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Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven |
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Posted by R30A on Mon Feb 1 10:48:13 2016, in response to Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Feb 1 10:10:36 2016. "If you think traffic will be improved, why did everyone at the Woodhaven meeting disagree with that."Because they are not traffic engineers. "When the speed limit is reduced from 35 and 40 mph to 25 mph, average speeds have to slow down and trips have to take longer." That is likely going to happen regardless of this. And it is a VERY good thing. "When there are fewer lanes and the same number of cars, travel has to slow down considerably. This has already happened with the rush hour bus lanes on Northern Woodhaven where people are already complaining of trips taking 25 to 45 extra minutes." People always complain. Anecdotal information is never of any serious utility. "If bus stops are not cleared now requiring people to wait on sidewalks cleared by commercial establishments or in the parking lane, it is common sense to see that with SBS on the main roadway and no nearby sidewalks, those waiting for buses wil wait in the main roadway in the bus lane which is much more dangerous than waiting in a parking lane or on a cleared sidewalk." Some bus stops surely are being cleared. Some are not. Some have adjacent areas to stand in anyway. Some don't. None of this is changed by Woodhaven SBS. |
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