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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Dec 27 13:10:54 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Dec 27 01:09:43 2009. 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?I think that it depends on ease of transfer and transfer time. In that region as it is, bus-bus-subway rides are somewhat common. P&R adds a lot of cost, and within NYC, maybe for not much benefit. Given the alignment along the LIE, a lot of prospective P&R people are probably just people from Nassau and Suffolk Counties who decide that LIRR is too expensive and infrequent, which isn't exactly my target demographic. 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... With the Jamaica hub developing, Queens Village should be hot or getting there. Unfortunately, it's not, not even the 'village green' by the train station. No doubt the horrible LIRR scheduling (there is no AM peak train for 42 minutes during the height of the morning rush, and usually longer, since LIRR schedules are heavily padded to ensure that the train that's late to Queens Village is "MTA on time" at FBA) and ridership is awful anyway given the bus service at street level that's a lot cheaper and more frequent, even if, well, a bus. As for the spur, it gets complicated when you think about sending it down Springfield Blvd. The NIMBY shrieking will be unbearable. However, at some point, I would like to see NYCT Hillside Av Branch service extended via LIRR Main Line ROW to Springfield Blvd; with a station underneath 187 Pl-188 St between Hillside and Jamaica Avs, then surfacing to hit Lewis Blvd and Springfield Blvd. Maybe someday Belmont Park if something productive were done there. I'd be more apt to use public transport to get there is the Q44 was a light rail (read: streetcar) line. Given the ridership and the hesitation to use articulated buses over the Bronx Whitestone bridge, that is a solution. Junction station at Queensboro Hill between the two light rail lines Flushing-Jamaica/Elmhurst-Oakland Gardens. A lot of these scattered, edge high rise developments bother me. Many were built around the automobobile (only). They love their express bus, though, especially those empty 45' MCI cruisers. What a waste.... |
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