Comments for Better Transit without Trolleys http://btwt.org Promoting improved bus service in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on 39 Bus Meeting - Gazette Article by BTWT Admin http://btwt.org/2008/03/08/39-bus-meeting-gazette-article/#comment-13 BTWT Admin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:00:23 +0000 http://btwt.org/2008/03/08/39-bus-meeting-gazette-article/#comment-13 Yes, one of the biggest improvements in the transformation of 49 into SL Washington St is the addition of a 3-block contra-flow lane which eliminated a long detour. Actually, SL service used 40 foot buses for the first year or 2, and recorded significant gains even before switching to 60 ft buses. So how does your comment contradict the assertion that some small, target improvements, including route changes, could lead to large ridership gains? Yes, one of the biggest improvements in the transformation of 49 into SL Washington St is the addition of a 3-block contra-flow lane which eliminated a long detour.

Actually, SL service used 40 foot buses for the first year or 2, and recorded significant gains even before switching to 60 ft buses.

So how does your comment contradict the assertion that some small, target improvements, including route changes, could lead to large ridership gains?

]]> Comment on 39 Bus Meeting - Gazette Article by Karen Wepsic http://btwt.org/2008/03/08/39-bus-meeting-gazette-article/#comment-2 Karen Wepsic Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:39:07 +0000 http://btwt.org/2008/03/08/39-bus-meeting-gazette-article/#comment-2 One can't compare the Route 49 with the Silver Line Phase 1 along Washington Street. The old Route 49 went a different longer route and used 40 foot buses. Karen Wepsic One can’t compare the Route 49 with the Silver Line Phase 1 along Washington Street. The old Route 49 went a different longer route and used 40 foot buses.

Karen Wepsic

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