Three years ago, MBTA planners proposed a common-sense measure to help speed up the 39 bus, the second-most popular bus line in the city, which connects Jamaica Plain, Longwood, and the Back Bay. An improvement plan proposed eliminating several redundant stops, including one in an absurdly dense cluster of stops along a short stretch of Centre and South streets in Jamaica Plain. Unfortunately, when a minor controversy ensued, the T backed off too easily.
The T’s usual standard is for bus stops to be between 750 feet and 1,320 feet apart, so it was entirely reasonable for the agency to target at least one of the four stops within less than a quarter mile of roadway in Jamaica Plain. Fatefully, though, the agency proposed to eliminate one near the Harvest Co-Op. When the food store complained, the T gave up on the idea.
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Something must be done about the 32, the only bus route on Hyde Park Avenue. It is socrowded that the passengers waiting at Forest Hills can fill two buses. It runs so late that there are often three buses in a row. Meanwhile, Washington St in Roslindale enjoys four bus routes. And the 50 through a nice Rossie neighborhood has stops so close together that I think you could spit between them.
It's all about Money and Priviledge.....
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