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Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Thu Mar 19 14:35:57 2015, in response to Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal, posted by NIMBYkiller on Thu Mar 19 13:45:39 2015. Here's the problem - rail requires significant and expensive infrastructure: land, track, locomotive power (electric or diesel), signal systems, grade crossings and bridges, stations, ticketing equipment (TVMs and/or station ticket counters), and staff. The infrastructure for a bus is already there, short of new bus stop signs or some shelters. That's why new rail starts are so hard to pull off. With transit budgets already at their limits, it's a lot easier to have an existing part-time driver take a spare bus on anew route than to spend years and lots of money creating a new rail line. |
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