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Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat Apr 22 09:56:37 2006, in response to The LIRR President Speaks, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Apr 21 23:55:11 2006. They are at capacity at Ronkonkoma. They have been studying ridership patterns, and have gathhered that many people ONLY come to Ronkonkoma because of the service, and they come from other places.In other words, what I've been saying for years: the testosterone-dripping, alphanumeric-driving*, cartball-playing, won't-fight-back-against-the-hijackers, new-trophy-wife-every-few-years Alpha-Male SCA's who infest Ronkonkoma flock to that station like flies to a grogan because they're too lazy to drag their God-damned suit-covered anii ten feet across the platform at Jamaica/Hicksville/Babylon/Huntington and therefore refuse to take the underutilized Port Jefferson or Montauk lines even when, as is so often the case, they live closer to those lines. That being said, he did rule out just about completely (at least at this time), any increase in diesel service east of ronkonkoma. Any increase in service would come in the form of electrification. He should have explained why. They are EXTREMELY happy with the performance of the M7's. They have surpased all expectations. They had been expected to run at least 100,000 miles between breakdowns, and have consistintly exceeded that by landslides. Notice he didn't say anything about rider (dis)comfort. He touched on photography, and mentioned that it was perfectly legal TO TAKE PHOTOS ON MTA PROPERTY AND NO ONE SHOULD BOTHER YOU. Fine, except for the fact that it's the MTA Police who harrass photographers, not MTA management. * = cheap cars have model names, while expensive cars have alphanumeric designations (Honda Accord/Acura TL, Nissan Altima/Infiniti G35, Volkswagen Passat/Audi A6). There are a few exceptions on both sides (Ford 500, Mazda3, Porsche Cayenne) but the rule usually holds. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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