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Re: re-open lirr woodhaven underground |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Mar 23 09:32:17 2017, in response to Re: re-open lirr woodhaven underground, posted by Joe V on Thu Mar 23 09:07:17 2017. It speeds their trip up to lower Manhattan, and they may have a crack at a comfortable seat for half the trip...The scarce transit funds have been lavished on people who already have transit service. None of the transit funds have been spent on people who currently lack such service. It's an equity issue that needs to be addressed. Several parameters combine to create lack of seats. Among these are a surplus of passengers and a scarcity of trains. NYCT can run more trains during the peak periods. The Woodhaven SBS boondoggle... I agree that SBS is a boondoggle. The bigger boondoggle is adding more transit to area that are already served at the cost of ignoring areas that are not. Part of the intellectual cover for this discrimination is that SBS or BRT can provide grade separated rail performance at a fraction of the cost. It doesn't. |
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