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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jun 4 23:52:44 2011, in response to Re: Staten Island Fantasy Map (56k), posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sat Jun 4 15:53:06 2011. One problem is that the scheduling might be very hard, as the S73/S74 and S77/S78 have to be coordinated with the ferry, meaning that you will see a lot of buses scheduled to bunch up.As far as the S74 and S78 being routed to serve less of Stapleton/Park Hill, you have to consider that those areas are where most of the ridership comes from, partially because the people are more transit-dependant and partially because, south of the SIE, those routes parallel the SIR more. Therefore, routing these routes away from these areas would result in routes that perform very poorly. For example, the S74 can sometimes get pretty crowded between Tompkinsville and Park Hill, but that distance is fairly short. In addition, you don't see a whole lot of people taking the S78 to St. george from the southern part of Hylan Blvd because the SIR is much faster. True, I think the turnover in the Stapleton area is less noticeable on the S78 though. I don't think St. Pauls Avenue needs a bus, but like the S77 I just gave it the benefit of the doubt. As far as people in Mariners' Harbor using transit to get to the movie theater, there really isn't that much demand. If you live in Mariners' Harbor, there is no point in waiting for a bus and paying $2.25 when you could just walk there. Really? I had no idea it was that close. |
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