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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by dkupf on Wed Aug 19 18:41:45 2015, in response to Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Tue Aug 18 23:56:55 2015. ..."I see an S66 running from Graniteville to St. George via Watchogue Road and an S57 running from Port Richmond to New Dorp via Jewett Avenue."...As I stated in an earlier post, there is no need for weekend service via Jewett Ave due to extremely poor ridership. Leave the current S57 and S66 routings NORTH OF VICTORY BLVD alone! ..."It's the fact [S53] buses are often too crowded with North Shore riders to be able to stop in South Beach."... The proposed S83 would add service in Grasmere/South Beach area. The NSAA states that the Clove Rd corridor would go from 10 buses/hour to 12 buses per hour during the weekday peak. (S53 down to 8 buses/hour, and S83 would have 4 buses/hour.) If S53 service is as crowded with North Shore riders during the weekday peak, then the S83 should operate via Narrows Rd instead, but at 5 buses/hour, yielding 13 buses/hour via Clove Rd. Unfortunately, the schedulers usually refuse to use the "ahead of the curve" approach. In other words, they usually demand hard evidence that the extra bus per hour would be needed, i.e., after South Shore riders endure more overcrowding. |
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