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rrkap@yahoo.com (Ronald Kappesser) wrote in message news:<1bc609ad.0307151133.adbba8@posting.google.com>...
> As an addendum to the BRT discussion that happened on these groups a
> few days ago, I figured I would post an article from the San Francisco
> Chronicle about AC Transit's new bus line that is modeled on the L.A.
> Metro Rapid lines.  I do wonder if AC transit's express buses will be
> frequent enough along this route for headway based schedules to save
> people time.  12 minutes is a really long headway.

There are other 72's in that corridor so wait times are not necessarily
that long. The real problem is that the 72R only runs until 7pm. Also, 
the 72R is not technically a BRT because it does not have an exlusive bus 
lane -- but generally San Pablo is free flowing so that is not a major
impediment.

The 72R is the first of several "BRT" routes AC wants to implement. Because
it could work without lane removal, it was the low-hanging fruit that could
be done first. Some of the others could be more contentious.

The 51, for instance, often bunches up as it makes its way along College
Ave. A few years ago, AC proposed a modest plan to remove up to a dozen
parking spaces so that they could create a queue-jumping lane for buses
at Ashby during peak traffic times. The cretins in the Berkeley Public 
Works dept vetoed the idea for fear of upsetting merchants -- basically 
favoring several dozen shoppers over the needs of >10000 bus riders.