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Posted by Michael549 on Wed Jul 1 13:25:09 2015, in response to Re: M to West 4th on Weekends/Late Nights, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Jul 1 12:27:58 2015. Yes, you're right!a) The D-train handles on the weekends about 150,000 riders between the Bronx and midtown, with about 120,000 of those riders coming from the D-train's Bronx stations. From the ridership statistics I estimated that between Brooklyn and Manhattan that about 65-80,000 riders is carried by the D-train each weekend. Adding the two figures together that's about 230,000 weekend riders! b) I've shown that the C-train handles 80,000-plus riders on the weekends on Central Park West stations. I've also shown how the C-train from its Brooklyn stations easily carries about 60,000 riders each weekend. I did not attempt to figure out the ridership of the C-train in midtown, but just adding the above two numbers comes to about 140,000 riders handled by the C-train along and between Manhattan & Brooklyn. c) I've already tabulated the ridership of the weekend M-train plus its shared segment with the J-train, in even its best year to date handled 67,000 riders (rounded off). This number is VERY MUCH LESS than the ridership of the C, D and F trains! d) It is plain to see that the F-train carries a substantial weekend ridership very much greater than the Brooklyn/Queens M-train segment. Substantial F-train riders would be affected by the delays in service that switching D-trains into and out of the pathway of F-trains would entail. e) In addition to all of that I've shown how just on the Central Park West area/west side stations alone of the #1, #2 and #3 lines handles 200,000 riders each weekend. ----------- I did the math and I spelled out my reasons clearly. I simply do not see a reason why the route (the M-train) that has VERY MUCH LESS RIDERS should in any way screw up the routes (D & F) that are much more heavily traveled (in terms of much higher ridership), and that travel longer distances, and where the rides themselves take a longer time. The folks traveling the longer distances on the heavily traveled route should not have hampered by additional local stations. You may not like my reasons. You may disagree with me. I have been clear and up-front. We just simply disagree! I'm not in charge of the MTA, they make their own decisions. Mike |
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