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Re: Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study (Final Report 2018) could cost over $2 Billion |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 30 13:10:13 2019, in response to Re: Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study (Final Report 2018) could cost over $2 Billion, posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Sep 30 12:26:51 2019. And where to do these subways go ? The Jamaica el is a schlep and goes only to lower Manhattan, then a transfer to the M train, weekdays only. The Fulton el is a another schlep via downtown Brooklyn. For anyone headed to the upper East Side or West Side, an R train on the RBB is superior.When you run 4 bus routes on Woodhaven Blvd, 2 local and 2 SBS, with a speed limit of 25 MPH, you won't get demand nor encourage travel patterns. The Q53 franchise was created as a replacement for the LIRR service and sped down the middle lanes of Woodhaven Blvd at 40MPH with few stops. That is no longer the case. Woodhaven at the Jamaica Ave and Atlantic Ave stops got screwed, especially after LIRR killed Woodhaven service in the mid-1970's. Parkside was served well by the LIRR stop at Metro Avenue. It is now 10 MPH bus that winds around all over creation to get to 71ST Avenue, a=often getting stuck on Austen Street gridlock to avoid private streets. When you run unmarketable buses, you won't see demand nor encourage use of transit. |
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