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Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri May 27 01:18:34 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by Hank Eisenstein on Thu May 26 14:08:01 2011. Re: S54 - Discontinue that route and restructure the S61 into two services: a full-time S61 and a Monday-Saturday only S63. The S61 would keep its routing, but the S63 would take the Wagner traffic and serve the Todt Hill Houses via Manor Road, Brielle Avenue, and Walcott Avenue, eventually meeting the S61 at Walcott and Forest Hill Road.The S63 would run 6 AM to 7 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays. With 4 buses now off the road, the savings could be put into a service that serves the shopping centers in Elizabeth, if nowhere else. As for the S57, perhaps the MTA should increase headways on the route to 45 minutes to take a bus off the route during the midday and on weekends, and I would restructure the route in New Dorp to have it take the S76 routing into New Dorp and Oakwood. On the S76, every other bus from the ferry should be cut back to terminate at Clove Road, as Oakwood is probably overserved during the midday, and its service span should also be reduced as well. I wold restore Saturday S76 service, but only between St. George and Grasmere, made possible by cutting every other S76 run to Clove Road on weekdays. New Dorp and Oakwood would have the S57. The midday reductions would take a bus off the S76. The S86 would also be discontinued, in favor of maintaining short-turns in Grasmere/Clifton. On Richmond Road, five buses per hour should be sufficient service, and short-turns would have a scheduled 7-minute layover in Grasmere. |
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