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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Sep 24 17:36:14 2006, in response to Re: R46 Technology (was: Re: R-160 Update), posted by RonInBayside on Sun Sep 24 17:14:11 2006. Not only 63rd st..but a slew of others[LIE..DYRE..PELHAM and the AVENUE C CUPHANDLE]..Plus the planned rebuild of the Eastern Divison lines[including platform extentions...structural modications..Canarsie relocation to Flatbush/City Line]..and more. The UTICA and Nostrand lines were A Division lines..but still in all the new cars would have been all over the place and definetly NOT enough to keep up with service demands.. LGA was POORLY planned..as the MTA continued to pursue a routing the neighborhood clearly didn't want...the second choice was much better..but would have cost much more...as it would have been a SUBWAY not an elevated line. Not every plan was shot down...look at what happening today in downtown Brooklyn..where a Airtrain station is being planned near MetroTECH...along with a extention into Brooklyn for the SAS subway. I DO have a few misgivings ...a proposed reroute of the Brighton Local to the Smith Street subway..and a Rutgers to Dekalb connection should have been built! Jamica line riders..have fought the addition of an express track above Jamaica avenue for ages...due to the negative reactions from a "few" NIMBYS...the same in regards to the reactivation of the ROCKAWAY BRANCH to Whitepot and Queens Blvd subway. These few holdout are a prime example of what happens when a few loudmouths get together for no good reason other than "selfish" reasons. Never the less..if the needs of the people come FIRST,Then a way WILL be found to push needed rapid transit to deserving neoghborhoods. Hey..it works. If you need proff..look to the Eastside sometime later this year. |
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