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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Nov 11 11:30:15 2007, in response to Re: SI residents on MTA Fare Hike, posted by Grand concourse on Sun Nov 11 01:45:48 2007. Since this is a fantasy idea, I'd rather leave the current subways alone. If there was the money - and I could dream up the several billion dollars it would cost, I would simply extend the SIR to Manhattan in a long 5.5 mile tunnel. I would run the trains at a much greater headway than once every 20 minutes, or 30 minutes and never ever again once every 60 minute trains!. In fact built into the bonding contracts, and the authority that builds the tunnels - I'd stipulate that no passenger trains can run with headways of greater than 15 minutes 24/7/365 - period - or the city government would have 24-hours to return all of the money spent on the tunnels and the entire project. I am simply tired of waiting for that damn boat 30 and 60 minutes - when others get home quickly.I'd have the trains scheduled to arrive on Staten Island once every 5 or 10 minutes during the rush hours, and at 15 minutes all other times - days, evenings, weekends, midnight hours. Of course there is the travel time involved for the trip, but that becomes much more tolerable when there is frequent service. The main station on Staten Island would be the St. George terminal allowing connections to buses, further SIR trains, taxis, etc. The buses would have greater frequencies and fewer folk would miss their connections since the trips to Manhattan are more frequent. If the North Shore LRT or the SIR were also extended along that route, the riders would have more options. In Manhattan, I'd have a separate multi-platform terminal for the SIRT trains - that would have direct underground connections to the #1 at the new South Ferry, #4 and #5 at Bowling Green and the R and W at Whitehall Street. No more trugging through all kinds of weather and crowded streets to reach the trains. Purely for nostalgia and the tourists, I'd keep the Staten Island Ferry running - 1) as a backup to the subway tunnel, and 2) as a tourist attraction. In addition there would be regular service to/from Governor's Island after its renovation. Maybe by then there would be some decent shops and customer facilities which the ferry terminals used to have. I know that this my fantasy, and some may not agree. Mike |
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