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Posted by kcram3500 on Tue Sep 27 15:15:21 2016, in response to Re: Port Authority reveals 5 designs---, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Sep 27 12:39:28 2016. The bus plan for the Palisade tunnel was not for local service. It would have had a roadway out to the Turnpike, an access ramp at Tonnelle Avenue, and an access ramp from Boulevard East. But its intention would have been solely as a multi-lane busway to remove buses from 495.The tunnels themselves are 4 tracks (2 tracks per tunnel tube), so it would have made a perfect 2+2 busway that could easily be changed to 3+1 during rush hours. Buses could still share the tunnels with the HBLR (1 lane for rail, 1 for bus per tube)... that would help, but not be as effective as the full busway. But without its own underwater tunnel separate from the Lincoln, it wouldn't help at all. Getting between NJ and NY is still the chokepoint that keeps a new PABT on the Manhattan side or new road lanes on the Jersey side from improving service. Building a staging garage for mid-day storage doesn't completely eliminate the traffic problems, because there are still more buses trying to get back and forth to NJ during rush than the Lincoln can handle without delaying all traffic. The Lincoln opened in 1937 - it's even more inadequate in 2016 than the 1950 PABT. |
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