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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Oct 11 13:01:24 2009, in response to Re: Bergen Street Lower Level, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Oct 11 12:31:39 2009. The report establishes that F-train service runs at 15 trains per hour, while V and G trains do not. The V-train may run at 8-10 trains per hour, but the G-train does not.In effect you are proposing that local station riders have trains at 10 trains per hour, one every 6 six minutes. In addition, you have also posited that F-express trains run at 5 trains per hour - one every 12 minutes. From the point of view of a Park Slope rider, why opt for less frequent service when what they have now is 15 trains per hour? How does it benefit them to have less service? They would propose that since the F-express trains you proposed are so few in number and should be made local, since the ridership needs at the local stations is that great. That was done before, all trains were made for Park Slope folk. What to many transit fans simply do not understand is that any combination of V-train or G-train service will never match the frequency of F-train service! Ten (10) trains per hour will never match 15 trains per hour. People can count! To Park Slope local station riders who want a one-seat ride to Manhattan, beefing up G-train service to one every 6 minutes - simply does not HELP THOSE FOLKS - they are headed to Manhattan where the G-train does not go. The simple thing to do, is to LEAVE F-TRAIN SERVICE ALONE! Leave it just as it is, Park Slope folk are happy, and much less likely to put the kabash to your ideas. How to get express service along the Culver segment. The simple way to do that is to extend the V-train as an express (both directions to Church Avenue, peak direction to Kings Highway rush hours), once there's more subway cars, once the whole viaduct is repaired, once there's money in the budget for more TO's, etc. Mike |
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