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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat May 28 23:50:31 2011, in response to Re: MTA Bus Ridership Dwindles As Subway Gains, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat May 28 23:12:04 2011. Thanks for the compliment. Maybe not a genius but certainly way ahead of my time.I had to dig out my thesis to check because I didn't even remember what I proposed because it was so long ago. My thesis was that the bus routes were outdated based mainly on an obsolete trolley system. For example: my rationale was that it no longer made sense to run three routes along Flushing Avenue. It made sense when they all ran over the Brooklyn Bridge as trolley lines to Park Row, but not after they were cut back to High Street which shouldn't be a terminus for anything. So I ran the B57 down Jay and Smith and discontinued the B62 Flushing Avenue portion and made it a through north-south route (today's B43.) The third route along Flushing was the B69. It just seemed to make more sense and easier to plan trips if it continued to Williamsburg Plaza so I proposed it. (I also redid the entire bus numbering system in my thesis which also is outdated.) I also proposed extending the B11 to continue east of 18th Avenue but proposed extending it much farther and on an alternate route. In 1975, I suggested it only be extended to Coney Island Avenue initially to see how it worked out. I never envisioned that it would change the complexion of the entire Midwood area when the change was made in 1978. Shortly thereafter Orthodox Jewish community spread from Borough Park to Midwood, and I am convinced the B11 was a major factor since before 1978, the trip from Borough Park to Midwood required three buses instead of one. |
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