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Posted by R30A on Fri Jul 22 15:55:25 2016, in response to Re: B44 Progress Report Released, posted by R30A on Fri Jul 22 15:42:43 2016. Page 9:"The FutureA small modification to the B44 SBS route,that of extending every other SBS bus one stop to Kingsborough Community College from Avenue X and Nostrand Avenue via NostrandandEmmons Avenueandalongthe current B49 route on school days has the potential of increasing ridership in the off-peak direction by ten-foldwithout using any increased resources. It would also enable the elimination of the B49 AM Limited, thereby saving resources. B44 ridership would soar. All that is needed is the installation of two additional fare machines at the college, some signage, andpublic notice. The MTA has not yetprovided me with a response to this suggestion after initially rejecting it out of hand several years ago." Perhaps it could work. This assumes there is a desire to increase B44 ridership. It is a busy line as it is. Perhaps they want to push riders towards the Brighton which can handle the ridership more efficiently? Perhaps there is a concern that increased access from the north would further overburden the Nostrand IRT? "It also would have been farbetter if both the local and SBS were shifted to Rogers Avenue with New York Avenue servicereplaced with a new bus route or an extension of an existing route, integrating the B44 SBS into the rest of the bus system. There are several options how to accomplishthis. However, the MTA chose thesimplest solution to merely replace one layer of service(Limited) with another (SBS),rather than findasolutionwhich would fill the transit desert between Nostrand and Utica Avenuesinstead of making it worse by removing half the New York Avenue service." The B44SBS is integrated regardless of where the B44 local runs. That said, I think there could be a strong argument made to redesignate one or the other of the B44 routes to something else to reduce confusion. "The MTA just launched another SBS project on July 3rd, the parallel B46 route,and several more are in the planning stages, most notably the ambitious Woodhaven / Cross Bay Blvd BRT route which I have severely criticizedhere,hereand here." Yes. The MTA continues to demonstrate that it actually does wish to improve transportation options for the citizens of this great city. "There needs to be an immediate moratorium on new SBS routes until the MTA switches to contactless media in 2019." The city needs that about as much as it needs an outbreak of Herpes. I take that back. Herpes would be preferable. "It is a waste of money to now invest millionsofdollarsin fare equipment which will be obsolete in three years." Why would the equipment become obsolete in three years??? "It would make far better sense not to chargea fare on the proposed Q70 SBS, as suggested by the Riders Alliance." you need literally TWO FARE STATIONS. EASIEST CONVERSION EVER. "DOT and the MTA must be made accountable by providing fair, complete and transparentanalyses of their SBS projects and to spend their limited funds wisely." They already do. "The writer is a former director of bus planning for the MTA’s NYC Transit Authority and worked in the transit field for 31 years, 24 of them with the MTA." And I am a former governor of NY, as well as 1/2 of the famous songwriting pair Lennon/McCartney. (Wait... were we not discussing the contents of our dreams last night?) |
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Re: B44 Progress Report Released - R30A - Fri Jul 22 15:55:59 2016
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