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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Dec 28 21:34:59 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by trainsarefun on Mon Dec 28 12:50:11 2009. At all events, I would hope that density limits adopted make sense especially on the major thoroughfares and near rail.The safest route would involve simply upzoning Jamaica Avenue where the commercial activity exists while leaving Hillside as is, and locking down current zones to more restrictive versions of current regulations. I think that Laurelton rezoning leaves some avenues for development, albeit nothing substantial. From layman's cursory glance, the zoning allows the commercial only district to have some degree of medium density allowing for both commercial and residential development. It may be limiting, but presuming no further development of rapid transit, it certainly makes some sense. I'm rather surprised that the Pathmark was snuck into the community in a manufacturing zone... Oh, I see now. Still, I'd rather leave that for a possible Hillside Av branch extension. Despite being an interested party and inheritor of a property on Hillside Avenue, I've been lukewarm to the idea of the Hillside Extension, and in my drunker moments, I look at turning most of the bus network into Southeastern Queens into a streetcar network with tunnels for transfers into the subway. Regardless, I look at this light rail line as a half-assed light rail replacement for the Q88, so it may be useful as a shortcut for some of the locals who work on the other side of the hill, but from my anecdotal experience, the Q88 isn't one of those massively crowded routes begging for more capacity... But they like that QM2/2A up there, even if it costs an arm and two legs. I don't think I've ever seen anything as confusing and annoying as a former private bus line express bus routing. Just out of sheer curiosity, I wonder what has the worst impact on operating costs, the QM2/2A/3, or paying for runs from ESA to turn at Great Neck and telling the locals to make due with a local bus. |
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