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Posted by Outside the Box on Thu Feb 16 12:45:49 2012, in response to Re: Underbuilt IND?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Feb 16 07:05:17 2012. 30 second dwell time is not adequate for stations like 60th st-Lexington ave, 53rd st-Lexington Ave and 74th st - Roosevelt Ave. It is the high passenger transfer volume at these stations that drive up dwell time and limit line capacity.Running 33-40% more trains will yield a reduction in AVERAGE car loading. However, riders prewalk to and disproportionately load the subway cars at stair and escalator locations. These cars won't be at crush load as they are now (due to more trains per hr), but they will have close to or more than 140 riders per car. A partial solution might be adding more stairs (though that comes at the expense of platform space) and adding more transfer passageways. Another partial solution is subway cars that have interior and door designs that minimize dwell time. |
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