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If you take the bus in the outer boroughs on a regular basis I think you would not have even said this. Your starement leads me to believe that you don't, Crumbler.
I take buses daily in Brooklyn. I prefer them to the subway for the most part.
I’m not sure what you find disagreeable about the statement. The issue of the buses are more about bunching from congestion and frequency that’s sometimes lower than ideal. Light rail is fine, but it’s a fairly large fixed, upfront cost that can generally be better dealt with via larger bus system improvements. More bus lanes, better automatic enforcement of violations like being in the bus lane or double parking, and traffic signal priority. A minor upping of frequency in a few places and some stop elimination. This makes a lot more sense for a cash-strapped agency to quickly improve service rather than embarking on an entirely new system.
I take buses daily in Brooklyn. I prefer them to the subway for the most part.
I’m not sure what you find disagreeable about the statement. The issue of the buses are more about bunching from congestion and frequency that’s sometimes lower than ideal. Light rail is fine, but it’s a fairly large fixed, upfront cost that can generally be better dealt with via larger bus system improvements. More bus lanes, better automatic enforcement of violations like being in the bus lane or double parking, and traffic signal priority. A minor upping of frequency in a few places and some stop elimination. This makes a lot more sense for a cash-strapped agency to quickly improve service rather than embarking on an entirely new system.
Which buses do you take regularly?
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Obviously, I'm spending almost all my time in Brooklyn these days, but I did live in several different parts of Manhattan and Queens before and used buses then. Just about all of them could greatly benefit from what the measures mentioned earlier.
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Yeah...but I'm skeptical that the MTA will actually implement any of the things the article suggests. Other than raise the fare some more to solve their problems. I don't know why things are so difficult here compared to other cities. Maybe it's because the city is just so old and the infrastructure in other places are younger and therefore, more modern & easier to fix? Also, I think NYC is or was the only place where the subway system was 24/7 & the fare price being the same no matter how short or far away you ride.
Also, I agree about OMNY. Who would've thought it'd be the Bronx who has them at all stations. They're always the last to get anything, you would think.
I dont know but i do wonder how they are giving out how much overtime instead of hiring more people. You wouldnt wnt to know how many times my bus never came.
I think they wanted all the Bronx stations to get it first because our system likes to pick on poor people first and so any fare skippers, they'd probably start ticketing like crazy in The Bronx. I have been to two places so far in Manhattan and Brooklyn that dont have them. You would think they'd have them now as the stops were high frequency stops.
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