BBB Crenshaw Line service proposal

[bzcat]

Big Blue Bus is gathering public input on network changes after Crenshaw line opens. The big change is its plan to extend Line 14 from Playa Vista to Inglewood (Florence/Hindry station) - I call it the "BBB to Randy's Donut" route.

Also very sensible recommendation to shorten Line 3 and Rapid 3 to Century/Aviation station rather than the current Imperial/Aviation terminus.

Another seemingly long overdue change is wholesale gutting of Rapid 10 freeway service to Downtown LA, which has suffered abysmal ridership drops after Expo line opened.

But there are some troubling proposals, including eliminating Rapid buses on Pico (R7) and Lincoln (R3) on weekends and turning most low ridership feeder bus to Expo on weekends to "rideshare on demand" service.

Take the survey here and give them your comment: www.bigbluebus.com/Newsroom/News/BBB-is-Proposing-Service-and-Fare-Adjustments---September-2018-Public-Hearings.aspx?type=News

[RMoses]

How many electric scooters can be purchased for the price of a new bus? Perhaps that is the model BBB should pursue based on what the market wants.

[fissure]

Rapid 7 is only every 30 minutes on weekends, with the local coming every 20. At those headways, it's much better to combine them. Going to every 12 to keep the same number per hour would be a service increase due to the lower average speed, so 14 isn't too bad.

The 3/R3 are both every 20 minutes on Saturday, so going to every 15 is definitely a cut.

Rapid 10 is now just running Rapid 7 deadheads in revenue service, I guess? They'd be crazy to just leave the buses there all day.

I usually take one of those later 5 runs they're removing home from work (they're already removing the latest 2 runs next month). It's not much more empty than at 10am, and often busier than the 17 at the same hour, so I don't think they deserve to be cut. I won't miss it much on the weekends, especially since they're improving the 17 and I can Lyft for cheap.