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Re: The Time for Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line is Now |
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Posted by sloth on Thu Nov 27 21:49:44 2014, in response to The Time for Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line is Now, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Nov 24 17:16:50 2014. Interesting stuff.The plan for Woodhaven Blvd, as I understand it, would completely screw up an important north-south artery for a bus service no one really wants. The Rockaway ROW sits a few blocks away without a workable northern connection. Queens Blvd local service, unfortunately, is the only thing that makes any sense at all. The express tracks can't fit it, and the LIRR doesn't want it. The idea of putting the bus lane on the ROW is interesting. It does provide less traffic for bus service, and doesn't reduce capacity on Woodhaven for everyone else. You still have the problem of where to put everyone at the north end of the ROW, and the ROW is located on the less populated side of Woodhaven. You know what the best thing to do is? Absolutely nothing. Leave it exactly like it is, except for maybe that awful left turn going south at Union Tpke. The suburbs are car dependent. Making Woodhaven Blvd unusable to cars and trucks isn't going to change that mindset, or that reality. |
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