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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Nov 13 07:02:43 2024, in response to Re: Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Nov 12 16:19:42 2024. I'm not arguing against increased stop-spacing but one thing to note about Europe is that often the coverage within a city is already so excellent that there was minimal walking involved to get to the route itself. So it's easier to get away with longer distances between stops because the odds are greater that you already live/work on or near the route. The non-use of a standard grid often means that buses are twisting and turning throughout the city and with decent route planning they go every which way.The road layout of many American cities (in NY I'm thinking at least once you get to the more suburbanized parts like southern Brooklyn, eastern Queens, Staten Island, etc.) have it such that a bus corridor itself may already be a bit of a walk, so once you finally get to the corridor if you have to walk further to find a stop it lessens the attractiveness of doing it that way in general. But then I think of a route like the S79. This route is packed even though the stops are about as far apart as can be. You certainly can't say it doesn't attract riders. What's key is that it stops in the right places, and perhaps secondarily that it provides for an extra free transfer in certain cases. |
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