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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Dec 28 14:19:45 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by NIMBYkiller on Mon Dec 28 13:50:47 2009. What facts? You have no facts it's all speculation.Read it over, more carefully. Then look at the documents referenced, all of which are available to you. Have you ever ridden a Ronkonkoma train during rush hour? I used to commute regularly on SATURDAYS and that train was SRO, even after Farmingdale. So load based, under your suggestions, it seems we should convert that to subway as well. Loading/demand determines service intervals. When the service intervals demanded exceed the capability of commuter rail, then it's time for rapid transit. Your anecdotal observations are not much evidence. My suggestion for converting to subway all the way out to Ronkonkoma IS based on ridership. In the ESA documents, LIRR states that the AM peak load on the Ronkonkoma routes was about 18,000. I think that either you've misapprehended the facts, or else we simply disagree about the difference between rapid transit and commuter rail. |
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