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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Aug 1 11:27:43 2015, in response to Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Wed Jul 29 18:36:11 2015. One thing that needs to be considered is service from Staten Island to Elizabeth, the Amboys, and Woodbridge and Edison (Raritan Center). That would fill in a major gap in the transit network, and could actually generate new ridership that would otherwise drive.Some ideas to think of: S99: Eltingville Transit Center via New Springville, Richmond Avenue, and Forest Avenue to IKEA and Jersey Gardens, daily service. S97: Eltingville Transit Center via the same routing, but to downtown Elizabeth, weekdays only, via Bayway Avenue and Lincoln Highway. Three that would be contracted, but for which the MTA would provide the buses: X25: Staten Island Mall P/R to Metropark: 5 AM trips to Metropark and 5 PM trips to Staten Island. Pickup (to NJ) and drop-off (from NJ) at SI Mall, Eltingville TC, Arden Avenue, Huguenot Avenue, Foster Road, Bloomingdale Road, and Outerbridge P&R, then via 440 and the GSP to Metropark at Exit 131 off the GSP. The Metropark station would be served so that commuters to New Brunswick could then transfer to NJT trains. X26: Staten Island Mall P/R to Raritan Center and (3 trips) ti Piscataway. This route would have seven trips each way the same stops in SI as the X25, but via Route 440 straight to Raritan Center and loop through the center, following the same general pattern as the NJT 813 does on its trips through the Center. The trips that then serve Piscataway would then get on the Turnpike to Route 18 and follow Route 18 into Piscataway to serve the office parks there. X40: Eltingville Transit Center to Newark Liberty International Airport, hourly service, via Richmond Avenue in Staten Island and via South Are, Central Terminals, and North Area at the airport, terminating at the North Area bus stop. |
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