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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Jun 26 11:10:44 2007, in response to Re: Some Subways Found Packed Past Capacity, posted by Alargule on Tue Jun 26 03:38:23 2007. It is NOT the signal system.Everybody says "Signal System" and "Signal System cannot handle new equipment." Well, DUH! The problem is NOT the signal system it is the new equipment. The equipment should have been spec'ed to run on the existing signal system. This means trains that can stop more quickly. Yes, bigger heavier trains. Yes, composite brake shoes, these add to the stopping distance. The easiest solution is: 1) Install track brakes to allow for quicker stops within the parameters of the existing signal system. 2) West site seems to have spare capacity: use big articulated buses to take people from southern and western Bronx directly to the IND at 207th and 168th Streets. 3) Provide faster express service on the (J) train so that some of the (E) traffic can be diverted there. 4) Start more (E) trains from 179th Street forcing more people, especially those arriving on a bus to use the new faster (J) train. The LION has roared! Let the MTA hear. (Indeed, I think I will WRITE to the MTA and tell them what they need to do.) ROAR |
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