Promising trends in (all too few) bus networks around USA: http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-big-city-bus-systems.html … Prioritizing frequency is crucial!
I would be very surprised if any of these revamps involved adding new bus stops
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If you look eg at the Houston map in the article, the areas covered are almost identical--it's frequency and transfer structure that changed
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commercial interests often use extreme pressure to add stops, creates an awful precedent that manifests in residential areas during revamps
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Interested in examples of this (not sarcastic here)
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first paved road in US did it: Woodward avenue - too many stops added from commercial pressure has crippled route times, "saved" only by BRTpic.twitter.com/SVz3rjgoCL
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an underutilized aspect of bus transit is the ability of rapid lines to accommodate riders while not disturbing residents. sad!
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