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Re: G Train to be cut back to Court Square permanently |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Sat Jan 19 02:24:40 2008, in response to Re: G Train to be cut back to Court Square permanently, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jan 19 01:49:46 2008. If the 63rd St line as originally envisioned, a separate line into Queens with perhaps a local connection into the Queens Blvd line (which could have been for non-revenue or emergency moves), then the G would still be going to Forest Hills today full-time.But that didn't happen. In 1992, Parsons and the TA developed some alternatives: the $645 million connector that WAS built, and a $900 million line that would go southeast and be plugged into the Archer Av line (lower level, I think). There were some NIMBY problems with that as well as budget issues (unless people were overwhelmingly demanding it, enough to tell the NIMBYs to STFU, the TA was not going to throw in an extra $300 million that they might or might not be able to get their hands on). I think today attitudes in Queens have changed enough so a new line in the area would not see as much NIMBY. |
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