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Posted by #5 - Dyre Ave on Fri May 1 15:19:53 2015, in response to Re: Atlantic Avenue (L) Station, posted by Wallyhorse on Sun Apr 19 07:04:47 2015. Sorry for the very late response here. I was actually all set to respond by saying that if your Z proposal can indeed allow the L to better serve the very heavily-used stops west of Broadway Jct, then I'd be inclined to agree with it. But then the MTA released its 2014 ridership stats, which showed major increases in ridership systemwide. Ridership on the L is continuing to climb, no surprise there. But what I did find rather interesting is that most of the "less busy" stations after Broadway Jct, do get decent ridership. Rockaway Pkwy, alone, got over 13,500 weekday riders in 2014.I just think that if the L were truncated at a rebuilt Atlantic Ave, even with a cross-platform connection to a Canarsie-Jamaica Ave Z, it would inconvenience more riders than it would benefit. You also have to remember that the L runs much more frequently than the current Z service, and would probably run more frequently than the Z service you're proposing, simply because that Z service wouldn't be able to maintain the same headways the L currently runs on, while interacting with the J and M in northern Brooklyn. By the way, how does this Z service benefit 4th Ave local riders, whom you mentioned in your original post? You have this service terminating at Broad St except during late nights. How would that benefit the R line? |
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