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Re: Not on Queens ridership increase, was Whoa! Competition Comes to the Subways |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Dec 6 00:36:09 2007, in response to Whoa! Competition Comes to the Subways, posted by italianstallion on Thu Dec 6 00:04:27 2007. From the article:"And a manager running just one line still has sprawling responsibilities. There are 394,000 passenger trips each weekday on the No. 7 line alone, more than the daily total for the entire BART system in the San Francisco area." And a little over half what Washington Metrorail carries each weekday. Since the Queens Blvd corridor carries about 650,000 a day, this means ridership in the two biggest central-northern corridors (that is, not counting the Astoria line, the G, the J or A train) has reached 1.05 million riders per day! Queens needs new subway capacity. If Iwere a betting man, I would predict that the MTA will conduct a new capacity study to rank options for increasing subway capacity in Queens - especially with the new higher density Airport Village coming to the Hillside Av corridor west of 189 St. I predict they will start one next year. As to what would be reported as a result of this study - perhaps a subway extension, or a new line?? |
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