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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Sep 17 11:37:31 2007, in response to Re: F train express in Brooklyn in 2008 a possibility?, posted by E Line Fan on Mon Sep 17 02:14:48 2007. From a previous message:"This would be a wild possibility but if the (F) ran express rush hours only, Park Slope would be getting the same service in the (V) as far as 47th-50th Streets. Both (F) and (V) make the same stops to that point. It might work." The F-train runs 15 trains per hour, each stopping at the local stations once every 4 minutes during the rush hours. Since the Brooklyn segment has fewer riders than the Queens segment the trains have breathing room during the rush hours. A very quick frequent service that most riders would like to have. The V-train runs 9 trains which turns into a train about every 6 or 7 minutes. A slower service compared to the F-train, but still nice. Here's a question. Would the average rider choose a situation where all things being equal (since in Manhattan the stops are the same until 47h Street) they could either wait 4 minutes for a train, or 7 minutes for a train? If those riders for years have had service at the 4-minute mark between trains, just why would they CHOOSE a situation where the trains now come every 7 minutes? For such riders there is no greater benefit with the fewer trains option, they "get nothing in return". Since the folks we are talking about are politically connected, they can tell time, and they have quashed plans to reduce their service before, why create a situation where they will do it again? That is why I suggest that the F-train remain local in its current state, with its current amount of trains, and the wait time between trains. The folks won't get upset. The ideas that result in a reduction of service (usually billed as making the V-train local along Culver) will find the riders waiting longer for their trains. While those folks are waiting for their trains they will find the time to write letters to their political allies who will put a stop to the hare-brained schemes of us transit geeks now matter how many pretty maps we show them. The bottom line is simple - the riders get no benefit when their service is reduced. Mike |
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