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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 28 17:52:44 2016 http://www.qchron.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/of-rails-and-roads/article_d94a0989-637c-51f9-b91b-6d0625e6d755.htmlI am posting this in both the subway and bus forums since it relates to both. |
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Posted by JerBear on Fri Jul 29 08:19:22 2016, in response to Of Roads and Rails, posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 28 17:52:44 2016. Your commentary is contrary to the report. You say 'we need a balanced transportation policy'. The report says "Design streets to prioritize buses." How could you say "The report only fails in one area."? Are you not going to fight the premise of the report that specifically suggests prioritizing buses over cars through the redesign of streets including dedicated lanes, more camera enforcement, and creating bus queue jumps? |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 11:55:14 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by JerBear on Fri Jul 29 08:19:22 2016. I was never against prioritizing buses over cars WHERE WARRANTED. I am also not against more camera enforcement for bus lanes.I opposed exclusive lanes on Woodhaven because they are not warranted there and will cause too much inconvenience for other vehicles which account for the huge majority of traffic there. I do not oppose exclusive lanes on Livingston Street where it is warranted but not enforced. I also had no problem with the exclusive lanes on Nostrand and Rogers if it was done properly by also changing parking regulations on parallel streets between Empire and on Eastern Parkway during rush hours to minimize the traffic impact. But it wasn't done correctly. The additional rush hour curb lane for traffic was not enforced creating traffic backups and no traffic changes were made on parallel roadways so traffic there was also negatively impacted according to the Progress Report. And you don't put in a bus lane between midnight and six AM when buses are operating every 30 minutes which is what is being proposed for Woodhaven. So if the report means put bus lanes on any street where buses operate ignoring the needs of all other vehicles, then I would have a problem with that. I am hoping that is not what they mean, just as they recommend more SBS routes, I hope they don't mean turning most routes into SBS. I am assuming that all their recommendations are for specific situations, and each recommendation will not be deployed everywhere because that makes no sense. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Fri Jul 29 13:22:28 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 11:55:14 2016. Why does someone who lives in Brooklyn care about buses on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens? |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 13:24:24 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by merrick1 on Fri Jul 29 13:22:28 2016. Maybe because I use the buses on Woodhaven occasionally and drive on it twice every weekend. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Fri Jul 29 19:56:07 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 13:24:24 2016. Your girlfriend lives over there? |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 21:51:25 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by TerrApin Station on Fri Jul 29 19:56:07 2016. Not on Woodhaven. In Astoria. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jul 30 21:08:45 2016, in response to Re: Of Roads and Rails, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jul 29 21:51:25 2016. Pics? |
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