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	<title>Comments on: Are Broadway Busses Running Faster?</title>
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		<title>By: Streetsblog &#187; Today&#8217;s Headlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wonkster Tries to Measure Whether Bus Bulbs Have Made Broadway Buses Faster [...]</description>
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		<title>By: EM Prentiss</title>
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		<dc:creator>EM Prentiss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bad enough that people with disabilities are forced to use buses/Access-A-Ride due to the inaccessibility NYC&#039;s subway system with only 67 of 468 subway stations are accessible (not all lines at some stations). Downtown only accessible stations are Canal, B&#039;klyn Bridge &amp; Bowling Green (all on the Lex). If a wheelchair user is on a A/C/B/D/E/1/2/3 they must transfer to the Lex via the 42nd St Shuttle (the qaps at Time Sq were suppose to made eliminated in 2008 but weren&#039;t). So WC/scooter users going downtown are doomed to buses! 

Then NYC DOT had to put its own eccentric spin on &quot;bus bulbs&quot; &amp; instead made bus islands (long, narrow islands with a single entry/exit point at the tip) which are too narrow for WC/scooters to board a deployed from most bus lifts &amp; ramps unless the bus stops far enough out in the street so that the bulk of the lift/eam is not on the bus island. The bus islands are too frequently blocked by tour buses idling polluting the air for up to 20-30 minutes, taxi cabs, delivery trucks and parked cars! Recently, I saw a peddler, hot dog cart, roasted nut vendor &amp; water seller all doing business on a Broadway bus island.

As a result, NYCT buses are forced to load or unload passengers on the street which increases the slope of the front loading ramp to a dangerous gradient and blocks traffic even more.

Isn’t it interesting that the City is trying to remove sidewalkk vendors from around the WTC but doing nothing about Broadway?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bad enough that people with disabilities are forced to use buses/Access-A-Ride due to the inaccessibility NYC&#8217;s subway system with only 67 of 468 subway stations are accessible (not all lines at some stations). Downtown only accessible stations are Canal, B&#8217;klyn Bridge &amp; Bowling Green (all on the Lex). If a wheelchair user is on a A/C/B/D/E/1/2/3 they must transfer to the Lex via the 42nd St Shuttle (the qaps at Time Sq were suppose to made eliminated in 2008 but weren&#8217;t). So WC/scooter users going downtown are doomed to buses! </p>
<p>Then NYC DOT had to put its own eccentric spin on &#8220;bus bulbs&#8221; &amp; instead made bus islands (long, narrow islands with a single entry/exit point at the tip) which are too narrow for WC/scooters to board a deployed from most bus lifts &amp; ramps unless the bus stops far enough out in the street so that the bulk of the lift/eam is not on the bus island. The bus islands are too frequently blocked by tour buses idling polluting the air for up to 20-30 minutes, taxi cabs, delivery trucks and parked cars! Recently, I saw a peddler, hot dog cart, roasted nut vendor &amp; water seller all doing business on a Broadway bus island.</p>
<p>As a result, NYCT buses are forced to load or unload passengers on the street which increases the slope of the front loading ramp to a dangerous gradient and blocks traffic even more.</p>
<p>Isn’t it interesting that the City is trying to remove sidewalkk vendors from around the WTC but doing nothing about Broadway?</p>
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