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Posted by Edwards! on Sat Sep 28 15:40:10 2024, in response to Re: Horace Harding Subway, posted by Q65A on Sat Sep 28 13:52:09 2024. Thank you.But I am not a "sir". It's a common mistake around these parts these days. No harm,no foul. In any case,each and every subway proposal has to be vetted by layers of approval. The Neighbor's it will pass through. Property tax accessed for financial funding. Political backing, community boards, and vetting by the municipal entity that is chartered with building subway infrastructure. Studies and environmental impact statements. City,state and federal funding.. ratings on a list of priorities projects. This is only part of what goes into building subways. Some actually get the green light, but never get a shovel in the ground. Some projects, like the SAS, have been Paid For several times already by the city state and feds,yet TODAY,WE HAVE THREE STATIONS in upper Manhattan, and One station (Grand St) in the lower Eastside. Queens Should have more lines than it has, but the corruption is so ingrained into the process that it is almost impossible to get anything built There,or anywhere else. The Latest effort to bring any new rapid transit to both Brooklyn or Queens rests on the IBX. The ONE GOOD THING IT HAS GOING FOR IT,is that it is already on its own Right of Way. However, the line is deliberately being curtailed by the powers that be. The link could serve as a direct link to the LGA Airport from Jackson Hts, and replace the bus line. The line could potentially be extended to a new transfer station within the Sunnyside Yard, transferring to a line from the 63rd st tunnels using the unused bellmouths. The link could be the third link between Jamaica, South Jamaica,Long Island City and Northern Queens along the LIE all the way to the Nassau boarder. The MTA has the prime opportunity to create a "LRT" system here with vast coverage and conditions to places of interest, residential neighborhoods, and places of employment. With this new system,it could even reduce some business dependence,open up new corridors for transit development, and provide the current transit deserts with viable services. I believe they already know this, and deliberately setting the bar low They Really don't want to increase their transportation responsibility within the city, which they have shown us abundantly. Since they took over the network, we have lost more rail than they have built. Since they took over the system,they have added a total of 11 new station scattered about the system Started lines that were never finished. However,spent billions on a "terminal station",that would have better serviced riders as the original concept,a two track loop connector between Midtown and downtown Brooklyn (Flatbush Terminal,now Atlantic terminal). The stub end terminal might give the LIRR a little more wiggle room to juggle it's trains, and it doesn't seem to matter one bit of riders Still prefer Pennsylvania Station, and Show them that with rider habits. It also doesn't help that the line dead ends where it does, when the potential of it being well used is SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL STATION. This is why I say, the TA isn't interested in expanding city service. Yet it clearly has sunken billions into the suburban railroad network over the years, leaving us to wonder.. |
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