> I'd be very surprised if speeding up the buses doesn't end up a net win here, given the density. I'm not so sure, especially on 14th street. 14th Street is o

> I'd be very surprised if speeding up the buses doesn't end up a net win here, given the density. I'm not so sure, especially on 14th street. 14th Street is one of the few east-west streets that has decent crosstown subway service, the L train. Even with faster buses, I suspect it's still faster to hop on the train to get across 14th than to take a bus. But this doesn't have to be an rhetorical argument, it can be clearly backed by data. If, in 6 months, the MTA shows that more people are moving more quickly across 14th St than before the car ban, I'd support it. If it can't show that, I'll be against it. If it just says that its buses are moving faster without citing the number of people moved, I'd be very suspicious.