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Assuming that we use the on the express tracks to Lefferts Blvd?

Probably the plan that I like the most, but what are the constraints of making the run local to Parsons Archer, and the run on Hillside on the express track (where the trains run sometimes)?

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train isn't in demand for an express service though, neither is the . That's because every station on the and train are stations with high ridership and stations with people who would need the train (Columbia, 125, 137, 168 St) I'd say that we could implement express service after Dyckman St, but only if passengers in the area want it. If we put the on University Avenue (Alone) wouldn't that fix the issue? At least partially, the real need for a service in the Bronx, is two services really. A Crosstown Service, and a 3 Avenue/Webster Service that'll serve Fordham Plaza, the Hub, and everything in between.

Trains should just stop at 157 St going uptown and 145 and 157 St going downtown. You'd still be skipping 137, 125, and 116 Sts which would still miss the Universities and major cross sections (more 137 and especially 116 St). I think that University Avenue would be better if it were to have just the train on it. But Harlem - 148 could still be saved if you were to create a line from the end of the tail tracks, then turn it on 7th Av, next to Macombs Bridge, and elevating it out of the tunnel onto Jerome Av, going on your planned track, but leaving the out of it, would do better. There should be a connection between the and trains at Yankee Station. Via a passageway connecting to the end of the station and the Southbound platform (maybe an overpass/underpass to the Northbound side). Then it can go along your route. Honestly, we don't need a route on University though. This would do better than your plan because Jerome is still essential to the Bronx. Though University Avenue would be the best place for the

Running the train the Bronx, is just asking to make 7th Ave-Broadway more crowded then it needs to be. The train runs ends in Manhattan to catch all of the Harlem-Uptown Riders, who can't fit on the train. trains run on Dyre Av to provide people on the Dyre Avenue line service to the East Side. The trains runs pretty light going downtown, until 96-72 St, the is usually crowded from 149 St to Franklin Av, the alleviates that. Running the train on the Jerome Line is just making it "a bastardized " And if you're just going to do that, you might as well just slap extra trains and call it all the line. If we really want to fix Roger's Junction, we can do reconfigure it to look like something 59 St - Columbus Circle, that way, the merging doesn't have to be so bad. trains don't interrupt train service. and train service don't interrupt train service. This way we can remove the unnecessary elements on the line. The solution to everything doesn't always have to be deinterlining, especially when looking at other elements. As long as we don't ruin the good parts of the service we do have.

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West End Riders won't have to transfer twice due to: Grand St being close in proximity to Canal St, Broadway Lafayette is close to Prince St, West 4th St is a little bit far from NYU, but would have the to West 4 St via the line. From 14 St up, you have Broadway relatively close to 6th Avenue. If we add that Prince St Transfer, it'd help contribute to the alternative on 4th Av.

If we're just running the on Jerome, why don't we just extend it to Woodlawn? I mean, the and trains would practically be exactly the same from Crown Heights to Burnside/Woodlawn. I don't know how you're going to terminate an entire service on that middle track, At least until we get a Utica Av line to Kings Plaza. I do suspect that trains and trains will both be crowded, and 7th Avenue will have too many people, so we should add a station a Central Park West to alleviate. Also the reason why / express trains aren't going to work out on Jerome is because all stations on Jerome has high ridership. So now, you're giving less service to those stations, including especially 161 St. I suspect those trains would carry air, so what's the point of this idea that's constantly being brought up?

Wouldn't the smart thing be have as much service as possible? As many cars as possible, while still working with around train crews?

The whole post is beautiful, but I would argue that the train needs to stay in Harlem, it helps alleviate the crowded train. And we should look at a 4-tracked Jerome Avenue Line, or a 4 tracked line from 149 - GC to 180 St.

Probably would've simplified a lot, but the IND and BMT companies would have something to do with it.

If anyone needs Midtown Service from (53 St - 7th Av to 14 St), the route doesn't take that much of a hit. You're just taking a the train to get there. If anyone needs Lower Manhattan service, there's Grand St for access to Chinatown (Canal St) , the only train you're losing is the , but couldn't we create a transfer there? You still have Lexington Av service at Atlantic (Express) and Broadway - Lafayette (Local). You also have trains at DeKalb. If anyone needs service to Queens/96 St, you have 34 St for 96 St, QBL and Astoria, and trains for QBL at 6th Av/West 4th. [Uptown] if a train passes in front of the , the train will also be delayed, this also goes for a train passing in front of a train. a train passing in front of a train, holding back the , and train passing infront of a train holding back the . [Downtown] train and train hit the tunnel at the same time: If the goes first, the train is delayed, thus that is delayed, then later, that train following the also gets delayed because of the original delay. This can also happen if a and train hit the tunnel at the same time, that train will still be delayed because operations don't know what trains are going in the tunnel, even if they don't cross each other. If we distinguish the South side of the tracks with 4th Av Express, and North Side with Brighton, it would eliminate the delays.

But still, the train has to run through it for any service to happen, since it's already on the 4 Av local track. The reason the train splits from it is because it has to run on 6 Av, trains don't need to go across the bridge because there's no need, that's just saving stops. However there is need for an train in Astoria, thus we run the via tunnel. Late Night service is where a lot of track work comes into play, and a lot of unpredictable stuff happens. If something were to happen with the train the alternative would be take the / . and vice versa. Why should we remove the alternative. It's like putting all of our chips in one place. We put all the service we can on the train by removing service from the / in that area, we run the risk of losing service if something were to happen on the train. if anything, the is an alternative, and also in light of COVID-19, shouldn't try to run more cars on different lines? So that not everyone in lower Manhattan is on the line, and that they are spread between and lines? This way in 40 minutes we move the same amount of people onto 4 trains, vs in 40 minutes we move the same amount of people onto 2 trains.

