Does the Hampton Jitney Honor requests in between two stops? (Huntington: insurance, taxi)

[nycglamgirl11106]

Does the Jitney make stops in beween two designated stops if it is deemed safe. What if there are not that many people on the bus and it is at the end of the route? Thank you in advance.

[Johninwestbury]

I dont think so. They are very strict from what I hear.

[NorthForkGirl]

No they don't. Seems to be an insurance issue and/or Dept of Trans rules. I did find the employees to be helpful with getting a taxi to pick me up at their stop.

[Johninwestbury]

Originally Posted by NorthForkGirl

No they don't. Seems to be an insurance issue and/or Dept of Trans rules. I did find the employees to be helpful with getting a taxi to pick me up at their stop.

I dont think it would be a DOT issue, since on the east end alot of Suffolk Transit routes dont even have marked bus stops. In Huntington HART will stop at any corner.
I think it's HJ's way of keeping "poorer" folks off their buses. Their pricing discourages intra-island travel, which is a real shame since many of their routes could be easily designed for better intra-island travel. And when Suffolk Transit buses do not run on Sundays.
Hampton Jitney represents everything that's wrong with the way transit is designed on Long Island. The routes are put together in such a way as to keep those taxi companies ripping ppl off. An MTA takeover of HJ would be a welcome change and the routes could be designed to fill the gaps the LIRR cant fill.