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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Mar 15 21:43:13 2012, in response to Re: The MTA's Misplaced Priorities, posted by J trainloco on Wed Mar 14 21:44:09 2012. There is no logical rationale to provide service every 5 minutes on a north/south route to Plumb Beach and 20 minute or no service on an east-west route when both routes will only carry a half dozen passengers. That is what the B44 SBS proposes. If you need to go east west,a north/south route does you no good.To clarify, the above situation is not what exists now. It is the proposal after SBS will be instituted. The B44 now runs about every 10 minutes south of Avenue U with about 12 people per bus south of Avenue Z. The B4 operates every 15 or 20 minutes with about 6 passengers per bus when it does run. The MTA is proposing to double B44 service to every 5 minutes (so that buses will be as lightly used as the B4), although existing patronage levels clearly do not warrant an increase in service, in order to force people to use the B44 instead of the B4, so they can eliminate the B4 entirely in Sheepshead Bay thereby requiring anyone going to Bensonhurst or Bay Ridge to take an indirect subway trip via Atlantic Avenue. That is why I proposed to send the SBS to Sheephead Bay Station instead to help out the overcrowded B36 and send the locals to Knapp Street, granting passengers a transfer to the SBS and another transfer if needed. Therw would be less of a temptation to use the B44 when you really want the B4. You ask what is an acceptable level of service. A B4 every 30 minutes during middays and weekend if it ran on schedule, is better than no service at all. |
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