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Posted by KLCS on Wed Apr 9 01:22:43 2008, in response to Re: G Train Hearing at City Hall, posted by BenYankee on Wed Apr 9 00:28:31 2008. The blog entry with the newspaper article was a good recap; thanks alot. Peter Cafiero is a very smart, knowledgeable person; he's an alum from my school and I had the chance to meet him once.I've been following the G Train issue since 2001 and I've wondered what would be a good compromise for G riders. I right now feel the best compromise would be to terminate at Court Square 24/7, add more frequent service, and increase the length of trains to full length (at least weekdays). The problem with the full length trains is that the cars will rack up mileage and increase maintenance and inspection costs. If full length trains cannot be run, then (if possible at certain stations), unused portions of the platform should be roped off to designate boarding areas). The G will be extended to Church Avenue for the duration of the Culver Viaduct work and should permanently terminate at Church Avenue to allow connections at 4th Avenue and service to the high ridership stations of Park Slope. Again the problem with this, is that the cars will again run more miles than if they terminated at Smith-9th. But if rush hour service is increased, the relay capabilities of Church Av (yard) is advantageous to 4th Av (one track to relay). I fully admit, I am a Queens Blvd. local rider, but my reasons for no G service to Forest Hills is as follows: Weekdays, the demand for Queens Blvd. riders is for Manhattan. By replacing G service with V service, it allowed for more trains to go to Manhattan. I used to remember pre-2001, very crowded R Trains going to the city and G trains that would dump their load from local stops at Roosevelt and Queens Plaza. Although the V trains do not carry the volume of riders as an E Train, they are not empty and have quite a few standees coming into Manhattan. Many people from local stations and also express stations take the R and V all the way into Manhattan. A Queens Blvd. Local-6th Av. route is in demand on weekdays. The demand for Queens to Brooklyn service is relatively lower than Queens to Manhattan service and the G riders that come to Queens from Brooklyn mostly transfer to Manhattan bound trains at Court Square. The several people travelling into Queens can tranfer to the V local. People transfer at many places in the subway. As for the weekends, pre-2001 we only had the E, F, and R trains. G trains ended at Court Square. One had to transfer to the E and F, then an R to reach Queens Blvd. local stops. Again there is not enough demand to run the G all the way to Forest Hilss (I acknowlede some shoppers, daytrippers going to Queens Center, Forest Hills and the). The amount of riders going from Queens Blvd. destinations to Brooklyn seem to be in a minority (from my observations). It seems most people who use the G in Queens just use it for intermediate destinations within Queens (a couple more R rains or E local trains can take the load instead). It doesn't seem to justify 28tph (7tph E, 7tph F, 7 tph R, 7tpr G). It is just extra trains racking extra mileage and time to pay for crews. The G didn't run on the blvd. pre-2001 weekends, why now? The problem with ending the G at Court Square weekends creates the problem of two transfers for local service. Thus, I believe the E should run local during the weekends to supplement the R service, instead of the G. Having the E run local will require just one transfer from the G. Yes a couple more crews and trainsets will have to be used for the E local, but less thsn what would be for the extended G. As for 24/7 R service, I really hope that comes through: it's long overdue. This direct Manhattan service will serve Queens Blvd. better than the G late at night. As another compromise for ending at Court Square, the station should be made ADA accessible, and the moving walkways inspected more often(like that will happen). A free walking transfer should be created between Broadway (G) and Lorimer St (J, M). So to summarize: 1) More frequent service throughout the day 2) Longer trains if possible 3) Court Square 24/7 Terminal 4) E local when V does not run (weekends), F still express 5) ADA Court Square/Ely 6)Metrocard Transfer to the J and M 7) Extension to Church Av I guess I'll end my ranting... Kyle |
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