The service is not reliable at all on the Manhattan Bridge, most trains don't go through the bridge and can take about 5 minutes just waiting for the correct track alignment to go to their correct destination. I ride the and train going to DeKalb on the Manhattan Bridge, and leaving DeKalb via Manhattan Bridge and it takes about 2-4 minutes over the bridge, and a considerable amount of time around Masstransiscope, usually waiting for a or train to pass first (going into Manhattan), or a or train going into Brooklyn. Service isn't fast, and not as efficient as you think. The should still run on the local tracks, and the still needs to serve Bay Ridge, and the terminal for that would be Whitehall St. The still needs to serve Lower Manhattan, so let it serve Lower Manhattan, unless you just want to put it back on the Bridge? But why would you do that? the is already on the 4th Av local tracks, and if you want a speed journey from Lower Manhattan to Midtown, you still stay on Broadway or take the train. the can't serve everything neither can the . The /(N) via Montague serves both East Side, Times Square, and Lower Manhattan. And honestly, I couldn't think of a single section (or station) that could be closed without more cons than pros.

The Benefit would be faster service, and more trains that run on time, because of the interlining at DeKalb Junction. The issue is that we'd have to make Broadway Customer's transfer, but that isn't much of an issue since 6th and Broadway are close in proximity. And there's still a transfer at DeKalb, Atlantic, and 34 St.

The consequence for running 6th Av on the 4th Av Express is that, Coney Island would have less Broadway Service, and trains would run 24/7 (It's not a bad thing, but it'd have worse service than having the on there since it's quite possible it'd still terminate at 145 St limiting how many trains run in an hour), and there would be no 6th Avenue trains at DeKalb, however if you do 6th Avenue Express with Brighton, you'd still keep the 6th Avenue Service and Broadway Service on DeKalb. The only argument against DeInterlining would be the fact that you'd be forcing Broadway or 6th Avenue Riders to go to Atlantic and force them to go on the at Atlantic (or Canal on Broadway). it's worse if 6th Avenue goes via the 4th Av express because of Riders below West 4th who need to go to DeKalb, have to transfer/walk to a Broadway Service. That's also why 6th via Brighton is better.

- Trains run via Lexington Avenue Express, Shuttle Bus service is provided between Clark and Nevins Street via express - 145 - South Ferry via Express - trains run local via Lexington Avenue extended to New Lots Avenue via Local, trains run express - 125 St - Pelham Bay Park (all trains run local) - 2 Av to Bedford Park Blvd - trains run express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway; Free Shuttle Bus Service is available from Prospect Park to Kings Highway trains run via the line from West 4th St to Jay St - Metro Tech trains terminate at New Utrecht Ave, transfer to the train for service to Coney Island, some trains run via Sea Beach. Southbound trains run via the to DeKalb and run on 4th Av Local tracks. Northbound trains run normally, Trains are extended to Bay Ridge,

I think the time we should worry about LRT is when we can actually figure out how to make sure the best Transportation System is given to all New Yorkers, that probably won't start happening until after Phase 4, which is around.. 2060, hopefully? Why a train going express, when they're already going to transfer back on the / There's no need for an express train on Sea Beach., and if there's a train what's the point of having it run every 12 minutes to Bay Ridge? that defeats the whole purpose of having extra service. trains are another thing since there's just added merging delays on the local/express depending on what dispatchers decide goes first. That would make West End suck. Not every line needs an express train along it. especially since the is shorter than the .

I was referring to it's current routing, if it was on Astoria, it wouldn't be needed. The only Manhattan areas that are subway deprived is the West Side (past 10th Av/West Side Highway) from 59 St to Canal St, not including 34 St, [which I'm not entirely sure if it needs a subway there along the entire route.] And Alphabet City, which relies solely on Buses, like the M14, M9, M8, and M21. The only station in that area is in the far North West Corner of Avenue A-14 St . So I'd really only get along with a plan that would provide access there, though the buses run fine. anything pass the Willy B wouldn't be needed because of the close proximity to the trains at Essex and trains at Grand St. But both those area's don't have a pressing need for a subway. Nor would they have space for one.

If we put service along Brighton, there's no need for extra service down Brighton. The train on the other hand probably needs that extra service to Lower Manhattan, especially between Court - Bay Ridge, where there's no supplement service, and service is crap. trains can run down to Bay Ridge, every six minutes (as scheduled). Brighton doesn't need extra service, 4th Av Local tracks do.

Do we really need the down Brighton? I think that only trains should go to 95 St Rush Hours Only. But if we do this, there might be more trains then trains So.. trains should run express from Marcy to Broadway Junction, and that trains stay local in Peak Direction. Skip stop service should still be provided after Broadway Junction. Personally, I think the Jamaica El should just get rebuilt. But too much gets taken from that part in Brooklyn between and trains.

I don't get how Brighton trains stopping at DeKalb would cause interlining, The South Side and North Side of Manhattan Bridge wouldn't cross each other at all, neither would 4th Avenue or Brighton since we're splitting them up by 6th Avenue (Brighton) and Broadway (4th Avenue). There wouldn't be any issues with interlining.

The track arrangements make it impossible for Brighton Trains to go on the express tracks, you might as well stop it instead of making it skip the station itself. If any Brighton Riders need Broadway Express Service, they can transfer at 34 St, or Atlantic Avenue. Or take the at DeKalb.

Why don't we deinterline DeKalb, by running trains down Brighton?