Delvin4519
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I'm really not sure how the Key Bus Routes came to be. Like why are the 47, 9, and the 92/93 not key bus routes? Yet the 71 somehow is a key bus route? Some local bus routes have higher ridership than key bus routes.
The 47 is the most egregious one, that bus route is the one to go directly into the LMA, and the only north south charles river connection between Allston and Copley, yet that route has 50 minute frequency intervals on Sunday. Meaning the only alternative routing is the 66 or the 1, yet those two routes are extremely far from the LMA (66 barely touches Brigham Circle).
The 1 bus also suffers from lack of direct connection with the 57 bus, so 57 bus riders have to go 1 stop on the Green Line to access the 1 bus. It also misses the Kenmore and Copley bus hubs, going via Hynes.
Local buses 34/34E, 70, 9, 86, and 31 all have more ridership than the 71 key bus route. 57 and 39 are rail replacements for the A and E branch as key bus routes, but the 92 and 93 were also GL tunnel rail replacements and OL elevated rail replacements and somehow, those aren't key bus routes. The last 2 routes are also extremely short so they should be some of the easiest to run frequently back and forth from Haymarket busway to Sullivan, but they aren't.
The 47 is the most egregious one, that bus route is the one to go directly into the LMA, and the only north south charles river connection between Allston and Copley, yet that route has 50 minute frequency intervals on Sunday. Meaning the only alternative routing is the 66 or the 1, yet those two routes are extremely far from the LMA (66 barely touches Brigham Circle).
The 1 bus also suffers from lack of direct connection with the 57 bus, so 57 bus riders have to go 1 stop on the Green Line to access the 1 bus. It also misses the Kenmore and Copley bus hubs, going via Hynes.
Local buses 34/34E, 70, 9, 86, and 31 all have more ridership than the 71 key bus route. 57 and 39 are rail replacements for the A and E branch as key bus routes, but the 92 and 93 were also GL tunnel rail replacements and OL elevated rail replacements and somehow, those aren't key bus routes. The last 2 routes are also extremely short so they should be some of the easiest to run frequently back and forth from Haymarket busway to Sullivan, but they aren't.