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Posted by #5 - Dyre Ave on Fri Feb 5 15:25:00 2016, in response to Re: J line extension to Bay Ridge after Second Avenue subway opens?, posted by twarrior3dc on Fri Feb 5 13:54:11 2016. Nope. I'm sure those same riders will jump off the J in favor of the D or N. Why? Because they're headed to Midtown Manhattan and they want to get there as fast as possible. The R just isn't going to do that versus the D or N. The R, rightly or wrongly so, has garnered a reputation for constant delays and inconsistent, unreliable service. It's true that every line experiences delays and "has its bad days." Yet, the complaints about the R keep coming back. But why? It can't be "just a coincidence."Maybe it's got something to do with the way the line is currently set up. The R runs deep into three boroughs, all local and making many stops in each borough. It has two other lines in Queens and Manhattan (the M in Queens and the N in Manhattan) merging in with it because ridership at those stops demands more frequent and consistent service than the R alone can provide. Not to mention how one of the express lines it runs alongside (the weekday Q) also merges with the R at 34th St. Combine all that with frequent signal and switch problems plus all-too-often sick passenger and NYPD/FDNY investigation and it's not hard to see why the R has that reputation. The J, on the other hand, doesn't have anywhere near as many merges as the R does, has a peak-direction express run between Myrtle and Marcy avenues (yep, it's short, but it's better than no express run like the R) and it has J/Z skip-stop service (yep, for roughly 50-55 minutes during each rush hour period, but still better than being all-local like the R). None of which would have to be taken away if the J were to replace the R in south Brooklyn. The point is, the R in its current service plan isn't working well. Maybe it's time to try something different. And not some service plan that calls for rearranging all of the south Brooklyn B-Division lines. Maybe extending the J and truncating the R at Whitehall isn't the answer. But doing nothing certainly shouldn't be. |
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