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Re: Queens/Steinway Transit acquisition question |
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Posted by BusMgr on Tue Sep 28 12:05:28 2021, in response to Re: Queens/Steinway Transit acquisition question, posted by Italianstallion on Tue Sep 28 11:37:50 2021. That may be true, but it is a detail and perhaps part of the policy question. The purpose of the Rikers express route is to provide transit service to Rikers Island, for the benefit of persons visiting the jail thereon, having previously been integrated with, and an extension of, Steinway Street local service. By separating the Rikers Island service from the Steinway Street service, the total demand of each of the two sub-markets became such that less frequent (and arguably unsatisfactory) headway intervals were instituted. Now if the two services were re-combined, the increased total service demand could justify a better headway interval on Steinway Street. And indeed it would result in a slower trip for those persons destined for Rikers Island. But demand for Rikers Island service, even if slower by being routed back on Steinway Street, would probably not decrease, since it is a captive market. The other residual issue is that of desegregation, with the concept of segregating passengers on the separate services because of the differing demographics of the two. So there are many policy issues involved here, issues that will come to the forefront later this decade when the jails on Rikers Island are closed. So what is the answer? If history is any guide, the city might well decide, once the jails are closed, to completely discontinue the Rikers Island express service, not provide any service to whatever replaces the jails, and keep poor local service on Steinway Street. |
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