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Re: G Train % of Queens ridership drops |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Jan 17 18:36:15 2008, in response to Re: G Train to be cut back to Court Square permanently, posted by Osmosis Jones on Thu Jan 17 16:38:02 2008. The trouble with your argument is that G riders have already acclimated to using the truncated line. They have been riding a shortened G since 2001 and there is no groundswell of demand to lengthen it again. They've adjusted very well and the one real deficiency, the number of trains per hour/length of trains, is being addressed.The number of people dependendent on the G has increased due to the population in the Greenpoint area. However, the number of people riding the Manhattan bound services has increased even more, so the G line's ridership % of Queens riders has dropped since 2001. Lastly, New York is full of hyperbole. Get a paper cut on your finger, and the sky is falling. Let's put things in perspective: Getting royally screwed is when you lose your life savings to a swindler, or when your mom gets mugged and ends up in the ICU, or when your boss fires you and disputes your claim for unemployment and your landlord kicks you out. Having to transfer from the G to another train isn;t getting screwed. It's not even an inconvenience. It's an excuse to get some exercise so you don't add inches to your waist. |
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