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Posted by dkupf on Sat May 28 03:46:01 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri May 27 07:09:52 2011. After Allan Rosen, aka Brooklynbus, obtained his Master's Degree, he landed a job at the City of New York Dept. of City Planning, when he proposed to the TA and the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce (CICC) bus service changes based on his Master's Thesis. The CICC endorsed it. Unfortunately, half of the changes he proposed were implemented in November 1978. In 1981, he landed a job at the TA, hoping to implement the rest. Instead, he was transferred to the Dept. of Buses, and retired after being in Metrocard Operations.http://brooklynbus.tripod.com/ to find out the rest of these proposals. Nyctransitman also proposed additional changes that were incorporated into the website. Even I contributed one or two of them. Brooklynbus, along with Nyctransitman, went to NYMTC with a prestentation during the Southern Brooklyn Transit Investment Study. Everybody in the room gave them a standing ovation, except the MTA representative, who was furious. NYMTC accepted many of the ideas in its draft memo, but the MTA flat out refused to implement them. They fired of a terse letter saying that they do their own planning and don't want others, not even NYMTC, telling them what to do. If the MTA implemented the changes that were proposed, the 6/27/10 service cuts would not have been as painful or severe for southern Brooklyn riders. He is currently a traffic and transit contributor to the blog www.sheepsheadbites.com. |
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