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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Apr 13 12:45:15 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 13 12:00:59 2009. Before it was a zoo, the commuters would actually patronize those stores...I don't disagree with much of what you say, but prior to electrification, Ronkonkoma was just about the ass end of the LIRR universe, from all that I have seen. While some commuters may have patronized those KO establishments, their numbers certainly weren't anything like the numbers now. That said, however, some percentage of that much smaller ridership number is larger, perhaps far larger, than the almost zero fraction of the much larger ridership number currently seen. Overall, I largely agree with your thesis that KO electrification mostly 'stole' ridership from north and (moreso) south; moreso because of the relative positions. Another reason why it's very hard to talk about radical changes in Nassau and Suffolk is that ultimately, there has not been much change in land use. In Ronkonkoma, what has mostly changed is that land that was meadow and bush is now covered with asphalt. Atop the asphalt though are not businesses and homes but....cars. The big changes in Nassau and Suffolk have largely been demographically driven changes in population, e.g., Brentwood/Central Islip, based more on the affordability of housing stock than what LIRR did or didn't do. If you're looking for what might really change Nassau and Suffolk counties, I think that you must look to the probability of planned projects being executed. And the big boys are basically outlined here from NYT. I think that those are the projects which have the potential to drastically effect changes. |
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