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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 30 20:46:32 2016, in response to Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven, posted by R30A on Wed Jan 27 23:34:01 2016. I was talking about the four through lanes north of Union Turnpike where an island was proposed to separate the two through lanes from the service road which would have limited access to the main roadway.Traffic using the four lanes would be limited to two through lanes, a 50 percent reduction in capacity. For exampe, the left lane at Furmanville which is now proposed to handle the left turns presently made at Metropolitan wolud only hold about eight cars. (Similar delays wil occur at the few other locations where left turns woud be allowed.) Today on Saturday around noon, the back up to enter te left turn lane for Metropolitan extended halfway up the overpass. That s at least 50 cars. If those cars nw make that left on Furmanville, the leftmost through lsne would be backed up for approximately three blocks with more than 40 cars waiting to get into the left turn lane. With te service lane not readily accessible a reduction from four moving lanes to one moving lane is a reduction in capacity of 75 percent. Not an "absurdly false statement" and not "an outright lie." You are the one who is lying by making false accusations and caliing it "a travesty of misinformation." The only saving grace is that nw it looks like DOT may never build those islands and the existing bus lanes will not be moved. Also, today on Saturday, all three lanes on the main road had moderately heavy traffic. With one lane less, 15 to 20 mph would be the top speed with the average speed lower than that. Auto trip times from the Belt Parkway to Queens Blvd would increase by ten to fifteen minutes or about 75 or 80 percent, while bus riders would save no time at all from exclusive lanes. |
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