Gorgor Posted July 16, 2011 Share #451 Posted July 16, 2011 60 minutes of travel time isn't "impractical". It is when it requires a bus (or walk to save 2 minutes), subway (sometimes the first train that comes is too packed to get on), and a half mile walk at the end. I don't think that's practical all at when there previously was a bus that only required me to walk to the nearest corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted July 16, 2011 Share #452 Posted July 16, 2011 I'm honestly starting to think you're full of yourself...if you and your fellow constituents really cared about getting the X90 back chances are you would have had it back just like the X27/X28 riders got their X37/X38 back. All you're doing is bitching and complaining about having no X90 and you're not doing ANYTHING about it. All you're doing is just ranting about how much the Lexington Avenue Express and M15 +Select Bus Service suck (especially when you don't pay for it...real smart of you) on here, yet if you were really concerned about your precious X90 you would have wrote to the MTA or your representative of your district. Get a grip. If all you're going to do is rant about how much everything sucks and how great the X90 is (or in this case, WAS), you have no right to talk, at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAzumah Posted July 16, 2011 Share #453 Posted July 16, 2011 Fast ferries are outrageously expensive to run. They aren't charging $645 a month out of Atlantic Highlands for fun. They burn fuel like weedheads burn plant life. The East River Ferry is for economic development. Transportation is secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted July 16, 2011 Share #454 Posted July 16, 2011 Fast ferries are outrageously expensive to run. They aren't charging $645 a month out of Atlantic Highlands for fun. They burn fuel like weedheads burn plant life. The East River Ferry is for economic development. Transportation is secondary. So what is the farebox recovery ratio for the Atlantic Highlands Ferry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAzumah Posted July 17, 2011 Share #455 Posted July 17, 2011 So what is the farebox recovery ratio for the Atlantic Highlands Ferry? Over 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted July 18, 2011 Share #456 Posted July 18, 2011 Over 100%. Well done on their part!!! That is just good business. why does NJT lose so much money??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted July 18, 2011 Share #457 Posted July 18, 2011 Well done on their part!!! That is just good business. why does NJT lose so much money??? For starters, the NJT fare is lower (a little over $400 from those same parts of NJ), and it has the cross-honoring policy for the buses and trains. NJT loses money simply because it has areas that it has to serve because of network coverage. The ferry company's only goal was to make money, so it picked only the profitable routes. Some routes are crowded, but because the customers ride for long distances, they lose money for lack of turnover (the zoned fare helps, but it doesn't completely solve the problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjtransitmaster Posted July 18, 2011 Share #458 Posted July 18, 2011 For starters, the NJT fare is lower (a little over $400 from those same parts of NJ), and it has the cross-honoring policy for the buses and trains. NJT loses money simply because it has areas that it has to serve because of network coverage. The ferry company's only goal was to make money, so it picked only the profitable routes. Some routes are crowded, but because the customers ride for long distances, they lose money for lack of turnover (the zoned fare helps, but it doesn't completely solve the problem). That same thing I brought up in 2010 some of their rtes could have become regional lines and probably would have done better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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