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Re: Why were the B and D swapped in 2004? |
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Posted by MATHA531 on Wed Nov 18 21:22:38 2009, in response to Re: Why were the B and D swapped in 2004?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 11 13:33:47 2009. Well we went through this all when the switch was made....the MTA congratulated itself that it was able to meet everybody's needs as people on the Brighton line still had both the B and the Q 15/5 and Broadway service 24/7.However, nobody at the time realized that the MTA intended to deprive Brighton riders of convenient Sixth Avenue service for the remainder of the time the B did not run. Everybody assumed the D would stop at DeKalb allowing Brighton riders desiring Sixth Avenue service an easy same platform transfer. But no, they discovered that the Sixth Avenue service would not be available except for an inconvenient walk from the Brighton tracks at Atlantic to Pacific Street and yes it is far more inconvenient than simply a same platform transfer at DeKalb. And when people argued, they were told, as noted here, it is unsafe to use the switches that were used for nearly a century to send 4th Avenue service into DeKalb...the wheel detectors were the excuse. Okay..nobody has ever answered why the D couldn't be sent up local on 4th Avenue when teh B wasn't running. Late night or weekend game at Yankee Stadium? No easy transfer at DeKalb...instead inconvenient transfer at Atlantic/Pacific or the #4 to Union Square...Lincoln Center yada yada yada. I still think they were catering to a politically more significant clientelle along the West End than the Briughton riders on their end. Oh well...I've moved...so it doesn't annoy me anymore. But I think, personally, it was wrong then and remain wrong today. JMHO |
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