NYC's bus farside bus stops

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).

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.



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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).

On May 5, 4:56 pm, Bob Scheurle <njtb...@X-verizon-X.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2008 19:11:26 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
>
> <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> >>I don't know the brand of the bus, but I always find that particular
> >>model noisy as heck.  I don't know if it's the air compressor,
> >>suspension, but something keeps making an annoying gassy sound.  The
> >>motor was very loud upon accelerating.  IMHO, the Roswell buses were
> >>better.
>
> >That alien technology sure comes in handy.
>
> The anti-gravity suspension helps with the bumpy roads, but I don't know
> why they need all those lights going around in circles on the outside of
> the bus.

Is there an online video of this bus creature feature?

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.