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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by dkupf on Fri Aug 21 19:11:16 2015, in response to Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Aug 20 17:33:46 2015. "...You know why the S66 had poor ridership along Jewett? Because who in their right mind would loop around the whole North Shore to get to St. George, when there's more direct, more frequent routes that take you straight there? Depending on intra-Jewett Avenue riders to sustain the route is obviously going to lead to low ridership...."Remember what happened to the S67? This route had poor ridership during the weekday peak for the same reasons. No wonder why it was eliminated during the June 2010 service cuts. In other words, robbing Peter to pay Paul is counterproductive. As I stated, leave the S57 and S66 routings north of Victory Blvd alone. -------------------------------------------------------------- "...Just so you know, the S53 isn't just crowded during rush hour. I've seen South Beach riders get flagged on Saturday mornings and afternoons...." That's believable. However, I don't know if the S53 Saturday schedule is slated to be changed. If so, it has yet to be determined. The only way is to check the New York City Transit & Bus Committee Meeting agendas on the MTA website and hope for the best. (FYI, there will be no meetings for August.) I also think that overcrowding was occurring on Sunday mornings as well. This was why, effective June 28, 2015, the S53 went from every 15 minutes to every 12 minutes during these times. Before the service increase, based on ridership counts, Sunday morning ridership was 121% of Loading Guidelines. Now, it's 97% of Loading Guidelines. (Unfortunately, these counts don't factor those who were getting flagged.) I can only see S53 weekend ridership growing in the short term. But, as I stated, the schedulers want hard evidence while the people endure more overcrowding. |
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