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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jan 24 14:44:24 2020, in response to Re: Sad News: Byford resigns for real., posted by Express Rider on Thu Jan 23 23:47:13 2020. Yes. Several failed attempts. In 1981 and 1982; there were comprehensive studies for Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Staten Island. All resulted in no route changes except for Staten Island where two bus routes were changed. A Bronx Study was conducted in 1980 where nothing happened either. There were some changes made in 1984. A Northeast Bronx and Southwest Brooklyn Study again in 1993 also resulted in no changes. In the Northeast Bronx, Coop city requested a few changes to the MTA proposals, but the MTA refused to compromise. They gave residents a choice. Accept all the changes as proposed or keep the existing system. Coop City chose the latter.The MTA concluded that all the other studies I mentioned couldn’t result in changes because their budget situation would not allow them to implement the improvements suggested and they would have to wait until it improves. We are still waiting. Aside from possibly the Bronx changes in 1984 that I am really not familiar with (I know there was much route renumbering) , the only successful changes were the Southwest Brooklyn ones I devised at the Department of City Planning in 1978. As far as appointing someone with relevant experience (such as myself with the qualifications you listed) I am afraid it takes more than that. In fact they hired me in 1981 to save the failing Brooklyn Study. They transferred me out before I could complete it and my work was sabotaged by my own boss. So instead of my meaningful proposals, they came up with some nonsense and claimed they didn’t have the funding to implement any changes as I already mentioned. I discussed all of this in the My Qualifications Appendix in my Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign linked in this article. |
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