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Posted by Mr RT on Fri Jul 8 16:40:19 2011, in response to Re: What is wrong with Select Bus Service, posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 7 20:05:12 2011. OK, I’ glad that you were only a little upset, because I’m enjoying this debate.BTW, anyone else, please feel free to jump in. Let continue by combining point one & three: “…the right-of-ways we have are not wide enough for BRT so they are scaling it down …” In NYC we don’t have any spare land just lying around for us to use for a BRT, So any serious BRT plan is going to effect traffic. If you really believe in the value of adding some BRT to enhance public service then you are going to have to accept that ? Do you see why I'm questioning you sincerity about BRT ? Are there any other options … yes you mentioned a couple: “…reactivate the Rockaway Line instead of SBS on Woodhaven …” Does it go far enough north to be of any value …. Hmmm “…Brooklyn … existing right-of-way …” Are you talking about the LIRR’s Bayridge freight line ? or is it a different freight line in Brooklyn ? BTW, Point 5 from above … I didn’t appreciate the difference between Cross Brooklyn & Cross Bronx … thanks for pointing it out. Point six: “…Federal government is giving the money away …” Yep, they most likely started down this road chasing after the money. “…They just chose the corridors they wanted after supposed public input. But they never gave reasons for their choices …” I wouldn’t be quite that syndical about how they choose the corridors. Granted it’s partly political … choose one in each borough … but where in the borough was given some serious thought, I’m sure of that. Did the public have a lot of say in this … the MTA knows best what you need :-( Point two – off topic – East Side Access: Originally they were going to grab some under utilized tracks in Grand Central … then they decided they wanted their own tracks & needed to go deep to do it. That deepness if driving a lot of the additional cost. There is also their insistence on their own power source because M-N might loose power. Hasn’t happened, but it might. My question for a long time has been who is watching what is going on here, because someone in a high office keeps signing off on the price increases :-( “… We met at a retirement party in Woodside in February, 2003 …” We talked about Teddy when he only had a few employees … I remember. |
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