Unless a rider is a "regular", the bus driver has no idea
who is a special case and who is not. He/she cannot take
the time to ferret out which group is which. In rush hour,
on Sunday and Holiday schedule, the driver's job is to pick
up whoever stands in the stop, regardless of mobility. On
Lake St., for example, the stops are generally two blocks
apart and designed to line up with transfer points (Lyndale,
Blaisdale, Nicollet, 4th Av, etc.) That means there are 119
stops from Lake and Hennepin to downtown St. Paul. A driver
can expect elderly, handicapped, and moms with groceries and
toddlers and infants and each stop. Your plan would make
the system less accessable to all.
WMarks, Central
former MTC driver
Douglas desCombaz wrote:
> In response to Matthea Smith objections to my bus
> plan:
>
> I think parents with small children were accounted for
> in the "other special exceptions" clause that I made.
> Meaning that, parents with small children would
> warrant a special stop if they requested one, or
> flagged a bus down.
>
> If we seperated bus stops by four blocks, the absolute
> maximum possible addition to any trip would be two
> blocks. I can illustrate this. Firstly, the traveller
> goes to the intersection where the nearest bus stop
> once was. Secondly, the traveller chooses the nearest
> bus stop. The nearest bus stop would be where the
> person is currently standing; if they where facing the
> street, one to two blocks to their left, or one to two
> blocks to their right. Thirdly, the traveller would
> walk the extra distance, if there was any. Not too
> much to ask.
>
> If this is too radical, perhaps the bus company could
> have special rush hour rules that implemented this.
>
> Douglas desCombaz
> Whittier
>
> =====
> Douglas DesCombaz,
> Goodwill and Peace
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> TheChronicler
> www.dugrocker.com
> go.to/dug
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online!
> http://photos.yahoo.com/
