From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:40:26 -0400, "conklin"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Peter Schleifer"  wrote in message   
   >news:p1tll9da60skb656fbm7hprq2fke07lj34@4ax.com...   
      
   >> Things have changed in NYC since you lived here.   
   >>   
   >> "Bus stops are located at street corners and have a tall, round sign   
   >> with a bus emblem and route number. Some stops have bus shelters."   
   >> http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/howto_bus.htm   
   >>   
   >> "Enhanced stations: BRT stops include attractive shelters with seating   
   >> and lighting. Stations with bus bulbs can have level boarding,   
   >> landscaping, and other amenities."   
   >> http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/sbs/   
   >   
   >Oh well, maybe you live near an "enchanced station."  Most don't.  Never   
   >did.   
      
   Select bus service rollout is going much more slowly than it should,   
   but the local bus stops serving most of the busier areas do have   
   shelters.  These are paid for by advertising.  I haven't been to the   
   far reaches of Queens or Staten Island for a while (though probably   
   more recently than you), so I don't know what they've got there (and   
   neither do you).   
   --   
   Peter Schleifer   
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