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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Nov 30 21:23:41 2015, in response to Re: Transit advocates to propose free LaGuardia shuttle bus, posted by NIMBYkiller on Mon Nov 30 10:42:55 2015. The Silver Line has two rear doors, so the benefits of not taking fares are probably 3x-4x faster boarding than a single door (three doors for entry and none of them waiting for tourists fumbling for cash / to run to the first door). A standard 40' low floor transit bus would probably see at most 2x faster boarding... so it may not be as worthwhile in this case.Still the free ride to a subway station may increase ridership as well. I'll give the example of what happened to me in Houston - they have a day pass but there was no way to buy one at the airport. If that first bus were free to get into downtown (where I could then go to one of the retailers) I would have gone for the bus. Instead I rented a car (because the cost of renting a car for two days was less than the cost of a cab to downtown). I can't be the only person in the world who has been on the fence between bus / other form of transit. |
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