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Posted by checkmatechamp13 on Sun Jun 5 10:03:59 2011, in response to Re: Staten Island Fantasy Map (56k), posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jun 4 23:50:14 2011. You're right: Having the local S79 branch is better (maybe to avoid confusion, you could have the limited S79 via Richmond Avenue labeled as the S79, and the local S79 via Giffords Lane labeled as the S77)As far as Richmondtown goes, I would say that it is like Giffords Lane (on the weekends): There is the S74 at the northern end and the SIR at the southern end. What I would do is have the S54 serve Clarke Avenue rather than Richmond Road, but obviously that can't be done if you want it to serve New Dorp. The problem with SI Hospital South is that there aren't any major trip generators nearby. Connecting a hospital with a train that runs infrequently (the SIR) is going to yield a very low ridership route. I think there is nothing that could be done to serve that area: People will have to walk 5 minutes to Hylan Blvd, where they have the S55, S56, S59 (rush hours), and S78. The S59 can get crowded at times, but it still has the dubious label of "high student ridership", which is a nice way of saying that there aren't a lot of paying adults riding the route. I've also noticed that, although ridership during rush hour is decent: Generally, there are a few standees, depending on what the scheduling is like (where the S44/S94 and S89 are in relation to the S59) By the way, if you want a corridor that could really use the service, look at the service road of the SIE between Richmond Avenue and South Avenue. Because it is fairly isolated (there is the SIE on one side of the neighborhood and a forest on the south side of Lamberts Lane on the other side), there is no east-west bus in the area (since it is isolated, it is a long walk to the S48 or S62). I proposed solving this problem by an S93 extension to Arlington, but maybe your S67 would be able to serve that area instead. |
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