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Posted by dkupf on Fri Jun 3 21:20:08 2011, in response to Re: Staten Island Fantasy Map (56k), posted by Hank eisenstein on Fri Jun 3 17:54:45 2011. I have to agree with Hank. Route duplication, except when serving major trip generators is a waste off our fare and tax money that could be better spent on the prevention of elimination of services, restore service eliminated throughout the years, and increase service where needed based on ACTUAL service loads.Sending the S44 via the current S42 looks good on paper, but wouldn't work in the real world. You have to ask yourself: of the total S44/94 riders, how many would see their travel time increase? This is where your argument falls apart. I think that the overwhelming majority of local riders would see their travel time increase by 5-10 minutes. You could claim that these riders could use the S94, with added stops, but what about outside of the weekday-peak peak direction? The off peak and reverse peak is where the overall health of the route is really gauged. I would leave the S42 and S44/94 in Brighton and New Brighton as is. I would leave all the other LOCAL routes AS IS, except the following: * Switch the S44/94 and S46/96 west of Walker St/Morningstar Rd * Extend the S52 from its current southern terminus to Richmond Rd & Seaview Av. * Operate the S54 via the SI Mall, instead of Egbertville and Richmondtown between Rockland Av and Arthur Kill Rd. (This isn't duplication, because the S54 would serve SI's #2 trip generator. Current ridership levels prove that Egbertville and Richmondtown need only one cross-island route, not two.) * Operate the S55 via the Bricktown Shopping Center. (The S74 and S78 have been serving it since April 24.) * Extend the S62/92 via the West Shore Expwy to West Shore Plaza. * Replace the S76/86 south of Mill Rd & Tysens Ln with the S57. * Operate the S79 as limited-stop service only on Hylan Blvd and ONLY during the weekday peaks and Saturdays. (Service levels are not yet high enough weekday middays and Sundays.) Note that the B46 limited-stop service span started the same way. Now, the B46 is so frequent, it has limited-stop service all times except late nights. Could this also happen to the Hylan Blvd corridor? Only time will tell. |
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