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Posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Mon Jul 30 05:43:46 2012, in response to Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Gold_12TH on Mon Jul 30 01:03:02 2012. [In light of recent public transportation restorations across the city, Astoria’s elected officials and civic members demanded Tuesday that the MTA bring back the W subway line....] So what is the "Q" now, chopped liver? Or do they want three services on the Astoria Line? |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Mon Jul 30 05:55:46 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Gotham Bus Co. on Mon Jul 30 05:43:46 2012. I don't think the letter 'Q' exists in the Astorians' alphabet. |
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Posted by andy on Mon Jul 30 06:57:32 2012, in response to Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Gold_12TH on Mon Jul 30 01:03:02 2012. Astoria now has the Q and the N - two services. The only difference since the W was ended is that anyone going south of Canal Street must transfer to the R at say 14th or 34th St. Otherwise the Astoria residents still get the same service.This is another example of a loudmouth self-serving politician who has nothing else to do but criticize the MTA - always a good punching bag. |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jul 30 07:56:24 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by andy on Mon Jul 30 06:57:32 2012. And they still have one seat access to the four Broadway local stations (28, 23, 8, and Prince Streets). Plus the Q to Manhattan runs later, what are they whining about the few people who travel to Lower Manhattan outside of rush hours? |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jul 30 16:10:49 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jul 30 07:56:24 2012. Paraphrase from my post on BusChat: If they cut one of the N/Q but quadrupled the other line, running it at 40+ TPH, they would call it a service cut and demand that the cut line be restored while leaving the other at 40 TPH. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jul 30 16:14:04 2012, in response to Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Gold_12TH on Mon Jul 30 01:03:02 2012. The amount of time these people spent in one session fighting for the return of the W may very well be several times the amount of time they have lost by having the Q instead.Do these people realize that from 2001-2004 the W was essentially the present-day Q for them anyway? |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jul 30 16:16:13 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by andy on Mon Jul 30 06:57:32 2012. Just rename the Q the W. Then Astoria can have it's W back. Brighton Line riders know how to handle line renamings. Just the traditional railfans who know Q belongs nowhere but on the Brighton Line would be unhappy. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jul 30 16:58:33 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Jul 30 05:55:46 2012. No, this demonstrates politicians as craven, ignorant opportunists. Telling your constituents that the Q actually provides more service than the W did doesn't get your name in the paper. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Mon Jul 30 17:01:02 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jul 30 16:58:33 2012. Yes! And let's not forget that I no longer have the option of using the Q14 to get to downtown Flushing! Now I only have....*counting*....EIGHT buses to chose from!I LOST A BUS!!!! WAAAAAAAAAHHH |
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Posted by error46146 on Mon Jul 30 17:07:36 2012, in response to Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Gold_12TH on Mon Jul 30 01:03:02 2012. Well once they open up the SAS to 96th Street they'll get the W back anyway.. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Aug 1 01:04:40 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jul 30 16:16:13 2012. The real problem is these politicians are probably using one or two people who are very vocal about wanting service to lower Manhattan and probably too lazy to make a transfer to the (R) anywhere before Union Square to get their name in the paper, not realizing that the (Q) actually provides more service to Astoria overall.Oh, and the (N) does run to lower Manhattan late at night when it operates via the tunnel. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Aug 1 14:05:08 2012, in response to Re: Astoria wants (W), QM22 bus back in service, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jul 30 16:58:33 2012. Except that there's no longer a 1-seat ride from Astoria to the Financial District, which there was previously...people may be feeling this loss.If there's enough cars, which TA employees on here state there are NOT, it would decent to of the TA to do a few peak-of-the-peak W trains- just like there was a Continental-Whitehall N service from 1976-87... Now, with R160s, changing the signs to another letter isn't as hard as setting up a rush-hour EE would have been.. |
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