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Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Jan 9 10:46:36 2020, in response to Re: Sign if you agree. RE:bus stop spacings, posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jan 9 10:23:22 2020. Now you are also assuming that all bus stops are equal.That's a wrong assumption. I calculated the distance to the closest bus stop for each of the 14,858 census blocks in Queens. I then weighted each distance by the population within that census block. what will be the closest distance to a bus stop after 50 or 70 percent of those stops are removed? The corresponding figures for the new stops are: 33.2% for within 0.1 miles; 81.3% for within 0.2 miles and 95.4% for within 0.3 miles. Keep in mind that the accepted industry standard and also the MTA's planning guideline which they are flagrantly ignoring is that you should walk no greater than one-quarter to a local bus I'm aware of that. It's interesting to note that the MTA's definition for SBS introduction used a figure of 0.5 miles for those who would benefit. |
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