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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Oct 19 16:00:12 2006, in response to Re: Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College extention, posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 19 15:47:37 2006. Yes. It's called common sense.Queens has had the largest increase in population of any subway-served borough, and has the smallest amount of subway trackage and fewest stations. The presence of the LIRR helps a little, but doesn't answer the primary need. So system expansion does, appropriately, focus on Queens. Some Queens projects help Brooklyn, too. AirTrain and the renovated Jamaica station welcome passengers from Atlantic Av terminal and East New York. The Archer Av project benefitted J riders from Brooklyn. Even the Second av subway will indirectly help Brooklyn; the first leg gives Q riders from Brooklyn an extension to the UES and fully ADA stations along Hospital Row. The 7 extension to Javits benefits Brooklyn riders too, in that one transfer will get them to Javits on a train. The reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge and rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Bridge was of direct benefit to Brooklyn subway patrons. Brooklyn has had Stillwell Av and Atlantic av stations completely rebuilt and enhanced. While more subway extensions would be nice, a much higher priority is rebuilding/rehabbing Brooklyn stations and lines (like the Sea Beach). Brooklyn is very well served by subway lines, on the whole. Complaints that Brooklyn doesn't get subway projects are just silly prattle. |
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