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Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive) |
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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Mon Aug 31 00:16:43 2015, in response to Re: Study to Improve Staten Island Bus Service (Source: SILive), posted by dkupf on Sun Aug 30 21:40:25 2015. And this happened 20 years ago. Around the time I was born, so literally, an entire generation has come into existence since then. On top of that, the area has literally doubled in population since then with all the construction of new townhouses.And you know what else people hated? The S61 being created back in the 1980s, because they wanted to keep themselves isolated from the North Shore. And yet you look at the routes today, and they get decent ridership, consisting primarily of local residents. In my endeavors to get better bus service in Bulls Head/Graniteville, I have met many people from the South Shore who have expressed the need for expanded coverage, in some cases, quite vocally. So it is no longer safe to generalize "the whole area" as hating local bus service. Are there individuals who are against expanded local bus service? Yes. Do they constitute the majority of neighborhood residents? Absolutely not. If nothing else, parents with schoolchildren and neighbors of said schoolchildren know that having bus service is a necessity to get them to school safely. As for the S55, I actually do agree with it being rerouted to the Bricktown Mall via Englewood (and ultimately extended over the Outerbridge Crossing and into NJ). But not because of anything regarding resident complaints, but for the sake of improving ridership on the S55 and opening up additional opportunities to access shopping and employment. |
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