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Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jan 7 15:54:33 2020, in response to Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Jan 7 13:51:46 2020. The MTA is looking for any way to cut service to reduce their budget deficit. What they would like to do is to eliminate half the routes. But the elected officials would start an uproar, and it would never go through.So instead they will eliminate 50 percent of the bus stops, figuring no one will notice especially if they tell you it will mean better service, by calling it bus stop balancing not bus stop elimination.They claim it will increase bus speeds by 25 percent, which translates into a two minute time savings that is cancelled out by the extra walking. The only one who benefits is the MTA by lowering their operating costs. But they are shooting themselves in the foot, because they also will lose revenue. But they believe their demand is inelastic and their changes won't effect ridership. That isn't true. Service and the fare greatly affects ridership. After every fare increase, their revenue projections have been wrong, because all their calculations were based on ridership not being affected or minimally affected which is why their budget deficits are always higher than projected. You would think after 40 years, they would learn a thing or two. Sign the petition. |
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