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Re: The Most Awful Transit Center in America Could Get Unimaginably Worse |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Jan 10 17:52:50 2018, in response to Re: The Most Awful Transit Center in America Could Get Unimaginably Worse, posted by Joe V on Wed Jan 10 17:33:35 2018. "Nobody foresaw commuter and intercity rail ridership growing like it did in the early 1960's"In the 1960s,Commuter rail ridership was growing primarily due to the white flight suburban sprawl to LI & NJ. However, in the 1960s, Intercity long distance trains (outside of the NE corridor) were in the crosshairs. Thanks to interstate highways, 35 cents a gallon gas & affordable air fares, the end was near, or so it seemed. I think when they designed the "new" Penn Sta. they deliberately made it a basement with the esclators narrow in anticapation of decreased long distance passenger demand and the PRR doing nothing to encourage it. The spiral of diminishing returns. Minimal terminal comforts, Worsten service, ridership drops, kill the train a/c low ridership. Problem solved! |
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