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Posted by nh153 on Wed Jun 12 12:05:57 2013, in response to Re: Why there are few off-street terminals in NYC?, posted by Checkmatechamp13 on Tue Jun 11 20:14:20 2013. Let's remember the subway system and the bus/streetcar system were built by different private developers. There was no coordinated effort to have the two systems work together, even though many bus and streetcar lines in the outer boroughs did terminate at a subway stop.Perhaps if the subways and buses/streetcars had been under the same authority, there would have been terminals built to allow easy interchanges between subways and surface transit. In Toronto, nearly all subway stations have attached bus/streetcar terminals to allow you to go between the modes of transit without having to pay a fare or use a transfer or pass. By the way, is that the system still used at the Rockaway Parkway L station? Can you transfer between the L subway and the B42 bus without using your Metrocard? I understand the subway used to go all the way to Canarsie Pier but when that section of the subway was removed, they promised to continue giving those passengers free passage between subway and bus. Notice that none of the other bus routes near the Rockaway Parkway station allow free transfers, only the B42. So you had to leave the station if you wanted to connect with the B6, B17, B60 and B82, and pay a separate fare, or today, use up your free Metrocard transfer. So again, here was a missed opportunity for an off-street station for all those routes. Only the B42 went onto MTA property. |
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