From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

"Peter Schleifer"  wrote in message
news:p1tll9da60skb656fbm7hprq2fke07lj34@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:28:24 -0400, "conklin"
>  wrote:
>
>>
>> wrote in message
>>news:344a3b05-08fb-4bd8-b20c-b71ad05dc888@googlegroups.com...
>>> On Monday, April 21, 2014 4:05:14 PM UTC-4, conklin wrote:
>>>
>>>> City buses don't have bus stations.
>>>
>>> False to fact.
>>>
>>> City transit systems have numerous offstreet terminal facilities.
>>>
>>
>>What about telling the truth for a change?  City buses stop all over the
>>place and having ridden them many years, I never saw even a shelter in
>>NYC.
>>You just got off on a corner and that was it.  and you got on the very
>>same
>>way.
>
> 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/
> --
> Peter Schleifer
> "Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"

Oh well, maybe you live near an "enchanced station."  Most don't.  Never
did.

--- SoupGate/W32 v1.03
 * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1)