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Queens Bus Redesign - Total Numbers

Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Apr 15 10:36:38 2024

The MTA complied with my FOIL request and posted the GTFS schedule for the Queens Bus Redesign. This allows for systemic comparisons between current schedules and what is proposed in the redesign.

Here are some totals for the local and SBS routes for Wed, 6 Mar 2024 and a Wednesday under the redesign.

1. the average distance between stops along the route.
local (ft): 852 (current); 1,295 (redesign)
SBS (ft): 2,893 (current); 2,952 (redesign)

2. the average scheduled terminal-to-terminal speed.
local (mph): 8.6 (current); 8.8 (redesign)
SBS (mph): 11.0 (current); 11.2 (redesign)

3. the population weighted average walking distance from census block to nearest bus stop regardless of distance to nearest subway station.
local + SBS (ft): 547 (current); 600 (redesign)

4. the population weighted average walking distance from census block to nearest bus stop for census blocks further than 1/2 mile distance to nearest subway station.
local + SBS (ft): 593 (current); 646 (redesign)

The marginal differences suggest that further analysis is required. Whether the redesign would save time depends on: the walk to subway; the wait time for the next bus to arrive; the distance to the destination. Let's assume that the destination is the closest subway station. There are 3 possibilities: 1 - the census block is within walking distance of a subway stop; 2 - the census block is beyond walking distance to a subway stop and taking the bus is quicker than hiking to the subway station; 2 - the census block is beyond walking distance to the nearest subway stop but hiking to the nearest stop is quicker than using a bus.

These calculations involved leaving from census block every 5 minutes and calculating the population weighted average.

Here are the 24 hour results:
Walk To Subway Population: 1,093,980 (current); 1,070,342 (redesign)
Walk To Subway Distance (mi): 0.27 (current); 0.27 (redesign)
Walk To Subway Time (minutes): 5.34 (current); 5.38 (redesign)
Bus To Subway Population: 1,078,651 (current); 1,064,550 (redesign)
Walk to Bus Stop Distance (mi): 0.28 (current); 0.28 (redesign)
Bus To Subway Time (minutes): 21.52 (current); 21.65 (redesign)
Hike To Subway Population: 153,930 (current); 168,031 (redesign)
Hike To Subway Distance (mi): 0.79 (current); 0.79 (redesign)
Hike To Subway Time (minutes): 15.87 (current); 15.77 (redesign)

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