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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Feb 1 09:06:24 2008, in response to Re: A PARK??? Re: Budget Concerns Threaten To Derail Fulton Transit Hub, posted by RonInBayside on Fri Feb 1 00:47:54 2008. Well, pure luck or not, my encounters with the escalators systemwide has not been pretty. As I said, the great improvement I've seen over the years has entailed operating the only operating one of a pair of two escalators in the up direction; a sensible move.When I used to live in Flushing, that escalator was out a lot, and my observations came at the tail end of the rush. What was striking was that they were brand new escalators, and their performance seemed to be directly related to the weather. If it's gotten better since I moved east, so much the better. One of the escalators I nowadays have the most experience with is the one built at the 58th St entrance/exit to the Columbus Circle station. It was put in when the Time Warner Center went up, and one of two escalators is routinely out of service and being actively repaired. By 'actively', I mean from start of operations right to the present day. Moreover, you don't have to take the word of foamers for it. Listen to the MTA. They recently promised to make escalator and elevator performance better, and recognized its a longstanding problem. That recognition alone has taken a long time to materialize, but its a positive step. In a news story on the same, I also recall an MTA official also recognizing that escalator renovations took too long, and that too needed updating. This was around the time when the ability to check to see what's actively working came online. So there are problems in this respect. WMATA, a much newer system, to be sure, has lots of escalators, some of them very long given the construction of their system, and I've noticed they seemed to have a rather better record on escalators. Also, maybe I should break off NYCT from MTA in this effort. The LIRR escalators I most often observe are at NYP, and I'm not sure who maintains those - might even be AMTK. But I'll add that this is not merely an observation on MY part; it's a systemic thing that even the boys and girls in charge have taken notice of. I can't find the news story I wanted, but here's one that shows some steps being taken, which obviously wouldn't be required if all were already tickety boo. And here's today's readout from the NYCT status page I mentioned: (Elevator & Escalator status is subject to change without notice.) Elevators Reported Out of Service Elevator # Station Train Line(s) Location EL401 LEXINGTON AVENUE / 63RD F MEZZANINE TO STREET Escalators Reported Out of Service Escalator # Station Train Line(s) Location ES114 161ST STREET / RIVER AVE B,D LOWER MEZZ TO UPPER MEZZ ES215 59TH STREET N,R,W BMT CENTER ISLAND PLATFORM TO IRT SOUTH BOUND PLATFORM ES237 7TH AVENUE (BROADWAY) B,D,E SOUTH BOUND PLATFORM TO MEZZ ES336 BOWLING GREEN 4,5,6 LOWER MEZZ TO UPPER MEZZ ES401 LEXINGTON AVENUE / 63RD F MEZZANINE TO STREET ES412 ROOSEVELT ISLAND F UPPER MEZZANINE TO STREET ES415 ROOSEVELT ISLAND F LOWER MEZZ TO UPPER MEZZ ES417 ROOSEVELT ISLAND F NORTH BOUND PLATFORM TO LOWER MEZZ ES420 ROOSEVELT ISLAND F SOUTH BOUND PLATFORM TO LOWER MEZZ ES430 VAN WYCK E MEZZANINE TO STREET ES431 VAN WYCK E MEZZANINE TO STREET ES438 PARSONS BLVD E,J,Z MEZZANINE TO STREET ES441 PARSONS BLVD E,J,Z MEZZANINE TO PLATFORM ES443 PARSONS BLVD E,J,Z CENTER ISLAND UPPER PLATFORM TO MEZZANINE ES444 PARSONS BLVD E,J,Z CENTER ISLAND UPPER PLATFORM TO MEZZANINE Friday, February 01, 2008 |
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