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Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Jan 23 20:29:02 2016, in response to Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven, posted by R30A on Fri Jan 22 18:10:33 2016. Don't take what I stated out of context. I never said "Woodhaven SBS is over a 50% capacity reduction" whatever that means.I said that at certain intersections like at Metropolitan Avenue, there are currently four northbound and southbound through lanes. There are also left and right turn lanes. Counting them also, there are six lanes in each direction or a total of 12 lanes. Under DOT's proposal, both right and left turn lanes will be eliminated. The right turn lanes will be replaced with bus bulbs and the left ones with widened medians. That leaves eight lanes, two of which will be bus lanes. So that is six remaining through and local lanes, a reduction of 50 percent from 12 lanes. That is what I said and that woud be a 50 percent reduction in capacity for general traffic at that intersection. I also gave other examples regarding overflow from planned left turn lanes into general traffic lanes blocking them. I never doubled the number of left turns to be banned. I was talking aout left turn movements because at some intersections they would only be allowed in one direction. Previously 23 were planned to be banned. Now I believe it s 21 with a few new ones added. The service lane not being usable for through traffic is not absurd. It is real since every time a car needs to get in and out of a parking spot or make a right turn, cars behind must slow down or stop causing them to miss the synchronized signal. Except for the Bronx routes ridership went down on all the other SBS routes. (The S79 went up, but the S78 which is its local counterpart and should be counted went down so for that route it was a wash.) They also went down at a rate much greater than the borough average. You choose to look at parallel routes instead, so your numbers are different. And no, I do not need to stop saying I was the head of bus planning because it is the truth. I reported to William Stead who reported to Andrew Schiavone who was head of the Surface Department. My official office title was Director, Surface Planning. I had two secretaries, Pat Davis, and Rosemary (i forget her last name.) reporting to me. Six dispatchers: Chief Bernard O'hara, Ed Hines (Bronx), Charles Gioia (Queens), George Batson (Brooklyn), Dan Carone (SI), and Julie Gargani (Manhattan). I also had an engineer, planner, and a community relations person reporting to me. Their names were George Schwarz, Steven Cooperman, and Bill Jones. |
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