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Re: NJT conducting “Princeton Transitway Study” on Dinky ROW |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jan 22 20:45:27 2020, in response to Re: NJT conducting “Princeton Transitway Study” on Dinky ROW, posted by 3-9 on Wed Jan 22 06:46:36 2020. Until there is a major change in policy, it's extremely impractical to buy MU cars for a 2-stop shuttle. This is, after all, taxpayer dollars we're talking about hereSo spend taxpayer dollars for completely gutting the ROW and putting buses on it, never mind the higher maintenance costs of roadways and the shorter-by-comparison service life of buses that nobody would want to ride by contrast? NJT's excellent at profligate spending, don't forget. They had no problem shelling out $12 million a unit for sight-unseen ALP-45DPs, something definitely not off the shelf, never mind spending the most per mile that I've seen for LRT (hundreds of millions per mile on HBLR, which is on pre-existing rights of way for the most part). And how many people use the Dinky per day? Less than a thousand? There used to be a lot more than that before NJT started making the Dinky miss connections deliberately. They probably also factor service cancellations due to shoddy maintenance into "ridership". As for the bridge? Rip out the tracks, ballast, and signals, pave it over. Done LOL, not "done". Guess you don't know what goes into roadway maintenance. BTW, as for signals, the Dinky runs on track warrants; after all, what other trains occupy the ROW? Unless the person has some reason where they cannot take a bus 2.7 miles How many city buses can get up to the same average speed as the Dinky over the same 2.7 miles? Absolutely none, even if it were on a dedicated ROW. What makes you think that Arrows have high operating costs versus a bus? |
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