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Posted by Charles G on Wed Jan 9 13:36:22 2008, in response to How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Jan 9 11:24:50 2008. Yes, of course, in fantasy world people will leave 5 minutes earlier because a train they aren't taking might arrive 30 seconds late.In some fantasy worlds, those people actually leave 30 minutes earlier and catch a different train altogether. And, of course, in extreme railfan fantasy world there are no passengers on the trains -- because they just make them late anyway. In the real world, people have to drop their children off at school or wait for the babysitter to arrive or one of a million other everyday realities and can't always arrive 5 minutes earlier for everything. And in the event everyone did arrive at the station 5 or 10 minutes early there wouldn't be enough shelters for days of inclement weather. The most cost-effective solution here is to build an overpass at the station. I've never understood how the LIRR determined which stations get overpasses and which stations do not. On the Far Rock branch, my recollection is that only Gibson has an overpass. How Gibson? Why Gibson? If I'm not mistaken, Gibson actually has the only overpass for an at-grade station for the entire South Shore of Nassau County (Long Beach may have one now from the parking garage). Meanwhile many of the at-grade stations on the more northern LIRR branches have either overpasses or underpasses. Even barely utilized stations like Roslyn (overpass) and Stewart Manor (underpass) have them. This may sound a little bit too Ron-in-Bayside-esque, but you'll get no satisfaction here. Your issue needs to be taken up with your local government officials and the LIRR to find out how you can get an overpass built at your station. The biggest roadblock may be cost -- I don't know if a new overpass built today would need to be ADA accessible. CG |
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