HelloBostonHi
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Not sure why SL1 should take nearly 45m to travel a few miles.. but just off the top of my head, quick fixes to shave off ~10m without much spend:
- Eliminate the double stop at SS (first at the "SL1 airport" signpost, then further up the platform at the SL2/SL3 drop)
- Eliminate the double stop at Silver Line Way (first to change modes, second to let passengers on/off)
- Eliminate the double stop at WTC inbound to SS (first on street-level, then underground)
- Free the police ramp
SS Double stop was introduced because people waiting for Silver Line Way trunk buses would fill up the SL1 before airport passengers could board. The goal was to have airport passengers board first because SL Trunk riders can take any branch of service.
Freeing the police ramp has proven difficult. The MBTA has tested the proposal with out of service silver line buses during the day and found they were unable to get even close to moving traffic speed before merging (somewhere around 20mph under speed if memory serves me), they also found the wall on the left of the ramp blocks the view of of oncoming cars until the bus is at the bottom of the ramp. Simply put, its a dangerous merge unfortunately.