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Re: Making free walking transfer permanent for (G) (J) (M) (Z) riders? |
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Posted by Michael549 on Sat Aug 30 00:47:51 2014, in response to Re: Making free walking transfer permanent for (G) (J) (M) (Z) riders?, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Aug 29 12:37:10 2014. Until the physical transfer to the uptown #6 at Bleecker Street was created for the Broadway-Lafayette Street, there was NO cost-free easy ability to transfer directly to the uptown trains. There were no paper transfers or approved out-of-system transfers between those stations, unless a person decided to use their own unlimited MetroCard for a "transfer". All that was suggested involved a convoluted time consuming trip via subway.The creation of the uptown transfer allowed much better usage of the subway lines. Folks headed for the eastside from the B, D, F or M lines from Brooklyn could easily take trains closer to their destinations rather than making convoluted trips. The new uptown transfer eased the problem of reaching the A and C trains when they are re-routed over Houston Street during a GO. Transferring between the #4 and #5 trains and the A and C trains was a major hassle when the A and C trains were re-routed. Such an occurrence happened plenty of times at nights and on weekends, then my usual work times. While some transit fans marvel at the engineering of the IND system, they forget that the oldest transfer for the longest time between the original IND lines in Manhattan to the #4 and #5 trains was Fulton Street. (The second transfer option was the downtown #6 in the 1950's to the IND at Bleecker Street, and later in the 1980's the 51/53rd Street transfer station.) Attempting to use the old downtown only transfer to the IND lines, for me made a convoluted time consuming trip to travel up to 14th Street (from Bowling Green) and back down on the #6 to catch to the A or C trains to Brooklyn when there was a G.O. on the A and C lines. Making backward-forward trips to West 4th Street due to a GO was not a pleasure when all that one really wanted to do was get to Brooklyn to get to their job on time, or for the trip home after work. Just to be clear there is still no direct transfers between the A, C, or F lines in Brooklyn to the #2, #3, #4 or #5 lines. Years ago for work trips to Brooklyn, I'd use my own unlimited MetroCard to make a "transfer" between the R-train at Lawrence Street and the A and C trains at Jay Street, well before the physical transfer was built. No more convoluted trips via West 4th Street for me. A person's "elected MetroCard transfer" is not a reduction in revenue, or creates a potential "policy created criminal activity". The previous policy of the 1970's to use paper transfers (more used on buses, and some subway usages) required more interactions with the token booth clerks and orange exit doors. The gold MetroCard did away with all of that activity, creating less of a potential for "policy created criminal activities", and less potential for loss of revenue. Just my thoughts. Mike |
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