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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Dec 14 18:37:49 2008, in response to Re: Archer Avenue at 20, posted by trainsarefun on Sun Dec 14 16:34:23 2008. Hollis isn't exactly convenient to any bus routes, although the Q2/3/110 are within a few blocks. Being that's it's a 4-car platform, no station house, and walking distance to Hillside, it seems like the odd man out.Hollis is IIRC, one short block from the intersection of Hollis Ave & Farmers Blvd. If an additional second entrance near that intersection could be opened, it would work wonders for transferees and just general community awareness of the station. Admittedly, it is a bit inconvienient to the Q110, but admittedly, that bus seems to have really low ridership for some reason... Buses could be rerouted a few blocks perhaps. If Q2/3 proceeded west on Jamaica Av, and then went north on 179 Pl Unless you're willing to tear down the warehouses and other industrial structures on Jamaica Avenue, Hillside is still an isolated station with no street access to the north. Plus, your routing involves sending the buses down what's essentially a narrow one-way street, and it makes tranfers to the Q17/Q75 a bit more annoying. If we're serious about doing Really Rapid transit in this way There's a part of me that wants to curse the LIRR for not designing a flying junction at Floral Park and creating a legit four track-two platform station design there to allow for proper transfers. As I once discovered, it's reallying annoying to use the LIRR from Queens Village to go Eastward. Belmont would be an interesting point for a P&R and it would end up making the commutes of the LI Bus riders rather shorter in the case of the N1/2/3/6. Queens Village makes the N24 slightly tolerable... |
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