Lex

Hah, no.

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I mean, they've updated stickers before... They could also just leave them be.

Why am I not surprised?

That explains the cap...

We already have those patterns, albeit in the worst manner possible thanks to decisions made a century ago. Again, if the line had better design, we wouldn't even be talking about this. Also, I literally decided not to make that the central focus because that's all that anyone pushing that proposal even thinks about. This particular push for a bump in peak service (if we're really lucky, ~33%, not ~50%) completely disregards what will (not may) happen to off-peak service, which will actually lead to a decrease in general service.

I had the do that on a fantasy map. In reality, I wouldn't even bother with it, as it's nothing short of bonkers.

Considering that it does absolutely nothing to address the fundamentals, yes. Moreover, the focus on peak service leaves no room for picking up on the nuances of off-peak patterns, particularly during evenings and weekends. Maybe this is too much in the way of facts for this discussion, but that full statement only applies to Lexington Avenue. In Brooklyn, the struggles to retain its crowds while the is practically empty without any notable delays. (This isn't so much about Lexington Avenue being faster as it is an issue of people generally caring about destinations.) To make matters worse, the quoted portion alone doesn't apply anywhere near evenly. That issue is almost exclusive to peak periods, and when we start talking about off-peak, we really get to see what the routes are like. The and Lexington Avenue trains carry decently, but the is even more dead than during peak periods, particularly since the only thing it really has going for it is the ability to allow the to have some chance to get back to the Bronx in anything resembling a timely fashion. Strip it of that and the only trains that will be left are the AM peak-early evening runs. Further souring its prospects are the numbers for the only two stations it exclusively serves, which are below President Street, and both stations have buses nearby to other stations on the route (the M7 is especially bad in this regard). The whole idea is just a giant 🖕 to Harlem residents trying to travel outside of peak periods, and they'll be more negatively affected than Brooklyn residents could possibly be positively affected (and that's to say nothing of forcing all Nostrand Avenue riders to transfer during peak periods, which I deliberately didn't bother bringing up due to myopia).

That's literally putting a small bump in peak service (which will quickly unravel, especially since the number of trains already serving the one station at Utica Avenue borders on excessive, not to mention that the resulting pattern fails to address the greater issue of the IRT's myopia, the whole reason for this mess in the first place) at the expense of general service.

Saying that as if it's actually a good idea requires severe myopia. Not without feeding it into something else, anyway.

In that case, forget it.

It's probably where the Avenue H exit currently sits. The Flatbush Avenue exits are around the middle of the station.

The first paragraph is all I really needed to see. This is what happens when politicians have too much leverage...

I'm no express bus rider, but I really can't see that working out.

What.

Derp.

Because that somehow makes sense...🤷‍♀️

Given the current situation, that's not surprising.

Are you implying that "Clayton Guse" is just an alias? *shot*

Perhaps, but given what we ended up with (instead of what could've should've been), it was inevitable.

Here we go again. 🤦‍♀️

From what I've seen thus far, they will probably last for a very short time (if the MTA insists on operating them, they'll likely be cut to 20-minute intervals apiece). It doesn't help that they don't go anywhere.

Why do that?

I didn't realize Clayton Guse established himself on this site.

Still bitter about that... The only reason for that move is because using New York Avenue is far less efficient for its purpose. Had it not been for that, those buses would've stayed over there.