[Durham INC] Bull City Connector

[Ed Harrison]

Generally this means that stops are too close together, to put it  
simply.

TTA staff were clearly instructed this morning to analyze the issues  
with the BCC.

Ed

On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Tom Clark wrote:

> And how is it that ridership is down--i.e.the bus doesn't stop much-- 
> but the problem is too many stops?
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> Is this the Laffer curve of transportation?   ; )
>
> TC
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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Ken Gasch <Ken at kengasch.com> wrote:
> Is the solution to simply reduce the number of stops from 4 and hour  
> down to 3 an hour? If buses would then be on time, I would be happy.
>
> The stop closest to our home is Dillard. Now, when going west to  
> places as far away as 9th Street, we simply have to take a car. My  
> wife and kids love riding the bus. However, I insist on the car as I  
> can't take waiting for the bus, late in the evening, when young kids  
> are tired and cranky.
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> Ken Gasch
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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Ed Harrison <ed.harrison at mindspring.com 
> > wrote:
> I conveyed the comments from Ken G. and Kevin D. directly to TTA  
> this morning at the monthly
> meeting on Operations.  We were discussing an item that showed TTA  
> has a remarkably high on-time rate for its own buses, as Kevin
> appears to imply.
>
> The short answer from TTA Exec. Director David King is that the Bull  
> City Connector "has too many stops."
> Also, that the 15-minute headways are ambitious. He also noted that  
> the City Manager intends for
> the BCC to be "a premier service," and that Duke has the same  
> interest, as a major funder.
>
> Ed
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> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Mike Woodard wrote:
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> I've forwarded all these comments to DATA and TTA management.
>
> Mike Woodard
> City Council
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Harrison <ed.harrison at mindspring.com>
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