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Re: SAS Phase 4: Water Street/Nassau Street |
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Posted by R160 8818 on Wed Jan 30 21:42:38 2008, in response to Re: SAS Phase 4: Water Street/Nassau Street, posted by Russ on Wed Jan 30 20:50:47 2008. And Hanover Square is close to South Ferry. I actually took the time to look at an MTA map of where the station, and its exits will be before I made that statement.Go walk there yourself. Maps tell you nothing. I walked there more than a thousand times... First of all you can't judge any line superior or inferior when its not even built yet. And even if it is built, you still can't judge whether it is superior or inferior because that is just your opinion. Unless there is one major structural or infrastructural component that makes it really shameful could it be called "inferior". First of all, the Nassau St Line has 4 tracks between Bowery and Chambers of which a pair is currently disused. The SAS could use this pair. We cannot be certain about the connection to the Fulton St Line in Brooklyn or any connection to Staten Island. So in the long term the Nassau option will pay off. Plus once the M gets diverted, the SAS could replace the L/M M service that is lost due to the diversion. Water Street is superior because no fun surprises will pop up that require construction to stop while archeologists play for a few years. Think of Chrystie Street, there is a good deal of artifacts there. I suppose you should read your "trusty" FEIS on that. And if transfer options are important, the Seaport Station could be connected to Fulton St by an underground pedestrian tunnel, somewhat like the one between 7th and 8th Avenues on 42nd St. The MTA is not considering that now, plus Nassau is more centralized, who wants to walk from one end to another? The Nassau link will ease the Lex from Bowling Green to hopefully 125. Phase 4 sidetracks after Houston and bypasses the financial core in doing that. |
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