Dan1 Posted June 5, 2017 Share #1 Posted June 5, 2017 MTA official website: http://www.mta.info/SIExpressBusStaten Island Advance coverage:http://www.silive.com/news/2017/06/see_it_staten_island_express_b.html#incart_river_indexhttp://www.silive.com/news/2017/06/staten_island_express_bus_overhaul.html#incart_river_indexMTA Final Report and Presentation - combined pdf:https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/49bf6137-2850-406b-a2f0-283d3e6c0e6d(Local Bus Study to be released at a later date as per MTA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 5, 2017 Share #2 Posted June 5, 2017 Concentrated routes can be frequent, but what the likes to leave out is that is that if there's a problem on that one corridor that service is focused on then you have another problem. I also think that they should not just concentrate all of the service in Midtown and Downtown. What they are trying to do is say to hell with the people below 23rd street. You can take the subway. There is too much ridership south of 23rd street not to serve those riders. You could resolve this by having a branch run from 23rd street and then run closed door where the Downtown variants would start. If they do that then I think it could improve service overall. It should also be pointed out that some of these routes were created by the due to them cutting service, so they created part of the problem. Why in the hell are you running the X17 to Tottenville when you could just run the X22? Why have the X14 be stuck in traffic serving Downtown and Midtown instead of having a Midtown and Downtown variant like they did before? They talk out of both sides of their mouths. First it was oh, we need to cut Downtown service because they're isn't enough ridership. Well if the buses came as scheduled then there would be. The X13 and X16 were atrocious. Drivers didn't know the routes and often times buses were a no-show, so when they talk about the routes being "too confusing", maybe they need to train the drivers better as well. The passengers often times know the routes better than the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubaionBx12+SBS Posted June 5, 2017 Share #3 Posted June 5, 2017 Where's the local bus portion of this? I thought the MTA was studying the entire bus network in Staten Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 5, 2017 Share #4 Posted June 5, 2017 Where's the local bus portion of this? I thought the MTA was studying the entire bus network in Staten Island. They found it was too complicated to release both at once, so the express bus network will be done first followed by the local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan1 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted June 5, 2017 Boro President Oddo Express Bus Study announcement: https://www.facebook.com/statenislandusa/videos/1392438657515813/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted June 5, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 5, 2017 There already is a thread for this. This should be merged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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