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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by dkupf on Thu Aug 27 22:44:48 2015, in response to Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Thu Aug 27 21:26:07 2015. As I stated before with putting the S57 on Jewett Ave, robbing Peter to pay Paul is counterproductive.Besides, the service planners don't want it. And they call the shots. The duplication claim will be used as to why there would be no S77. Yes, it's hypocritical. But, again, they call the shots. You have to propose ideas that the service planners would like, not what we, as transit advocates, would like--to serve new markets, and service opportunities that would, most likely, pay for itself without the elimination of essential corridors. Currently, the S54 meanders mid-Island with little purpose other than to duplicate the S57. The S54 via the SI Mall and Richmond Ave between Rockland Ave and Arthur Kill Rd would boost ridership on the S54, as that it would serve a neglected market with the possible restoration of weekend service. Believe me, the S57 and S74, in Richmondtown, could handle the relatively few riders in this area without changing the bus schedules, as that the empty seats on buses would be filled. In other words, high seat turnover makes routes more productive and efficient. Which make this simple reroute the superior choice. But I don't want us to compare. I want others to compare, and let them decide if the rerouted S54 would mean Better Service for Staten Island. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The surrounding communities near the College of SI actually want a cross-island route to serve it. But the service planners balked, claiming that bus service would have to be removed from Watchogue Rd. Doing so is what the neighborhood of Westerleigh didn't want; the proposal was dropped. My proposed S47 would allow the S57 to be diverted without the elimination of Watchogue Rd service. In this scenario, everybody wins by making the borough more accessible by mass transit. You would be surprised as to how many tourists want to go to the Staten Island Zoo. But they don't, because it's relatively inaccessible by mass transit. My proposed S47 corrects this injustice. The western terminus of your proposed Watchogue Rd route, at South Ave-Goethals Rd North, is in the middle of nowhere. My proposed S47 allows for multiple transfer opportunities in this area. And that's why my proposed S47 is one route that is far more superior than all of the routes that you are proposing combined. But I don't want us to compare. I want others to compare, and let them decide if the S47 would mean Better Service for Staten Island. |
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