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Re: Canarsie trains via Broadway-Brooklyn during (L) tunnel shutdown |
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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Feb 8 13:23:53 2016, in response to Re: Canarsie trains via Broadway-Brooklyn during (L) tunnel shutdown, posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Feb 8 03:15:15 2016. From a previous message:"Re-routing the (C) to Rockaway Parkway gives those from Canarsie a one-seat ride to midtown via 8th Avenue and allows for a much better transfer to the 6th and Lexington Avenue lines at Broadway-Lafayette and obviously then going on 8th Avenue to run its regular route. Some on the (F) might have to suffer a little bit with a couple of (F) trains at peak hours cut in favor of a few additional (G) trains OR 2-3 (F) TPH running via the Crosstown at peak times to take pressure off the (G) that will be picking up many more passengers during this time." -------- I believe that I can say with good assurance that the MTA is NOT GOING TO CUT F-TRAINS for your proposal! Among the other items in your proposal this is one plank or idea that is simply not going to happen given the Queens ridership of the F-train, any time soon. The MTA is not going to cut F-trains in favor of a few additional G-trains on a regular basis, or by sending F-trains on the G-train on a regular basis when the majority of the F-train riders want to travel to/from Manhattan. If the G-train were to suffer additional riders due to the L-train closure - MTA could simply add additional cars to each of the G-trains traveling that line, or increase the frequency of G-trains serving that line. Neither response requires the re-routing of F-trains, or shifting Queens Blvd riders who want mid-town Manhattan access. Again, as usual you've torn up the subway map to deal with what you perceive to be an "emergency problem". Yes, your re-routing of the C-train from Eighth Avenue along Houston Street to the J/Z lines, and then in Brooklyn along the Canarsie line does try to "re-create" the L-train from terminal to terminal. Except that it does very, very little for the majority of the L-train riders that whose home stations are in the middle and western portion of the route. Again, as usual you're wrapping up a variety of your previous proposals in a new form, but it is really the same old stuff. Dealing with the issues presented by the possible 3-year closure of the 14th Street Tunnel for the L-train is a major challenge. (The closure could be 1-year or 2-years depending upon the nature of the scope of work and other issues to be determined.) Tearing up the subway map with the number of re-routed train lines does not really get at those problems. Mike |
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