From my experience there a number of buses that are painfully slow, especially in the Manhattan CBD. Of particular note are the M14 buses, which often times is painfully slow and crowded. While SBS service would benefit a number of routes listed under the city's plan, a much better plan would be if we could just apply SBS features to all bus routes in the city, especially bus routes running through the Manhattan CBD and CBDs in the other boroughs (like Flushing, Downtown Brooklyn, and Jamaica). That way way more people would benefit as opposed to a select few who use bus routes identified as potential SBS routes.
While BRT could be good options for transit deserts, I should point out that several subway routes have provisions built in to allow for expanded service to these areas, like the unused platforms at the Utica Avenue A/C stop for a Utica Avenue Subway, the tunnel stub ends on the E line in Jamaica that could allow for subway service along the LIRR Atlantic Branch, or the disused portions of the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch. If we use these we could connect transit deserts to the rest of the city.
From my experience there a number of buses that are painfully slow, especially in the Manhattan CBD. Of particular note are the M14 buses, which often times is painfully slow and crowded. While SBS service would benefit a number of routes listed under the city's plan, a much better plan would be if we could just apply SBS features to all bus routes in the city, especially bus routes running through the Manhattan CBD and CBDs in the other boroughs (like Flushing, Downtown Brooklyn, and Jamaica). That way way more people would benefit as opposed to a select few who use bus routes identified as potential SBS routes.
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While BRT could be good options for transit deserts, I should point out that several subway routes have provisions built in to allow for expanded service to these areas, like the unused platforms at the Utica Avenue A/C stop for a Utica Avenue Subway, the tunnel stub ends on the E line in Jamaica that could allow for subway service along the LIRR Atlantic Branch, or the disused portions of the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch. If we use these we could connect transit deserts to the rest of the city.
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