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Posted by tydev417 on Sat Jun 17 19:28:10 2006, in response to Re: Study Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jun 17 18:36:40 2006. If you believe that report, you got another thing coming. "Less frequent headway" is purely an artifice, and the whole board knows that. Heavy rail has historically met or beaten light rail headways.WRONG, this is Staten Island we're talking about not the NYC Subways, during non-peak hours, the line would have very low ridership, just ride the S40 either way at around 11:30am and it's going to be a fast ride end to end. A light rail line would meet demands cost-wise, maintainence-wise, and ridership-wise. That's also baloney. There are no grade crossings along that right of way, unless you're talking the one along the west shore, and that's not in the proposal. Further, light rail with grade crossings is more dangerous than heavy rail with grade crossings, anyway—and the way they run light rail nowadays, all LRVs have to stop dead at each crossing before proceeding, even if there is no station, and that will kill average speed This just shows you don't know what you're arguing over. Yes there are grade crossings that are necessary in certain locations like New Brighton and West Brighton. Hogwash again, unless they're basing this on their "free" Tottenville service, which they operate artificially slowly anyway. Just stop please your argument is hilarious, the SIR is not "free" if you're headed to or from St. George and/or transfering to a connecting bus line. And it's nowhere no slow. You don't live in Staten Island so it will not be affecting YOU. It will benifical to those of us that actually LIVE in Staten Island and don't mind a light rail line becuase it is still a form of transportation to the ferry. |
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