21 buses was just what it said on Wikipedia. Wikipedia also says 63 buses, but for some reason I said 92 buses. My bad.
Yeah, the system sucks, and even Tulsa Transit website says so.
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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
If Tulsa so chose, the city could institute more frequent bus serice or more bike lanes. The built environment is not fundamentally different from Portland or Denver - it's a western US city with small lots and a logical street grid.
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Tulsa's grid is not fine-grained enough for transit though. Arterials spaced 1 mile part, and they never built any other thoroughfares in-between the existing concessions roads. How far people are willing to walk to transit? 500m? 600m?
Glancing at a map of Portland and Denver, I can see that many parts their grids are more fine-grained. In these places, the distance between arterials is half that as Tulsa, meaning more possible bus routes, and reduced walking distances.
Plus, Tulsa has to build a transit system basically from scratch, and transit ridership growth is very gradual. They have an extremely difficult task, no matter the layout of their roads.