Claim: bus stopped times on Fourth Plain aren't that long, even with wheelchairs and bikes. All you need to do is add more buses and that will fix the problem.
Fact: it takes up to 3-5 minutes to board a wheelchair with current buses.
Boarding a wheelchair involves the driver getting out and back into their seat, the wheelchair rider using the lift, and the driver securing the wheelchair on the bus. There is no way that this can physically be done in less than 2-3 minutes. And add to that the 2-3 times a month...
Monday, 24 September 2012
Saturday, 22 September 2012
Let's Bust Another Fear
Posted on 11:28 by FourthPlainSupporter
FEAR: BRT will drain the economy and destroy our local business.
FACT: BRT has clear potential to positively improve business along Fourth Plain.
The US Government Accountability Office published a report in July 2012, “Bus Rapid Transit Projects Improve Transit Service and Can Contribute toEconomic Development”. The study concluded, “In general, we found that project sponsors and other stakeholders in each of our five case study locationsbelieve that the BRT project is having some positive effect on economic development”...
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