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Re: More W20 Service Added to Accommodate New Bus Riders Headed for Yonkers Raceway |
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Posted by TheGreatOne2k7 on Thu Mar 1 00:41:18 2007, in response to Re: More W20 Service Added to Accommodate New Bus Riders Headed for Yonkers Raceway, posted by Future Motorman on Wed Feb 28 16:27:28 2007. Do you know why route 93 was discontinued? Did they mess up the interiors on that bus too?The reverse commuters who use Westchester help the county though and Bee Line gets lots of Bronx ridership going to/from Westchester. Westchester doesn't have to add buses for Fordham Road, existing buses will automatically add capacity by default (basically it will be a matter of what ever bus shows up first between 12, 12 LTD, 22, 60, 61, and 62). I am just stating what might happen, I seriously doubt many people will let the 60 bus go by if no 12 buses show up(if they can use either bus). Also what about Boston Road? That's another situation right there. There Route 60 isn't "supplemental" service, but primary service (below Gun Hill Road) since NYCT discontinued service years ago, and it IS open door. People currently use 60 for NYC trips already, it will be like NYCT buses getting metro card with the increased usage because their ride will be "free". In this case NYCT already gave up on much of the corridor and only Bee Line is left to service the lower portion. Hopefully MTA won't try and cut any Bx30 bus service in the future (or worse discontinue the route if ridership manages to fall), that would put more pressure on 60 and 61[and to a lesser extent 62]to pick up the slack (they did this stuff in the 1980s) Basically Westchester will win(if they don't add any service) because won't they get paid for each new MetroCard dip, MTA funding and increased state funding? NYCT tried running buses in Westchester(Bx34), some Mt Vernon officials claimed it would damage their streets. Also NYCDOT and MTA Bus funds the BxM3 which DOES run into Getty Square. So Westchester County isn't the only one funding service outside it's boundaries. Also, the Bx16 does have a stop in Mount Vernon. Also Metro North receives more subsidies than NYCT (in terms of percent of ridership). |
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