After reading Simon's email, I have to say that I love that effect. It makes biking up 96 much easier when there is a bus holding back the traffic which can then pass me in one big group rather than many individual cars passing at different speeds.
-Andy Simon St.Laurent wrote: > 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 > > > -- Andy Goodell Assistant Director www.IthacaCarshare.org 607.277.3210 _______________________________________________ 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
