How bad is the S78,reliability wise?So,with your service adjustment to the 78,I have to transfer at lease two buses just to travel
between Tottenville and New Drop?You could at lease create a direct route that run between Bricktown Mall and New Drop.Passenger dont have time to transfer from bus to bus to bus along Hylan....Since you want to shorten the 78,why not have it run to Richmond AV?
This my three proposal ideas for the 78 route:
1.S78 terminated at Richmond AV,riders will transfer to the S59 for service south along Hylan in which it'll be extended to Bricktown Mall .
2.S73 extended past Tottenville train STA to Richmond AV....so riders will have a direct transfer with the 78.(I rather do this proposal than the other two)
3.S72 could run between New Drop and Bricktown Mall,instead Hugunot.....S78 will terminated at New Drop
IMO,I like the current 78 service,it does it job by covering all the areas in one shout.There's no need to change it at all.It might look good on paper,but in reality it wont work out.