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Posted by UWS Greg on Tue Apr 19 01:48:02 2005, in response to To el or not to el, that is the question!, posted by rashidas on Mon Apr 18 23:29:33 2005. Excellent point! Building el lines would be a WHOLE lot cheaper and faster than underground lines with the extremely expensive cost or relocating all those utilities, the massive am't of digging, noise, disruption of tunnel construction, etc.With "traditional" el lines like the Astoria, McDonald, etc., the problem is the finished product, i.e., horrible noise and (to some people) the ugliness of the structure. You're quite right-- el construction has come a long way since WW1. The AirTrain cars are very quiet; Miami's overhead trains are quite bearable noise-wise; the el portions of the rubber-tired #6 in Paris, running on a structure which has esthetically pleasing qualities, is nice; even the viaduct portion of the Flushing 7 is quiet compared to the deafening noise further out. That said, el construction would still be a hard-sell, I'm afraid, to the NIMBYs-- unless someone really good at salesmanship can quickly and easily point out the long-term financial gains of a new line into their nabe, can produce architectual drawings showing it won't be an esthetic nightmare and, most important, will operate fairly quietly. |
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