|
|
| Re: SI residents on MTA Fare Hike (515138) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: SI residents on MTA Fare Hike |
|
|
Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Nov 10 16:56:59 2007, in response to Re: SI residents on MTA Fare Hike, posted by trainsarefun on Sat Nov 10 15:40:05 2007. I see that you've read me wrong and I see your not looking to delve in to the actual benefits and potential changes of it all.My proposal only involved sending the (1) line to St. George and that's where it would terminate, with the possibility of further extensions. Why do you think that SI requires the frequency-of-service supplied by the 1 route? The above answer can easily answer your question above but the can as well. During a typical morning rush hour on SI, you have thousands walking to the ferry, the SIR local and express trains dumping off hundreds upon hundreds of riders every 10-15 minutes, plenty of cabs heading to the ferry, hundreds of cars parked in the area to then head to the ferry, and then the S40, S42, S44, S46, S48, S51, S52, S61, S62, S66, S67, S74, S76, S78, S81, S84, S86, S90, S91, S92, S94, S96 and S98 all pulling up to the bus terminal at St. George every few minutes, with most buses packed front to back with riders. (Afternoon Rush Hour at Whitehall Terminal) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGlxUdnYtEc The express bus network is currently dying a slow death as the ever-increasing traffic is devouring it and dishing out 2-4 hour commutes to/from SI and Manhattan. People are looking for other alternatives but there's simply not enough. Why do you think the SIR had the second highest ridership increase this year and the past year in the entire nation? It's because more options were introduced and in this case was more frequent local and express service on the SIR. If you build it..or in this case, implement it..they will come. If they were to extend the (1) to at least St. George, then plenty of improvements and changes would piggy-back and reflect off of that. There would be a more steady flow of riders between the CBD/NYC and SI because there would be no need to transfer to/from the SI Ferry, which would thus allow for more frequent service on the SI bus routes and SIR mainline. Then people wouldn't mind getting out of their cars, get off their slow express buses and start using this new commute. And from all of that, then more people would then look to SI when in search of a new residency. SI is currently at a point where it's development is stagnated. Housing costs are going down across SI because of the recent commuting issues and will only continue to go down as the MTA doesn't take an action soon. The Mayor and SI B.P. and many people are now looking towards Staten Island's North Shore Waterfront as a prime location for development and re-zoning..a la Pavonia-Newport/Jersey City or LIC. The task at hand is known as "Staten Island Downtown". A subway extension would only accelerate development across the borough let alone "SI Downtown". |
|
|
|