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Posted by tydev417 on Sun Jun 18 17:25:45 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail (this is why), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jun 18 14:28:37 2006. How is it "clear"? I'm illustrating why some people are pushing for LRT. They want some street-running, obviously (i.e doing it on the cheap), otherwise they wouldn't dream of pushing for an alignment alongside Richmond Terrace. Even worse, this "study" cited earlier was commissioned by the PANYNJ, who seem to be loath to putting money into anything operated by the MTA.Nobdoy said it is street-running. The Whole ENTIRE ROW is SEPARATED, there is no "street-running" if they are building it on an old ROW. The whole thing needs "reconstructing". The ROW should have never closed, of course; but now, you're faced with either a proper rebuild or some pokey LRT that'll get caught behind the S40. Of course it does, most lines that get shut down and abandoned need "reconstructing". At the time it was closed, the ROW's closure's was justified, there was little to no ridership. The North Shore was just getting built up, afterwards of course like most other areas that lost a train line, the area had a suburban sprawl and became populated and is now in need of the reactivation. It's very clear here that you're biased of anything "new", you don't even have to deny it, you hate the R160s, you hate the PA-5s, you don't like the THE project, you don't want Moynihan station, you dislike the Grand Central project, you don't like LRT and only want heavy rail....what do you like???? What YOU fail to understand is that this heavy rail that you speak of is more EXPENSIVE than LRT. Have you not noticed at all that there haven't been too many brand new subway lines opened in the US as of late? You haven't right, LRT is the next best option. I like heavy rail but you sticking to it like gorilla glue is no help, LRT is more cost efficient. And maybe if you actually READ the documents, the LRT line WILL NOT be stuck behind the S40 because it's running on it's OWN ROW. |
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