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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Jun 15 21:39:03 2021, in response to Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jun 15 19:35:50 2021. The public wants more frequent service and a seated ride and comfort.They want more investment into public transit infrastructure, but don't want to be inconvenienced by it or make the sacrifices that come with that. It's why you have our government coming up with these ridiculously convoluted ideas like a circuitous LGA-Willets Point Airtrain when the (N) is ~2 miles away, and the (7) line at Junction Boulevard is ~1 3/4 miles away. The MTA wants to eliminate bus routes near subways to force people into already overcrowded trains and doesn’t care about anyone’s comfort. Not true at all. I took a look at the Queens Bus Redesign Study from a couple of years ago after seeing this post, and the only cut they proposed that fits into that narrative was their proposal to cut the Q32 back to Columbus Circle on the Manhattan end, but extend it up 74th Street to East Elmhurst, resulting in a loss of bus service along Roosevelt Avenue between 74th Street and 82nd Street, a whopping 8 blocks of service cut. I see more of the opposite in fact, they wanted to extend the Q104 to Rego Park, duplicating the Queens Boulevard IND the whole way, they wanted to extend the Q7 to Crescent Street (J), duplicating the Liberty Avenue El west of Cross Bay Boulevard, and they wanted to extend the Q102 to Rikers Island, duplicating the entirety of Astoria Line El instead of turning off 30th Avenue like it does now. That’s why people want to drive. Not all of them are driving. Some of them are taking the very same Ubers that they complain slows down our bus system, and others are ordering more stuff from online because of the emergence of Amazon, Doordash, Instacart, etc which of course results in more delivery vehicles clogging up the streets. |
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