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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Nov 26 12:10:38 2015, in response to Re: B44--SBS, posted by New Flyer #857 on Thu Nov 26 08:55:26 2015. You are wrong about the southern portion of the B44 "getting caught in the SBS trap."Even if such were the case, you would never guess that from the presentation the MTA made to CB 15 years ago (the 25 minute video is still available on Sheepsheadbites if you search for it). What they said was that SBS would be such an improvement for Sheepshead Bay with buses operating as frequently as every three minutes, and be so quick that most residents will now prefer to take the subway at the Junction than use the sow service to the Brighton subway although it is closer. First of all it made no sense that they woud want to encourage use of the IRT over the Brighton line because it s much more overcrowded. And of course their prediction was wrong and I told them at the meeting, that their predictions were totally wrong. I was right because the B36s are already jammed at Avenue Z and Nostrand while the B44SBS only as six passengers and doesn't start to fill up until Avenue W. I don't see the point of a B44 branch to Kings Plaza. If they need more B44 service, they need to restore the rush hour shuttles from the Junction to Kings Plaza/Bergen Beach. And yes, Kings County Hospital/Downstate is a big destination. You have workers in Sheepshead Bay going there, not to mention heavy loads of school students using the 44 local. |
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