 NYC's bus farside bus stops
On May 10, 2:18 pm, Robert Coe <b...@1776.COM> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 May 2008 17:10:11 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
> But if the light is green when you get to a nearside stop, you hold up
> traffic, particularly right-turn traffic, while you change passengers. And if
> RTOR is permitted, you hold up traffic *every* time you stop.
That's not a problem in NYC. |