jews to spread out from Borough Park. It greatly increased bus service between Manhattan Beach and the subways. It provided for simplified routing along Avenue Z. It greatly improved access to Coney Island Hospital which was previously only served by one bus route that only served Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay. How many more improvements do you want me to list. Nothing the MTA did inits own can compare. All the MTA changes sacrificed one neighborhood for another needlessly making many trips more difficult to improve others and usually only involved one or two routes. |
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