Nyc has a subway for longer trips. So shorter stops make sense as anyone with a longer trip should be on the subway. However most cities (in the world) are not dense enough to support almost redundant system and in those I believe the speed optimizationis correct.

time is important to bus riders, speeding up the buses helps them. It also attracts others. Only a few are harmed more than helped - but they tend to complain the most even though they are a minority

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lxgr 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Nyc has a subway for longer trips. So shorter stops make sense as anyone with a longer trip should be on the subway.

That’s not how bus routes in NYC are organized at all.

	▲	benleejamin 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To further elaborate — NYC subway routing is not effective for some kinds of trips (notoriously: moving north-south through brooklyn/queens, east-west across much of manhattan, etc)

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MisterTea 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Nyc has a subway for longer trips.

Only if your trip is to Manhattan or along the line. Otherwise, in Brooklyn and queens, North-south subway service is almost non-existent. I live in South Queens a block from the A train. However, If I wanted to go shopping at Queenscenter Mall or along Queens Blvd, I have to take a bus up Woodhaven Blvd.