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Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Jan 8 11:57:15 2020, in response to Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Jan 8 11:38:51 2020. Not everyone will take a faster bus and ignore the added walk. People walk to a Limited stop instead of the closer local stop not because they don't mind the walk or want a faster bus.They do it because the MTA decimated local schedules when adding Limited and SBS without the improving reliability. People know if they wait at the local stop, they could wait a half hour and miss two Limited buses, so they walk extra. People switched to Uber and Lyft because of poor reliability, too many transfers or fares, or because of their personal safety, moreso than because of slow buses which aren't even that slow. Queens has one of the highest bus speeds in the City. When I drive in Brooklyn, mostly on local streets because we have few highways, my car says my average speed is only 9 mph. If I use highways also, it goes up to 12. And what makes you an expert on passenger travel habits? For many bus passengers who have a subway option, they choose the buses because they can get a seat versus being jam packed in the train, even if it takes longer and because the walk is shorter and doesn't involve stairs.. They don't base their mode choice on time alone. |
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