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Posted by J trainloco on Sun Sep 24 17:28:45 2006, in response to Re: R46 Technology (was: Re: R-160 Update), posted by RonInBayside on Sun Sep 24 17:14:11 2006. Astoria to LGA is a poor example. It would help the local folks get to the airport, but it would not have covered enough ground to do much else (I think the project is worthwhile, by the way). A better example is one of the projects Edwards! talked about, or the completion of the Archer av line as originally envisioned.It would have provided rail service to East Elmhurst, an area served by many buses that feed into overcrowded lines. Getting these people onto the Astoria line instead of the QB/Flushing line would have been great. The projects Edwards! refered to are off the table, and have been the entire length of my life. I'm talking about any plan to expand rail service in the outerboroughs that was considered recently. False statement, since a) airTrain was a PA project, not an MTA project and b) AirTrain is a shining example of just how a project can help the entire city and every neighborhoods served by subway or commuter rail. Its associated improvements to Jamaica Station have directly helped not only all subway riders but the Jamaica community specifically. You're thinking just like these planners who refuse to work together. I don't care if Airtrain was built by the PA or by NYDOC, if people had decided to work together on this project, they could have opened up new service to areas that don't have it. What does the present Airtrain offer to the average commuter? Nothing, and if you don't live in Jamaica, then it offers you less than nothing. On top of that, thanks to the premium fare, it really is useless to anyone not going to the airport. |
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