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Re: Q22 & Q35 bus routes redesign, coming soon? |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri May 11 09:15:29 2018, in response to Re: Q22 & Q35 bus routes redesign, coming soon?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri May 11 09:06:12 2018. This proposal was floated last September before Community Board 14 and was overwhelmingly rejected.The heart of this plan is the elimination of 14 Q22 bus stops in a community with a high presence of elderly residents who cannot walk to the bus. The will also be moving the Q35 to Rockaway Beach Blvd so they can eliminate service on Newport Avenue and turn most Q22s at B116 St. after ridership drops because residents will not be willing to walk a half mile to a bus, they will claim there us no reason for two routes on Rockaway Beach Blvd and will propose to cut the Q22 to B116 Street at all times making everyone who wants to go across the whole peninsula take two buses or three buses if coming from Breezy Point. Here is the story from the Rockaway Times from last October. " A CB 14 member exploded, “With all the new housing and senior centers going up in Rockaway on both the east and west ends, how do you expect this to benefit the community? When you eliminate these Q22 stops, what about the handicapped people who need to get to the closest stop to get on the bus?” One MTA representative responded, “Well, that’s why we have Access-A-Ride, to accommodate disabled people and seniors.” Another CB 14 member exclaimed, “Access-A-Ride?! You guys are a joke. You’re talking about a car service that takes hours to arrive? Furthermore, the Q22 is already unreliable and always packed, especially during rush hours when the school children are packed on the bus. And you are telling us that the MTA is implementing this because of low ridership? Then you want to further congest Beach 116th Street with the Q35 bus? Tell me how three buses, especially in the summer time are going to function without causing a ruckus on an active commercial strip. You need to redirect your minds from your fancy guidelines based on your inefficient research studies. Take the damn bus yourself, and you’ll see the reality!” |
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