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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Dec 27 16:01:44 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by trainsarefun on Sun Dec 27 13:10:54 2009. With the Jamaica hub developing, Queens Village should be hot or getting there.Maybe it's me, but I still see Queens Village future as a sleepy, quiet safe neighbourhood with very little changing unless the city ever decides to re-zone the industrial areas immediately south of the LIRR ROW or some of the real old homes are demolished and redeveloped into MDUs. It's niche is as one of those neighbourhoods for those who want single family homes, but can't afford Northeastern Queens or further east, but would prefer not to live in a majority black neighbourhood. since LIRR schedules are heavily padded to ensure that the train that's late to Queens Village is "MTA on time" at FBA As a former QV rider, I always found it rather interesting watching the Hempstead trains slowly make their way through QUEENS and arrive at QV late, then magically show up at Jamaica on time. While admittedly, driving from my old home at Cambria Heights to QV was the best option compared to using the Q4 or Q83 + E/F combo or hunting for spots at 179th Street, when I lived at my grandmother's home on Hillside, I ended up using the Q1/43 combo down to the F. The bus ride wasn't too long, and the bus stop was across from her house. As for the spur, it gets complicated when you think about sending it down Springfield Blvd. The NIMBY shrieking will be unbearable. There's always the clunkier option of using the lightly used Clearview Expressway. It certainly makes going to Flushing a bit easier, and one can build a transfer station at Union Turnpike for the Q46. 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. There's a part of me that wishes that the TBTA had replaced the Whitestone with modern span that would have allowed for a light rail line as part of the design, but there's nearly no chance of that ever happening. |
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