tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350606083613108606.post6376541110045796355..comments2024-03-26T00:35:17.633-07:00Comments on Getting from here to there: About Pittsburgh's JitneysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652887148371033287noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350606083613108606.post-16983890337978670402013-09-08T18:11:44.771-07:002013-09-08T18:11:44.771-07:00About the North Jersey comment:
The jitneys (or a...About the North Jersey comment:<br /><br />The jitneys (or at least most of them) technically operate as interstate services and are "legal" in that they have interstate route operating authority from the federal government. <br /><br />The issues:<br /><br />1. They operate almost exclusively over the prior existing routes of traditional public transit carriers. (Their model requires it.) They did not develop new routes; though there are many possibilities in densely populated northeastern New Jersey.<br /><br />2. To attract customers, they undercut conventional bus fares.<br /><br />3. Often, in order to capture passengers and maximize revenues, they operate in an unsafe manner.<br /><br />4. Because of their revenue model, operators are often improperly trained, vehicles are not properly maintained, and insurance may not be adequate.<br /><br />5. While they operate under interstate authority, they often only operate the intrastate portion of the route or simply refund passengers' fares and dump them along the route if they feel they will not make a profit operating the trip to its terminus, especially if a tunnel toll into New York is involved.<br /><br />Increasing frequency on existing public transit routes has, in some cases, increased total ridership. And the jitneys fill faster than conventional buses because they are smaller. This can lead to a faster trip than on a conventional bus.<br /><br />However, in many instances, the presence of jitneys has forces the conventional transit bus operator to cut back on or totally abandon service on the route. If the operator was a private operator (not NJ Transit, the state transit agency), NJ Transit ended up taking over the route, leading to increased cost to the taxpayer.busplannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927124679758449424noreply@blogger.com