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5 hours ago, BrooklynBus said:

Okay. You are saying that the FedEx guys who are making deliveries from the side streets are contributing to traffic congestion there. Correct? So what sense would Officiallyliam's proposal make by banning deliveries on the avenues? All it would do is move the congestion from the avenues to the cross streets. Do you agree? 

If you do have segregated bus lanes like that, you have to go whole hog and mark out specific delivery zones on the side streets where regular car parking is not allowed to facilitate deliveries. Although, one or two placard holders is apparently enough to make the entire system of parking laws fall apart in this city.

That being said, banning parking/delivery on major roads is not rare throughout the United States; off the top of my head DC and Seattle do this on major roads, so that moving traffic takes up all lanes.

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http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/sbs-is-not-helping-riders-commutes/article_9070d9c0-e022-56c3-a854-4f590211002a.html

According to this article, MTA spokesman Shams Tarek said, “The Comptroller’s report affirms that SBS runs much faster than local routes and is a vast improvement over regular bus service, and that riders like it.” 

The Comptroller's report says nothing of the sort. The report states: "Over the last decade, bus ridership in New York City has nosedived and many local routes have become less reliable, slower, and increasingly outdated. While Select Bus routes have performed slightly better, there is ample room for improvement." It further states: "Select Bus routes travel only slightly faster than the average local route (8.9 mph versus 7.4 mph) and are identical in their on-time performance – a meager 62 percent (see Chart 5).2""

"Slightly better" and "slightly faster" is not "vast improvement" and "much faster". This is typical of the lies made by the MTA and DOT to gain acceptance of SBS from the public. 

As for passenger satisfaction levels with SBS, the Comptroller's survey showed a 64 percent satisfaction rate whereas the MTA's faulty methodology showed a 95 percent satisfaction rate. The Comptroller does not state if local riders were also surveyed. If not, then the 64 percent approval rating would most likely be even lower since those riders did not opt for the SBS service.

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