Lex

Oh, okay. Care to say that to those who use the Rockaway ?

If you actually bothered to read, you'd notice I said "something like the FLIRTs", which does not necessarily mean ordering those specific cars.

Do you plan on looping it back through Brooklyn?

Where did you get that from?

What, exactly, does "apiece" mean to you, and can you add?

If the and are scheduled at 15 tph apiece and the is scheduled for 7-10, how many trains would you get?

Where are you seeing this?

I guess you're not familiar with the water-related infrastructure.

Go over it again.

Because Alon "Pedestrian Observer" Levy said so?

This whole thing requires ignoring the fact that the change in regulations was made years after the ink dried on the M9 contract. A completely new order can be drafted with something like the FLIRTs, ideally for the short LIRR branches and locals on the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven branches (the M7s and M9s can instead be used on other routes). Of course, the cars would also need to be short enough to fit into the 63rd Street Tunnel, preferably without sacrificing the ability to use overhead wires.

If you're implying restoring rail service on this corridor is useless, well, I can bring up some of your proposals for Brooklyn's bus network.

Don't confuse the demand and supply.

And how would they do that from the east?

Earlier, you (basically) stated that the trains experiencing delays were westbound trains from Suffolk County. How would running those shuttles help if they don't even run east of the Queens/Nassau border?

If you take a look at some of those curves, you can see why.

They wouldn't be able to do that, anyway.

Does that mean the R179s are relatively cheap, then? They're built on the Movia platform, after all.

Did you zoom in?

Think about what you just proposed for a second.

Are you talking about the old version, where they had it directly crossing more streets? That hasn't held since they modified the proposal (no such luck for BRT). The current proposal only does that around All Faiths Cemetery (and likely again to serve the Brooklyn Army Terminal).

I shouldn't have to say this, but the MTA does not cater to you. You are not so important that thousands who live, work, or play in that part of Queens -- nor those that switch trains at Queensboro Plaza to travel to/from other parts of Queens or NYC as a whole -- should be inconvenienced just because old trains that have replacements on order are being used right now in an attempt to serve people, even if it's arguably half-hearted at times. You are a single person who chooses to avoid a single car class entirely, only to bitch and moan about "having" to do so (which you've repeatedly been told is insane bullshit in some form or other). You are your problem.

In other words, will.

What could possibly preclude electrification but not diesel?

Maybe you should stop, then. You're implying a massive amount of effort for effectively no gain...