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Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven |
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Posted by R30A on Tue Jan 26 19:58:38 2016, in response to Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jan 26 13:10:45 2016. "Traffic is that bad at times. What is obstructing the roadway it too many cars. Occasionally, it may be an accident. Anyone using the bus lane risks a summons especially with photo enforcement. Why should the onus be on the driver to have to fight a summons he never should have received?"It isn't that bad outside of a total traffic meltdown. Should woodhaven back up that badly, traffic will find other roads. Except buses can't do so easily... So the only change is that buses won't get stuck because they have their own lane!! Yay! Win! (I can make responses to your absurd hypotheticals all day. The wonder of it all is that it is easy to make responses which are less absurd!) It is legal for cars to be in the bus lane for specific purposes. They can fight and win, should the summons be inappropriate. "And snow blocking bus shelters is different from today because residents can still stand on cleared sidewalks. If they have to wait in the median, buses will not stop if they are not waiting there. Their choices will be to wait in the bus lane and get out of the way when the bus approaches and he will have to enter the traffic lane to pick them up. Their other choice is to continue to wait on the sidewalk and try to make a mad dash across the service road when they see a bus and then wait for it in the main roadway. Anyway you look at it, the safety situation is worse. " You are making two assumptions. A. The sidewalks will be cleared near the bus stops. B. The median stations will not be cleared at the new bus stops. As far as I can tell: A. There is no reason to expect sidewalks will be cleared near the bus stops. B. There is no reason to expect median bus stops won't be cleared at the bus stops. Again, this whole argument is based on an absurd hypothetical on your part which has no basis in reality. |
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