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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Joe on Mon Jan 17 15:33:44 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:19:50 2022. Design means a lot. About 1950, some architect designed PABT with a long corridor of nose-in loading in the basement long-distance level, but then encountered a problem with how to provide run-through platforms (no backing up) on the suburban level. That produced a maze of escalators and stairs to individual island platforms. Exploring it one day, I got waylaid by an official of the carrier that ran out US 22 to the Raritan Valley. At the top of the escalator, he demanded my ticket. I said I only wanted to see the buses on that route. "Get out!"--- The same maze on the mezzanine brought the issue of safety, with too many hidden corners. --- When more upper floors were added to PABT, they had 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue escalators (for easier maintenance). And the boarding gates were nose-in. Waiting passengers did not have to breath the exhausts. --- The design lesson was not yet learned when GWBS was built. Again, island platforms. Those awaiting a bus to Bergen County or Paterson endured the cold winds Pier Nervi (from balmy Italy) never considered. Luckily, the PA installed television, so that commuters could huddle at the foot of the escalator and watch for the arriving coach. --- Then that design was changed fifty years later. The ticketing level was deemed rentable, and a small waiting room on top allows people to see when their (now too few) buses arrive nose-in. Most of the movement is with vans. |
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