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R68OnBroadway

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  1. Is it possible to delete my account? Haven’t used it in a while.
  2. Can you see the cars now in the yard from any of the passing lines?
  3. I'd say that if we're going to move the to 63rd we might as well cut the completely (maybe keep the designation for the few short-turns to Whitehall) , and we should probably just extend the to Forest Hills with 480 ft trains to give QBL local access to both Queens Plaza and the (for stops west of Roosevelt), and given that most people transfer to the express anyways it won't make much of a difference. This is unrelated, but I'd also argue for extending the two stops to 18th (and adding new switches just north of 18th) to allow for it to terminate out of the way of the . You can maybe keep some short turns to Church but with fast switches and no fumigation you could make 18th work.
  4. How's this plan to streamline Queens service and eliminate the 34th st junction? - unchanged. via the to 96th, skipping 49th. Via Broadway local weekends and overnight, and via Montague overnight. 11 tph. service increased to 11 tph. runs to Astoria. Runs the same exact service pattern from Astoria - Bay Ridge at all times, including late nights. 12 tph. Forest Hills - Whitehall Street. Does not run overnight or on weekends. 6 tph to Whitehall, 2 to Canal. Forest Hills - Middle Village all times except late nights, when it operates to Essex Street. 10 tph. Any trains that cannot go over the bridge terminate at 2nd Av. Doing this makes the the primary QBL local, meaning that the 34th Street junction is eliminated, and to ensure Astoria gets good service, you reduce Broadway-QBL to a part time line with 6th-QBL running more frequently. Service on QBL local over the weekend is still more or less the same.
  5. My mistake - I forgot the was at ENY, not Jamaica.
  6. I would say that the best way to distribute the cars would be: Send base order to 207/Pitkin to retire those R46's. share 5-car R179s and R211s. 8-car R179s sent to ENY for service, then bump some 4-car R160s to CI for service. R68s on used to increase service on other CI lines (or sent to the if demand is higher there). Send option order to Jamaica for the , then send the R160s back to CI to retire those R46s there. Use the rest of the order for the at CI. Use the 4 car sets to bump all of the 's R160s to CI. This leaves us with: ENY - R143/R179/R211 Jamaica - R160/R211 207 - R179/R211 CI - R68/R160/R211
  7. Beach 105th (my last OMNY station prediction) still hasn't been completed, so there is still a chance for my bet to be right...
  8. My guess is that the MTA will fix both those issues when the R211s come in - at that point there will be enough R211s and 5 car R179s for service, allowing the 4 car sets to be displaced to the for 480 ft trains.
  9. Out of curiosity, which car type tended to be the most problematic of the ones you operated?
  10. What's your view on sending the down to Kings Highway and terminating on the middle there?
  11. Seems like an idea that could make sense long term- it adds only a few minutes of runtime and can be done with simply adding some switches (IIRC 18th has crew quarters).
  12. Wasn't there a plan to extend the to 18th as part of the Canarsie shutdown?
  13. Another great place to get some stormy action is the Astoria line (around 36th is probably best). Would definitely recommend filming out there if storm conditions come in again. Great video!
  14. When it comes to MTA work reform, it’s not really the issue of pay being too high but it’s really just labor requirements being too high- you don’t need 10 people working a 4 man job.
  15. Have railfans been crowding the back window as well?
  16. If any station needs a renovation for AC, it’s West 4th Street. On a similar note, have they ever considered a turnstyle- like complex at any other stations? West 4th seems highly trafficked enough that it could sustain commercial businesses in its empty mezzanine.
  17. Did it get stuck at the bottom because it was unable to climb back up the tube?
  18. However, unlike Fulton Center this would be an immense improvement as navigating the very narrow side platforms is far more difficult and dangerous than the wide platform. That being said, they might look to build a mezzanine (or at least widen the platforms) to make the complex ADA compliant.
  19. Did the MTA ever consider a Bowery- Grand Street transfer? Also to add on, getting rid of the will also make Canal also overburdened- the need to navigate the bridge platforms there make the complex a pain in the ass to traverse. The MTA should have a built a direct mezzanine a while ago with direct access to the , , and .
  20. Has there ever been a proposal to do this full time? (Running to Rockaway Blvd that is.)
  21. As far as I am aware most mainstream politicians didn't take secession after 2008/2012 seriously. The current Republican party may be a disaster but their antics shouldn't be an excuse to dissolve the union. I wouldn't seriously consider it unless they started to crack down on most civil liberties (ex. banning abortion) or undertook some foreign policy disaster. The country is far stronger united on a global scale and I fear splitting it will leave a global power vacuum that an authoritarian regime such as China will be more than happy to occupy. Trump and his type, like the Nixon crew, will be out sooner or later and the younger generations are much more level headed in terms of policy and objectives. People like to act as if actions such as seceding are small but don't understand the implications and how much can change as a result of it.
  22. Yeah, let's break apart the union and massively shift global politics for some $. Senate Republicans may not have great foresight, but I'm sure they are somewhat aware of how much money their states get from NY and are also aware of the ramifications of the nation's most financially prominent state declaring bankruptcy.
  23. Doubt it. Skip stop kills frequency on Jamaica and most riders would probably prefer a more frequent all stop service to today.
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