Jon Bosak wrote: > Putting in park-and-ride lots makes sense, but eliminating flag > stops would essentially kill rural bus service. The rural lines > currently serve everyone who lives on a major highway or can walk > to a major highway. If flag stops were eliminated, the only > people the buses would serve would be those who could drive to a > park-and-ride lot -- a big step backward in providing an > alternative to cars. > > If stopping to pick people up or drop them off regularly puts a > TCAT bus behind schedule, then that schedule should be adjusted. > I hadn't heard before that this was a major problem.
The 43 has some express (Commons/Varna/Dryden Vil/TC3) runs I think without flag stops - I suspect that means that there is at least data available on how this goes. Not sure about other routes. I suspect other drivers would like to see flag stops go away, as they make driving behind a bus more surprising, but this conversation isn't usually about making life convenient for other drivers! Thanks, Simon St.Laurent _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
