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Re: Bowling Green Station and BG-SF shuttle |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Feb 16 07:04:13 2016, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for February 12, posted by Michael549 on Sat Feb 13 13:55:03 2016. Exactly:The uptown platform at Bowling Green was badly needed as the original planners failed to take into account how things would change over time. The additional entrances were also badly needed by then as the original single entrance just simply was not enough. There also by then were the budget problems in New York, a lot of which was caused as I understood it by corruption but also by attitudes that especially by 1975 were still in place from the 1950's and '60s. That all reared its ugly head on New York during the twin recessions of 1969-'70 and 1973-'75 that combined did a lot of damage and caused NYC to go broke. That caused the budget cuts and the elimination of the BG Shuttle. My plan to return the shuttle is simply what likely would be in place now if the shuttle had never been cut and had been retained all along. In this case (as noted elsewhere), that would be: Shuttle only runs on weekdays between 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM on weekdays, usually with T/Os on each end (similar to what is done on the TS-GC shuttle) and using only one two-car train and running (once the (1) returns to the new SF platform) to the outer platform of old SF. During PM Rush Hour (3:00-8:00 PM) ONLY, platform conductors would be stationed on the short platform to selectively open doors to allow people to do a straight transfer from the first two cars to the shuttle platform (most likely the middle doors of the first two cars). All other times (9:00 PM-6:00 AM weeknights and 9:00 PM Friday-6:00 AM Monday), the (6) would be extended to South Ferry and the (5) would also run to South Ferry when not running to Brooklyn. This as noted would have the side benefit of giving lower Manhattan additional service between Brooklyn Bridge and Bowling Green during off-peak hours they currently don't have. |
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