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Re: SAS Phase 4: Water Street/Nassau Street |
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Posted by R160 8818 on Thu Jan 31 18:48:44 2008, in response to Re: SAS Phase 4: Water Street/Nassau Street, posted by Russ on Wed Jan 30 22:04:46 2008. First of all, the Nassau St Line has 4 tracks between Bowery and Chambers of which a pair is currently disused.And that's why this alignment does not work. The 4 tracks are only between those stations. Which brings me back to my point that neither you, nor anyone else who advocates the Nassau St alignment will address. As a Nassau St alignment approaches Brooklyn, the capacity shrinks. It first shrinks when it moves south of Chambers. It shrinks again when it merges with the R at the Montague St Tunnel. It forces at least one route to terminate outside of the Financial District Terminate the J at Chambers during middays and weekends. There will be more patrons from Brooklyn to Midtown and the UES rather than to Brooklyn (Williamsburg) and Queens. There might be some patrons, but over all, we could do with the J being terminated at Chambers. Water St. is in the Financial District. Did you ever wonder what those 50 story office buildings to the east - that's right, east - of Water St. are? They are overwhelmingly occupied by the financial services sector. Did you wonder what all the office buildings, the banks and stock exchanges near the Wall Street area and the WTC area do? Well the FEIS says that a Water St alignment will provide greater relief. Do you have any proof that this is not correct? That's because the Phase 4 infrastructure has not been installed yet. The reason we are able to make assumptions about the Nassau connection is because there is already infrastructure there and that it will serve the communities better. By the way, are you trying to argue that a certain line is still "superior" over another? There is no superiority when it comes to the subways that are unbuilt. |
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