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Posted by Dupont Circle Station on Sat Jan 9 16:06:31 2010, in response to Re: Nassau Street loop line, posted by Michael549 on Sat Jan 9 02:24:01 2010. The V is certainly a useful line, as has been borne-out by ridership numbers and experience along QB. There are still people who bitch about losing the G nine years later, but the numbers are wholly against their arguments at this point in time.The current M service underserves a clear majority of its riders...much the same as the G on QB did. While it does go to Manhattan and provides connections to other lines that go where most of its riders go, more people transfer to lines (L, F) that are more direct to their destinations. Why should "most" of the riders have to take 2 or 3 trains to get where they're going when there is an option that would serve their needs better? Furthermore, why should riders on the more-heavily-used segment of the L west of Myrtle be subjected to even more crowded trains because of the M riders who board before them? As for those in the minority who "lose" their one seat ride to the Civic Center and Financial District, sorry but that is just how life works. It's not like they would be left stranded with no alternative: For M riders from the east wanting Nassau Street it's a completely painless, same-platform transfer...no schlepping involved. I don't have personal, current-day observations regarding southern riders to Nassau St, but when I did it, the M was rarely half full leaving Court, usually not even 1/3 on any given train. The mass exodus was at Pacific and DeKalb, and very few people waiting on the platform boarded. Having to transfer at Pacific or DeKalb would not be the end of the world for anyone. If the affected riders are that incensed over such a service change, then it is their personal responsibility to speak up and hold their elected officials accountable for the situation. None of what has transpired over the years and years it took for things to reach the point where budget woes and mismanagement lead to service cuts happened in the dark where the public had no inkling as to what was going on. There is a price to pay for the kind of willful ignorance people have when it comes to what goes on around them...they should be thankful they are only facing the prospect of having to walk a short distance to take another train. |
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