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Re: G Train % of Queens ridership drops |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Thu Jan 17 18:56:23 2008, in response to Re: G Train % of Queens ridership drops, posted by RonInBayside on Thu Jan 17 18:36:15 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.Well, I don't think they have adjusted, if they did, I wouldn't argue in the first place, hear a lot of sighs when people see that it ends at Court Square, or see the Save the G train! site. The two biggest deficiencies IMO are the lack of trains to Queens Plaza for the more convenient transfers (during the peak hours too), and the poor frequency and regularity of the trains for growing ridership. 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. Well, I'm not surprised as most of the times, it only serves 2 of the Queens stations and one of them is one of the least used in the system. 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. To me and plenty of other riders, now having the (G) going to Queens Plaza is getting screwed. Maybe you don't think so, but hey, different strokes for different folks. |
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