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Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings

Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Jan 8 10:16:51 2020, in response to Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Jan 7 22:08:42 2020.

Yes, but buses traveling 25 percent faster doesn’t save you 25 percent of the time.

Buses traveling at 8.5 mph for 2.3 miles equals traveling at .141 miles per minute so traveling 2.3 miles takes 16.31206 minutes.

Buses traveling at 10.5 miles equals traveling at .175 miles per minute so traveling 2.3 miles takes 13.14 minutes so you save three minutes, not four.

If you walk only one more block to the bus stop, and you can do so in one minute, you only save two minutes provided you don’t miss a bus while walking which could add ten minutes to your trip.

If you walk two extra blocks, you only save one minute.

With buses stopping every other avenue block, your walk increases by 750 feet or three city blocks. So the three minutes saved is cancelled out by your three minutes extra walk and you have an even greater chance of missing the bus.

So tell me who this benefits other than the MTA. and don’t forget all the people who have difficulty walking.






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