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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Dec 27 01:09:43 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by trainsarefun on Sun Dec 27 00:42:41 2009. I understand your motivation, but I think that you underestimate the difficulty of obtaining funding for that kind of tunneling. I find much to like, as usual, in your proposal, but I find it prohibitively costly.I'm a bit more dirigiste than you, so I'm inclined to desire such projects, but after sobering up, one will realize that the funding isn't there for such grand projects, and I'm tempted to believe that our friends at MTA:CC aren't inclined to such radical designs on a new trunk line. I concede at the outset that this doesn't give these riders the largest possible time savings, but it does a lot, I think, while providing some bang for the buck, enough so that it's feasible. There's a point where one can argue and say that since we're not dealing with choice riders, why bother with an expensive capital project that doesn't bring on huge chunks of new, choice riders that once used the express bus, especially if it still delivers a two seat ride. Is a three seat ride (bus to light rail to subway and potentially another line) that compelling, especially in light of the fact that there probably won't be any park and ride facilities? BTW, out of sheer curiosity and real estate inflation of a property that I have inheritance rights for, I'd wonder if an extension off your LIE light rail line to Queens Village would be of any worth... And as one last side note, as for Queens College, as a former student there, I'd be more apt to use public transport to get there is the Q44 was a light rail (read: streetcar) line. It would certain beat sitting on traffic or snaking my way down local roads... I think that was by design. :( A lot of these scattered, edge high rise developments bother me. When you look at them on a map, it screams "transit access now", but it's hard to justify building anything through the lower density corridors to get to it. Mind given the context that they were built under, it certainly makes sense as to why the builders avoided the subway. |
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