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Re: MaBSTOA Bus: Bx12 Local & +SelectBusService Compilation @ Pelham Pkwy & Williamsbridge Rd |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Sat Oct 22 10:16:57 2016, in response to MaBSTOA Bus: Bx12 Local & +SelectBusService Compilation @ Pelham Pkwy & Williamsbridge Rd, posted by Transportation Hub on Thu Oct 20 08:32:18 2016. A familiar scene, I'm a regular rider of the Bx12 SBS. A few questions:1) You label the video with the name Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority. Certainly, all the Bronx (Bx) buses, except the 55 when it ran, were considered MaBSTOA lines, and used to be labeled as such, though they no longer are. Does the designation of certain lines as MaBSTOA, as distinguished from NYCTA, still exist internally? Or does MaBSTOA exist only as a way of hiring and paying drivers apart from the civil-service system, with MaBSTOA and NYCTA drivers mixed on the same lines? 2) The Select Bus program has been a huge success, certainly on the Bx12. The SBS buses are usually standing-room only, while the local Bx12 usually has seats, even though it runs less often. The number of stops the local bus makes isn't that much greater, either. In fact, west of the Concourse, the SBS and the late night local buses make the same number of stops, although some in slightly different spots. My real question is about one of those stops, Cedar Ave., which is a narrow street. It's the last stop in the Bronx, and is the transfer point for the Metro North Hudson line. But I'm wondering why the stop couldn't have been closer to the RR, right on the overpass above the Deegan. Would bus shelters and fare machines really have put too much weight on the overpass? |
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