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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by dkupf on Mon Aug 24 21:11:58 2015, in response to Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Mon Aug 24 17:27:30 2015. I know the service planners well enough to know that they will not extend routes in such a way that it would duplicate other routes. Unless, of course, doing so would reduce operating costs or implementing such duplication as part of a study, e.g., the NSAA. (In fact, under the LRT and BRT alternatives, but not the TSM alternative, the S40 is proposed to be eliminated, which, as the planners now know, would not fly in SI.)So, I don't think that the service planners would not allow an S66 extension, because, as part of the TSM and BRT alternatives, they wish to extend the S53/S83 during the weekday peaks. It seems, to me, that an S53/S83 extension is a much stronger alternative, as that it would provide more service in SI, as well as Brooklyn, for a stronger cross-section of riders. For an S54 via the S42, your proposed routing would hurt riders who currently transfer to/from the western part of the S40. After all, they matter too. Taking a cue from the S66 diversion via Grymes Hill, perhaps an S54 extension via Richmond Terrace, Franklin Ave, Prospect Ave, Lafayette Ave, Brighton Ave, Jersey St, and back on Richmond Terrace to St. George would work. I know that a local branch of an SBS route would confuse riders. This is why the Bx12 SBS to Orchard Beach was discontinued after one Summer of operation. So, forget about an S77. This is why operating the S54 via SI Mall is a slightly superior alternative. You can also forget about operating the S52 via Sand Lane, as that it would eliminate service via McClean Ave/Norway Ave/Olympia Blvd. (This was done to appease the community when the S2 (now S51) branch was eliminated, and the S104 (now S52) was removed from Reid Ave & Hylan Blvd and put onto Father Capodanno Blvd.) |
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