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Re: In South Queens, rail backers still pushing for old Rockaway Beach line |
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Posted by steamdriven on Mon Jul 28 12:25:01 2014, in response to Re: In South Queens, rail backers still pushing for old Rockaway Beach line, posted by Nilet on Mon Jul 28 02:56:41 2014. I am not familial enough with the technical and legal issues to comment on those, but there is a need for a commuter rail service in outer Queens and Brooklyn. If it's possible it should be done.Subway service to those areas is slow -19th century slow- and beats up one's body if it's a local, as the constant sideways accelerations take something out of you, especially if you have health problems. I can recall driving from Norwalk to 14th street in Manhattan in an hour, a couple ticks over 60 miles. It takes longer than that to get from outer Queens or Brooklyn to Harlem. I'd pay a few dollars to save an hour per day and sit down rather than stand while being jerked back'n forth. As for the FRA, there may be ways to work around that. Once built I doubt they would shut down an operating NYC transit service over a technicality. Perhaps their metaphorical dead body can be placed under a section of a restored line ;-). |
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