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Re: (G) cut from Queens Boulevard |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Sat Dec 22 11:54:08 2007, in response to Re: (G) cut from Queens Boulevard, posted by trainsarefun on Sat Dec 22 11:19:40 2007. The service changes reflect the prevailing customer demand along Queens Blvd. The biggest demand, by far, is travel to/from ManhattanGiven a free transfer at Court Square, I frankly see no need to run the G to Forest Hills. The TA's increasing G train frequency and extending it to Brooklyn (I hope) is of far more benefit and represents an approach that both addresses Queens Blvd demand and helps G riders. "The G route has arguably been surreptitiously stalked and silently killed at various intervals over the years, anyway," Nobody's stalking anything. The TA is doing what the overwhelming majority of customers wants it to do. The TA us not neglecting G riders. G riders can reach Forest Hills via one transfer, but they can still reach Forest Hills, and now they won't have to wait as long for their train. They are not entitled to more than that. Queens Blvd riders have clout, because there are over 650,000 of them (and climbing - watch what happens when the new apartment buildings start opening for residents along Hillside Avenue). Then there are the transdfers from the 7 line... As for fumigation, there are a number of reasons why the TA does that. I am not personally opposed to ending that policy, but I understand why the TA is reluctant to do so. |
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