LongLiveRock

There's already a bad bottleneck between the and at Queensboro Plaza, and the Steinway is pretty much at capacity. Adding a third service would really not help. (Not sure exactly what you're suggesting, either, but it seems like it would go through the Steinway and that's not feasible)

Fairly sure one of the documents linked in this thread at some point did have some, but i can't find it any more...

Next up are the four stations in Astoria.

Can't tell if that's a lol of agreement or disagreement, but the other 4th Avenue station platforms are definitely much worse than 53rd Street. Doesn't excuse doing a bad job here, but worth noting...

I think the big difference between this and other rehabs is the focus on station entrances rather than platforms - the entrances look really good, especially compared to other 4th Ave local stations (45th and 77th are the ones I've been to recently). I mean, the platforms are also better (most of the 4th Ave stations are in bad condition) but the entrances are the highlight and I'm surprised the MTA didn't choose to advertise that/focus on that... I mean, two trains had just come and perhaps they only show the southbound departures on the west side of the street and vice-versa... Compared to 9th Street and 45th Street, the floors look positively splendid

Here are the crappy phone pictures I got going down there today:

3. It's definitely a rush hour problem. I mean, sometimes trains will be SRO after 86th Street outside of rush hour, but it's much less common

Why Bergen St instead of 2 Av-Houston? Did they want the to serve the general Williamsburg area that much?

And, uh, what happens to 145th and Harlem-148th?

Nah, sorry, my phone was low on battery at the time. Wall was down at 53rd too, I think.

The station entrances were under construction (and seemed fairly completed) as of last weekend, FWIW

57th - Coney Island Jamaica-179th - Church some run express on QBL, terminate at 179th those already in service in Queens can run via 53rd or crosstown

Stillwell Avenue - 57 Street Jamaica-179th - Church Ave (Express on QBL) Stillwell Avenue - 57 Street Buses: Roosevelt Island - Court Square, stopping at 21st St - Queensbridge Increased service (if possible), with some trains running express on 8th Avenue if needed, and some terminating at Jamaica - 179th

Can someone explain to me what the actual benefits of the RBB are? I feel like it would disrupt service on QBL without having much of a benefit... Who/what would it help?

How are you going to run three services up 2nd Av?

Because ridership patterns change a lot over time and each expansion takes considerable time and money to get done, and it's no use planning 100 years in advance because the city will look very different then?

... Which airport? And 125th needs the service, building a tunnel is expensive, and the Bronx is already well-served.

But the MTA can only run so many trains at once, and Coney Island can only turn so many trains, and so that creates more problems.

No, it doesn't. The MTA already need to increase TPH with trips, and are looking to increase it even more. It gets insanely crowded here, and I don't know how you're denying this. It'll only get worse when Phase 2 is completed, which is why the needs to be able to serve 2nd Av.

But it necessitates a merge with the after 36th and then a merge with the after Lexington...

An additional two trains at DeKalb would make the worst junction in the system even worse. And I still don't understand why any of that is necessary given current ridership plans - why are you so hell-bent on reducing the and replacing it with the or ? I highly doubt there's any significant demand for Williamsburg/Bushwick - CPW/Concourse service, whereas Williamsburg/Bushwick - 53rd service probably has some demand. And Fulton Street's current situation isn't ideal, but it's not worth having a very expensive project to connect it to a low-ridership supplementary local...

But why

Isn't it supposed to be done in a month? Doesn't look like it...

But at 5 PM on a Friday? For a station that already has an in-station connection with the ? Seems odd...

I got a free transfer at Whitehall St today - having entered previously at Columbus Circle. Assuming this could be because of a former free transfer between and before the transfer passageway was built that they forgot to eliminate? Can't think of any other explanation, wondering if anyone knows....