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Posted by hank eisenstein on Sat Jun 4 04:54:44 2011, in response to Re: Staten Island Fantasy Map (56k), posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jun 4 00:38:11 2011. There's no point to a bus along Giffords Lane (or Nelson Ave) going to the Ferry. Both roads TOGETHER are slightly over 1.5 miles and have direct service to the Ferry at each end of them. (The 74 at the north end of Giffords, the SIR at the south end of Giffords/north end of Nelson, and the 78 (or 79) at the south end of Nelson)All of these options give a easy ride to a connection to the mall (or a direct ride, in the case of the 79), and the SIR is significantly faster than either the 74 or the 78 to the Ferry. (~24 minutes from Great Kills to St. George on the local train, vs. ~40 minutes for the 74 at 8am, and ~45 minutes for the 78 at 8am) There wouldn't be much of a time savings via either corridor with a limited to/from the Ferry vs the SIR. Tompkins Ave is already served by two routes, the 78 and the 52, with the 78 being the more direct route to the ferry (at least, north of Hylan Blvd) SI Local bus routes are set up to serve the ferry, or feed the SIR, with the exception of the 89, 53, and 93 which feed the SIR and connect Brooklyn or New Jersey. It's simply not financially sensible or practical to connect every destination pair directly with a one-seat ride. I'd rather have the money that would be required to duplicate existing services or give one-seat rides between every shopping center and the ferry to restore overnight service along Richmond Ave, weekend service along the routes that were recently cut, establish a limited version of the 79, and decrease headways on various routes, including service every 15 minutes on the SIR using two-car trains on the intervals that don't meet the ferry. Service every 15-20 minutes on many routes (particularly on weekends) instead of every 30-60 (the 51 runs at a 30 minute headway on weekends, with every other bus (hourly!) serving Ft. Wadsworth or School Rd) will go a lot farther toward increasing ridership than establishing many of your proposed routes. |
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