|
|
| Re: QueensWay gets $444,000 grant form NY State to design the first phase (1328652) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: QueensWay gets $444,000 grant form NY State to design the first phase |
|
|
Posted by Stephen Bauman on Wed Dec 17 08:44:44 2014, in response to Re: QueensWay gets $444,000 grant form NY State to design the first phase, posted by NIMBYkiller on Wed Dec 17 01:33:08 2014. It's not a matter of servicing areas not currently served, it's about providing the area with a more robust service.There are plenty of areas that are not currently served. I'd suggest that the few dollars available be spent in extending service and not squandered on making service more robust. I would place the following projects in the latter category: South Ferry; Fulton St Transit Hub; Second Ave Subway and CBTC. None of these projects has extended the system nor increased its capacity. given that folks are still crowding buses and cars up and down Woodhaven Blvd There's something odd about the bus ridership statistics presented for implementing BRT. The 4 bus lines Q11, Q21, Q52 and Q53 have a combined daily ridership of 30K. However, the Q53 accounts for more than half that ridership. This cannot be entirely be accounted for by greater frequency along Woodhaven. The Q53 is the only bus that extends beyond Woodhaven/Queens Blv to Jackson Heights and Woodside. It acts as a local bus between Woodhaven/Queens Blv and Woodside. One of NYCDOT's graphics indicates that this is where those extra passengers originate. The area between Woodhaven/Blv and Woodside also has the highest population density along the routes. Neither journey to work nor household travel surveys show any significant demand for travel from south of Forest Park to either Woodhaven/Queens Blv or beyond. |
|
|
|