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1. bizenez says:

   March 12, 2009 at 8:02 pm

   For once, an idea that is actually practical. From the start I thought that creating a bus terminal smack downtown was a huge mistake. It would be much cheaper if we just fixed up and current bus stops, closed them in better and added better heating. Instead of building a useless terminal, how about improving the services. How about less waiting for a bus? How often do you see a bus parked on the side of the road, this is a so called lay over. Not only will the fast rail system encourage more NY’ers to come for business conventions amd stay in the hotels, which they already do, but maybe other improvements to the city will follow. Such as more businesses opening up. I say forget the bus terminal and build the light rail system. Now that’s a great idea that i support 100%

2. admin says:

   March 12, 2009 at 9:31 pm

   The sad part is, if the wheels weren’t already in motion on Ren Square I think everyone would agree—another bus terminal in the heart of downtown is a ridiculous idea. But because this project has taken so long to get off the ground everyone has their blinders on. Statements like the one Schumer made earlier in the week when he said “we can have both” indicate that he’s missing the point. Just because we can pay for a bus terminal and a separate train station doesn’t mean it makes sense!

3. bizenez says:

   March 14, 2009 at 7:11 pm

   When I heard about the bus terminal the first thing that came to mind was, another fast ferry and high falls area flop. Go down State street sometime and right by the expressway you will see a huge fancy sign that says, “Welcome to high falls”. What a bold statement and reminder of what a disaster that whole project really was. And the fast ferry, what a joke that was. Now they’re telling us that we need another bus terminal. For what? Will this terminal improve the service? Parking buses inside a giant round terminal will only cause more delays if anything. And like I said in the other post, service is lousy as it is. Look at the schedule and sometimes a bus runs every 40 minutes. Why so long for such a small city and having over 300 drivers and buses. Also RTS and the union hasn’t had a contract for over 2 years due to a lack of agreeing on benefits and pay. If RTS has the money to spend over $30 million on a useless terminal even before it’s built, they could definitely afford to pay to improve the service. It’s like saying, hey everyone it will take three years to build the terminal but when it’s done you can wait longer out in the cold and rain until the bus arrives but don’t worry, when you get downtown and wait inside the new terminal, you will have plenty of time to dry up and get warm. And the great thing is, you can pay for it with your taxes. Thanks Shuman, we greatly appreciate it!

4. Potential New York HSR Service Puts Rochester in a Quandary « the transport politic says:

   March 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm

   […] Subway agrees. Robert Duffy (D), the mayor of Rochester, argued in a similar op-ed that he, too, does not like […]

5. Larry Keefe says:

   April 21, 2009 at 6:58 am

   How about getting some other local politicians on board? I have already written to Eric Massa, a detailed proposal for bringing back a region wide light rail system that could connect through the HRS station–I’m still waiting to hear back from him. People should put the pressure on NOW for light rail that connects directly to the new rail system that the Obama administration has proposed–without local connections the trains will just whiz past Rochester with no particular benefit to the region.

6. Joe D. says:

   September 10, 2009 at 1:07 am

   I wholeheartedly agree with Larry…HSR in conjunction with light rail would be a good jump start to our flailing economy!

   Cheers!

   Joe

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