tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4211802595919694813..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: The 14th Street busway debuts on July 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52622500705551173432019-06-17T11:21:34.548-04:002019-06-17T11:21:34.548-04:00@June 14 @ 12:12pm: You presume that the MTA actua...@June 14 @ 12:12pm: You presume that the MTA actually gives a rat's rear end about ANYONE's convenience, much less has consideration for the elderly, disabled, etc. as you mention.<br /><br />And now, if you happen to be rushing for a bus on 14th St., you'll have to stop and do the "offboard boarding" dance at the street machines. If you think the bus driver is going to wait for you, think again! And it should be so much fun to use to "offboard" machines in a crowd in bad weather. Honestly, the MTA could hardly have come up with a WORSE way to handle this - but as always, follow the money: who's making $$$ on installing all those "offboard" machines??<br /><br />The MTA has proven again & again that it sucks at planning (pretty much any kind of planning). It's changed the L-train "shutdown" plans & above-ground changes so many different times that I'd need a scorecard to keep track.<br /><br />It's absurd for the city & the MTA to encourage everyone to "take mass transit" AT THE SAME TIME that they're making bus service LESS available to us.<br /><br />But you will notice that the affected areas are far, far from Gracie Mansion. If it doesn't affect De Blasio directly, he doesn't notice it. And I seriously doubt that anyone of importance in the MTA is using any of the 14th Street buses.<br /><br />Bottom line: Ordinary people get the short end of the bus service yet again.<br /><br />PS: "All door boarding" is what's already going on with the buses; it's just that most of them aren't paying their fare!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-62155556918355221812019-06-17T10:22:49.882-04:002019-06-17T10:22:49.882-04:00I road the 23 abs the other day west, bus didn’t e...I road the 23 abs the other day west, bus didn’t even use new bus lane! All kinds of vehicles in the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31346962192029483802019-06-14T12:12:13.271-04:002019-06-14T12:12:13.271-04:00There has to be some reasonable balance between id...There has to be some reasonable balance between ideal for convenience (a bus stop on every corner) and ideal for speed (as few bus stops as necessary). We really, really don't have that balance now. On the stretch of Grand Street between the FDR and Essex (a fifteen minute walk), there are six stops. MTA wanted to drop to four, which gave us a stop every other block in the most populated portion. Totally reasonable. But protests brought the numbers back up to five, slowing down the buses with no real benefit. Oh, and if this was intended to help seniors, guess what? The new layout actually moves the buses further away from both of the actual senior citizen buildings (not just NORCs) in this neighborhood. The mind boggles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44084229432602925652019-06-13T18:46:54.046-04:002019-06-13T18:46:54.046-04:00Wow 10% faster!Wow 10% faster!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66284897326144469322019-06-13T00:17:32.322-04:002019-06-13T00:17:32.322-04:00What good does it do for the buses to move faster...What good does it do for the buses to move faster if elderly or disabled people , pregnant women, people lugging groceries, who can’t walk between these stops, have to walk these extra blocks? The point by for people taking buses is to not walk, not to move faster. It seems like only the car drivers (and most of those seem to be Ubers) will benefit from this, not bus riders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8742505557266066622019-06-12T14:28:37.900-04:002019-06-12T14:28:37.900-04:00The fact that those NEW machines don't take cr...The fact that those NEW machines don't take credit cards is mind-blowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85152692528965811302019-06-12T10:19:48.734-04:002019-06-12T10:19:48.734-04:00So - there is not supposed to be a shutdown - so -...So - there is not supposed to be a shutdown - so - why this ?<br />This will not help small businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com