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Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Mar 14 17:02:53 2016, in response to Re: Summary and Video of November 2015 SBS meeting in Woodhaven, posted by R30A on Mon Mar 14 16:12:37 2016. Isn't it possible that during the first year many riders decided to try SBS because of all the hype so ridership increased during the first year."Yes, but those people would be insignificant in number to matter." Pure speculation on your part. Ridership went down systemwide but IT WENT DOWN BY GREATER PERCENTAGES ON MOST SBS ROUTES. Yes it is distinctly absurd even to think that some riders gave up on SBS because they weren't saving any time after they factored in the extra waiting and just missing a bus because they had to first get a receipt. Just absolutely absurd. But you can't just isolate the variable of SBS. That is the problem. There are just too many factors at play. You say ridership can go down and the route can still be a success. Are you saying that because UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WILL ADMIT SBS FAILURE? So what are you basing your B44 success on? That bus run times from end to end decreased by 15 minutes? How does that help the passenger when NO ONE TRAVELS THE ENTIRE ROUTE or even a majority of the route. The average passenger trip is only 2.3 miles long so the time savings for the average passenger may only be three minutes. Sure some are helped. No one ever denied that. But no one has shown more people aren't hurt even when you only consider bus riders. Service was greatly increased in the hopes most Sheepshead Bay residents would switch from the B4 and B36 to the B44 SBS. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. The B44 SBS never carries more than 6 passengers south of Avenue X in either direction except perhaps when shifts are changing at the nursing homes on Emmons Avenue. As a result service on the B44 SBS and the local was greatly reduced south of Avenue U when the additional passengers did not materialize as predicted. SO HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THIS ROUTE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? |
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