 NYC's bus farside bus stops
Drivers generally try to "catch" red lights so they don't get ahead of
schedule (this happens, in my experience, anytime traffic is light).
Therefore, the positioning of the bus stop becomes secondary. I've been on
buses where the stop is on the near side and the driver waits, even after
loading is complete, until the light turns red.
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@> wrote in message
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On May 3, 8:10 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> In NYC, many bus stops are on the far side, that is, the bus crosses
> the street for the stop. It is said they do this to "make the light".
>
> I was on the M60 today and on 125th St we hit every light. It
> would've been more efficient if we could've picked up psgrs while
> waiting for the light to change. I've had this experience on other
> buses as well, such as the M104.
The farside bus stop makes much more sense (on streets). On avenues,
the blocks are so short that the stops aren't really at either corner
(and are 3-4 blocks apart). |